Thursday, July 21, 2011

DIY - $3 Fridge Organization

I would consider myself to be OCD when it comes to certain things... School work? Definitely. Closet? Not so much. Kitchen? Most assuredly. Here is a picture of my refrigerator prior to my organizing of it:


"Not so bad" you may say. Well to Josh and I (and our about 30 square foot kitchen), the clutter was starting to take over. I have never been big on the recipe card boxes... lets be real; most websites print off your recipes on an 81/2 by 11" piece of paper. I like to be able to grab my favorites right off the fridge and have the whole piece of paper handy so I can see the entire recipe at once. Regular magnets wouldn't hold these recipes up, so I was forced to use some magnetic pictures I got from the classes I interned. I was getting very annoyed very quickly about this lack of organization so I decided to come up with a solution: a DIY "letter holder" of sorts. This project cost me nothing (since I already had the supplies) but about $3 for the magnets!

Here is what I used: