Professional organiser's $5 hack for keeping plastic bags neat and tidy under the sink
By Rachael Gavin|
T?he cupboard under the sink has a big job to do holding cleaning supplies, plastic bags and rubbish bins in one small space.
But it's an area that quickly gets messy and disorganised, especially when plastic bags overflow and spill out into the rest of the cupboard.
To solve that annoying problem, professional organiser Anita Birges has a hack she's been using herself for a long time. She shared it with her followers in a reel on her Instagram page.
Watch the video above.?
"This is a classic storage hack that I have been literally been doing for years and it will take you about five minutes to install," she captioned her post.
"Grab yourself a simple file holder! You can pick one up for about $5 from a range of stores. Attach it to the inside of your cupboard door with some double-sided tape and you are done?.
"If you have an organised, contained space, it stops things like plastic bags getting out of control."
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?The plastic bag and messy under sink problem is one a lot of Birges' followers related to and many said they were going to try the hack themselves.
"Have you been looking under my sink? How did you know?" one said.
"I am going to use this hack?," a follower commented.
"Ahh, yes. I have a Kmart bin and it does the job perfectly," another wrote.
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Using the inside of doors is a great way to use up dead space? in your kitchen cupboards and pantry.
Another hack Birges uses in the kitchen is for storing pot lids. It also makes use of the inside of the door by attaching 3M hooks to make a DIY lid holder.
?Watch how Anita does it in the video below and click here for more details.
?In addition to these hacks, there are also specially designed products that attach to the inside of your cupboard doors to help organise these spaces.
Kmart has a two pack of tea towel holders for $2.25 that shoppers love for holding tea towels and clothes at easy reach in their under sink cupboard.
Meanwhile, Soko & Co has an over the door two tier cabinet basket for $26 that can hold cleaning supplies, gloves and a dish brush.?
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