Cord and Cable Control

Don’t get tangled up in yards of electrical cords, follow these simple solutions and get “plugged into” cord organization.

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Winning the battle!

I took a day and gathered all the unused extension cords, usb cables, HDMI cables, printer cables, cordless keyboard/mouse cords, any kind of cord at all, wrapped each of them into a circle, organized them by type (i.e., all extension cords together, all usb cords together, all telephone cords together, all HDMI cords together), put each type in a see-through baggie, and put them all into the big bottom drawer of a 3-drawer organizer. NO MORE SQUIRRELING AROUND FOR CORDS WHEN I WANT ONE! I ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!

Luna from Gap, Pennsylvania

Can't find the recharger?

I have so many devices that have a recharging cord or a USB cord (or both!) that I could never remember which cords went with which device. Now I use the Translucent Mini 2-Drawer Chests, using one drawer per device to keep the cords in order. Once I labeled each drawer using my label maker, I had no trouble finding exactly the cord I needed. I keep the drawers on a shelf next to a power strip, making it easy to recharge the device I need.

NYmom from New York, NY

Sidewinder

I use the Q.Knots to gather cables together. Then I use the little cable drop button-type thingies to stick snaking cables to the side of my file cabinet or desk.

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ICE CUBE JEWELRY TRAY

I love to use ice cube trays to divide and conquer my mountains of everyday jewelry. Generally, I will do one tray with gold accent earrings, rings, etc. and the other with silver. Each pair of earrings, rings, etc. gets their own, little... read more

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Trip List

Personalize your list. Start w/ Pack It list and refine as you travel. I have a complete list and just cross out what I don't need for that particular trip. I also include a for-the-beach-section. my sections are: Night Stuff, Day Stuff, Medications, Clothes,Shoes, Outerwear, Food, Misc (of course!), Beach stuff, Carry On Bag stuff I also made a check off list with alert neighbors, stop mail, etc but also Last Minute things, e.g., pillow, turn off appliances, computers Hope it helps.

Minigirl from Long Island, NY

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Magazine files

I keep my read alouds organized in my classroom by using magazine files. I have a different one labeled for each month (some months have 2!). All I have to do is swap out a magazine file full of books and I'm set for the month!

skitty515 from Danbury, CT

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