(13) How many of the most common storage tools do you know?

When choosing storage supplies, don’t buy storage supplies in advance out of excitement and anxiety.

Because before you know exactly what you want to store, you may end up in a trap if you go shopping haphazardly.

First of all, you need to understand what storage supplies are available and how to use them.

Storage supplies are mainly divided into two categories: one is storage supplies, and the other is daily storage supplies.

1. Storage supplies for storage: such as storage boxes, storage bags, and storage boxes.

The main features of this type of storage products are that they are mostly rectangular, have no internal subdivisions, and have dust-proof functions.

Their main function is to store things that are not commonly used, such as quilts, out-of-season clothes, etc.

Therefore, do not store clothes that you wear every day in this kind of storage items. Since it’s not very convenient to open the box, it’s very suitable to put clothes from different seasons inside.

2. Daily storage supplies: storage jars, storage baskets, and storage racks.

Storage jar: Mainly used to store various types of ingredients, seasonings, etc. after packaging.

Dispensing bottles: Mainly used to repackage stock supplies. For example, if you buy a large bottle of shampoo, it is inconvenient to put it there directly. At this time, you need to use dispensing bottles.

Storage basket: A flexible storage item that can be placed in drawers, wardrobes, or on shelves.

When classifying items, it is often difficult to find the direction when using them because the items are mixed. However, this problem can be greatly avoided by using storage baskets.

Shelves: Expand the height of your cabinets. When there are no shelves, everything is at the bottom of the cabinet, and the space above is completely unused. Using shelves allows us to make full use of the entire space. And because the items are layered, they will be more convenient to access.

When buying storage supplies, you need to complete three steps: physical measurement, paper planning, and on-site purchasing.

First, physical measurement.

Before buying any storage items, actual measurements are very necessary. Don’t just scan your eyes and think you are right. A difference of 1cm may cause it to not fit in.

First of all, we need to measure the length, width and height of the cabinet where the items need to be stored.

With specific data, each space can be divided and reasonable storage space can be planned.

Second, paper planning.

Make a list of what you need to purchase. It is best to buy everything at once.

Through previous physical measurements, you can calculate the size and quantity of storage supplies you need to buy, and write these on the list. It is convenient for future purchases to be in mind.

Third, on-site procurement.

If there is a shopping mall nearby, you can go directly to the shopping mall to purchase it. If not, it doesn’t matter. Now that the Internet is developed, you can also buy all the storage supplies you can think of online.

Specific storage supplies recommendations will be sorted out later.

Summary of this lecture

Organizing and storing not only requires understanding the principles, but also requires our own practice to use it skillfully.

With skilled technology and suitable tools, I believe that through such a life overhaul, we will all be in an environment surrounded by joy in the days to come.