The One-Minute Organizer A to Z Storage Solutions: 500 Tips for Storing Every Item in Your Home

by Donna Smallin

If you’re like most people, you have too much stuff and too little storage space. In this easy-to-use guide, Donna Smallin shows you how to create an efficient and clutter-free life using a common-sense approach to item-by-item storage. With 500 quick and effective strategies to creatively solve all of your vexing storage issues, Smallin offers proven techniques that will not only help you find a place for everything, but easily find everything you’re looking for.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Reference

273 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

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Reviews

[Carolynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I almost created another category, for "storage." This book is so helpful. I've got to go back and re-read it because it's been long enough to have forgotten some useful things from it, and life changes your needs from year to year. This book goes from zip lock bags to bins to get the job done and it's wonderful! There are so many ways to neatly store all those little things you used to toss in the "junk drawer(s)." I highly recommend this book.

[Annburnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good basic organizing and storage book. It helps you find places to store thing and using different things around your house to put them in like covering shoe boxes with contact paper and using them for storage.

[Lee]

It's not really a book about getting rid of stuff, but it still has little quotes of encouragement toward reducing Things to organize better. Some of the tips are a little outdated, but its got some generally good and helpful tips for organizing the stuff that you need and keep.

[Carter Hemphill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author succinctly summarizes much of the key organizing tips in the literature. Reviewing this book inspired me to add a few tips to my to-do list. A good book for repeat review.

[Kenneth Greer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Was not helpful and gave hints and suggestions that were very obvious. It also spoke of things that people don't have anymore (newspapers, VHS tapes, DVDs, etc. . .).

[Cecile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stopped on p.144 because of my husband's death

[BookBec · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dated and duplicative of many other resources. And some ideas feel a bit tacky -- it won't take long to see wear and tear on a shoe box covered in gift wrap, for example.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very comprehensive book for organization methods, suggestions, or simply ideas. The author is very conscious of the differences is home types, personalities, and how they effect your organization methods. Whether you read this book all the way through, as I did, or if you utilize this as a reference material for storage ideas, this is certainly worth picking up. While not the most effective for how I organize things, I certainly picked up a few tips along the way.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eu até que gostei das dicas. Algumas são bem interessantes e diferentes, mas a maioria você pode utilizar o bom senso e fazer diariamente sem ter que reler o livro. O que gostei mais desse livro foi o fato de que deixa muito clara a ideia de que se dedicarmos alguns minutos por dia na limpeza logo tudo ficará arrumado (podemos utilizar essa ideia para outros assuntos de nossas vidas também).

[Jody Gargiulo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same stuff different book.

This would be a good book for someone that is clueless about organization. If you know the basic principles you probably won't gain anything more from this book.

[Rob · Rating 1 out of 5]

A few good ideas but nothing creative. Read the phrase "keep it in a safety deposit box" more than a dozen times, that's the advice for almost all important papers. C'mon, we don't need to know that.

[Lynette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good tips/ideas. Easy read.

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas.

[Lea Minniti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very practical advice on how to store things in your house. Much of the ideas are common sense, but I picked up a few things as I'm trying to unclutter.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Total common sense ideas, but functional. Pretty much, we just need to get rid of cr*p.

[Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the format of this book. All the ideas are listed alphabetically so it's easy to find what you're looking for. I'm going to use some of the storage ideas. Good reference book.

[Amanda Hicks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very outdated

[Martha]

nothing new