At our house we keep the majority of our medicines in an upper cabinet in the kitchen. We’ve done this ever since our children were really small, to keep them out of our children’s reach. Almost two years ago when I first started blogging, it was one of the first things I organized and posted about.
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| Almost two years ago |
I wasn’t able to find anything quickly if my life depended on it, at this point.
So…. I completely emptied out the cabinet and sorted everything on my kitchen table, discarded expired medications and regrouped everything (Here is a link from the FDA on how to properly deal with unused medications).
I bought a couple of turntables to use in the cabinet to more easily be able to see what I have on hand.
Here is what the cabinet looked like when I was done (I hear angels singing)!
I relocated the batteries and a few miscellaneous items that had made their way into the cabinet.
Now it’s tidy and organized once again. I know for my self that even my “organized” spaces need an overhaul maintenance now and then!
If you are interested in some of my other kitchen organization posts, here are the links:
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| For our keys |
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| Our hidden charging station |
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| Kitchen Cabinets (sorry for my old photography) |
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| Pantry |
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| How I get my sink to sparkle |
My motivation for getting this project done this week comes from the I’m An Organizing Junkie’s New Year’s Organizing Revolution.
I hope I’ve offered you some helpful tips!
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I like the idea of the lazy susans. One of the things on my To Do List is to reorganize our first aid shelf, so I’ll have to keep that in mind.
One of my New Year projects is to go back through every drawer and cupboard and re-organize them. My medicine cabinet looks a lot like your before picture right now, I love your idea of lazy susans, great idea!
LOVE. Very organized and I love it. I also use turn tables and they are so handy.
We keep medicines in the kitchen cupboard, too. Interesting!! Mine are in an old shoe box. Not a pretty as yours, but organized and easy to pull out when we need something. You have some terrific ideas!! Thanks so much!
The angels are definitely singing now! Good job! I like the use of the turntable things.
Great job organizing!! I have a new Pinterest Power party that started today and would love to have you link this and any other project you have up!
http://www.thetaylor-house.com/2013/01/10/pinterest-power-party-1.html
Chrissy
Most excellent. Don’t be embarrassed. The problem with the medicine cupboard is we are either sick or attending someone who is sick and these times are stressful…we shove stuff in when in the mental state. Your revision is super. ~Kelly
unDeniably Domestic
Thank you for sharing your pictures! Ours needs to be organized – it’s not subdivided far enough, I think – and I need inspiration for what sorts of categories, containers, etc. I might use. This is great!
Your before still looks better than my NOW! LOL! Great organization!