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Waterproof Recycling BagsManfred Koh for the Time Inc. Digital StudioPage 1 of 4

19 Mudroom, Laundry Room, and Garage Organizing Tricks

By Nicole Sforza and Kendell Cronstrom

Smart, heavy-duty solutions for your storage problems.

Recycling Bags, Mail Folders, Paper Boxes

1. Waterproof Recycling Bags (shown) make it a cinch to divvy up recyclables. The handles let them be carted to the curb easily.
To buy: $30 for a set of four, dwr.com.

2. Tuck a cardboard six-pack container in a tote bag and you’ve got an organizer for garden tools.

3. Install Three by Three’s Triple Hook-Up Strip mail holder by the front door. Keys hang from it, and outgoing mail goes on top.
To buy: $19, fridgedoor.com.

4. In each room, tuck a permanent marker and blue painter’s tape in a zippered plastic sandwich bag and have the kit handy for labeling anything and everything.

5. Clasp a pair of garden gloves together with a binder clip and hang them from pushpins on a corkboard in the mudroom.

6. Install a wire cooling rack on the garage wall, attach hooks to it, and hang tools.

7. Forget buying cardboard storage boxes. Snag empty copier-paper boxes from the office and use them to hold goods at home.

Next: Storage Solutions
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