How to Use Ice Bins to Organize Your Kitchen
Ice bins are perfect little storage containers for small-item organization. These inexpensive plastic bins will fit in most kitchen drawers and can be stacked for even more storage. Ice trays are sold in a variety of sizes, and some have much larger divided sections, giving you more room for small items you have in quantity. Using the bins is straightforward. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Place newspaper on the table or counter and open your junk drawer. Dump the contents onto the newspaper. Clean out the bottom of the drawer and install shelf paper. Take several ice bins and arrange them in the drawer to understand how they fit.
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Place the ice bins back onto the counter near your pile. Sort out the trash in the drawer first; trash is any item too old, broken or otherwise of a type you will never use. Sort remaining items directly into your bins. Save screws, nuts, paper clips, rubber bands, twist ties, thumbtacks, magnets, bag clips, corn-cob forks, tape and other items. Keep like items together.
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Place your sorted bins back in the junk drawer.
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Use ice bins to organize your baking decorations and spices. Use small plastic bags and label the bag with the contents. Tie the bag with a twist tie and place the small bag in its own compartment for easy access. This will allow you to keep food coloring, sprinkles, small candles, sugar decorations and sugar-frosting tubes all in one area. The same trick works for small amounts of spices.
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Tips & Warnings
Store household tools, such as screwdrivers, pliers and scissors, alongside your screws so that they are easy to locate and use.
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