How to organize plastic bags

I am embarrassed to say that I have a plastic bag problem. I don't have a way of storing or tidying them and they are just trashed inside a bigger plastic bag. One day I went crazy trying to find a suitable size plastic bag I need and ended up with whole floor full of plastic bags. So I thought to myself, "This is it! I am done!" and came up with this idea of organizing my plastic bags.

First up, I folded the plastic bags into triangles. You can learn how to fold them here. As I fold them, I sort them in three piles: Small, Medium & Large bags. This way it is easier for me to grab the size I want whenever I needed.

I had a few empty tissue boxes around the house (yes, i hoard them for projects like this) and it will be used as the container to store the bags. I cut the top off and was left with a prefect container.

Then I did a trial test on how to arrange the bags in the box. This is the way I find is neat and easy to see.

You could by all means stop here but you know I have to make them look a little prettier. So I wrapped them with some leftover wrapping paper and that's it! I covered the insides of the box too so I don't see the cardboard but if you noticed, I ran out of wrapping paper for the one on the right. HA! Each box holds different size bags.

I stored these boxes under the kitchen sink on a rack so I make use of the vertical space and also able to store some kitchen sponges and detergents under the rack.

The best part of this project is that it's FREE! I don't have to spend a single cent for this project and able to reuse items instead of throwing them away. Sometimes you just need to shop your house and you'll be surprise what you can find!

Kitchen - Bits & Pieces

Kitchen carpentry works going on. Just some work in progress photos I took. Our kitchen is rectangular shaped hence we can only do two rows of counters. And because the bomb shelter (a.k.a the storage room) is on one side of the wall which means we can't hack down the wall to have an open kitchen, which I am quite sad about. Anyways, like most HDB BTOs flats, our kitchen is not big but not too small either (I have seen smaller kitchens).  

We decided to do one counter "regular" size which fits the hob and sink while the opposite counter a little narrower so we can have a wider walkway. This is one of the best choice we made because it made our kitchen look big yet we have the counter space and storage.

This is the "regular" side with sink, hood, hob & fridge. We did top and bottom cabinets on this side.

This is the narrower side which we only did the bottom cabinets as we felt that having both sides with top cabinets will be "over-crowded" and feels heavy and dark. Not adding the top cabinets makes the entire kitchen brighter and more airy.

Fridge on the the "regular" side. Our wonderful fridge is from LG and I really like it! Big enough for a small kitchen!

I can't seem to find photos of the completed kitchen (or perhaps I forgot to take photos of it!), I will take photos of the kitchen when its is nice and tidy (it is really messy right now!). Anyway, I DIY-ed the dividers in the cutlery drawer by using some scrap cardboard and covered it with nice wrapping paper. I hot glued the individual pieces together and that's it! Now I don't have to search the entire drawer for a spoon or fork! And it makes me happy looking at how organize this drawer is.

On a random note, I do not like dishwasher bottles. I find them ugly looking and spoil the look of a nice looking kitchen. Hence, I bought some clear bottles from Daiso and transferred them in. Added them to a tray and I think it looks so much nicer and neater! I also added chalkboard stickers to the bottles to differentiate the dishwasher and hand soap.