The theme for this week's Works for Me Wednesday is "Best Back to School Tip".For me, back to school means getting everyone out of the house earlier in the mornings and with a firm deadline and again in the late afternoons for various activities. This can be tricky when little kids are involved!
In conjunction with my shoe shelf that I posted about here, the strategic sock drawer definitely helps makes things run a little smoother for us. Now in the summer this isn't an issue because the kids are wearing Crocs or sandals without socks, but for the school year when more socks are needed, this drawer is a time saver!
The sock drawer is located downstairs in the living room and holds all three of the kids' socks. This way they don't have to run back upstairs for shoes or socks and we can get out of the house in a hurry! Also, it is low enough that they can reach the drawer and handle their own socks in the morning.
And feel free to admire my drawer dividers -- most of them are repurposed shoe boxes!
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Great idea! We always have trouble finding socks around here. I love that you have it in such a handy place (and that you used shoe boxes to divide them)!
ReplyDeleteI have done something similar and I love it! I used tupperware but I like your shoe box idea. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I've tried to convince my toddler that he doesn't need socks with his sandles, but he doesn't believe me. I guess he must be an old soul! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love this idea...right now I have 2 laundry baskets full of unmatched socks for 6 people...I would love to have a space like this so when we are running late we have a backup pair! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletevery neat and orderly drawer another idea I use is to have ziploc baggies that I use for socks in the drawers
ReplyDeleteoh i LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I have experimented with "communal sock drawer" before but just threw them all in and never separated them out--love the dividers ;-) Now that we are in a 2 story house I like the idea of having a place for these down stairs YAY!! Great ideas
ReplyDeleteI love it! Last year I turned a huge terrarium into our family shoe box. I think a nice sock box beside of it will do us good this winter!
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea!!! I will try this myself!
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