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Organized Legos

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This is the second time in a month that I have attempted to organize the boys legos.

The first time I only had three drawers so I just divided them, the people and weapons, the flat pieces, and everything else.

It seemed fine until I was asked to help them build something.

I could not find anything!

It was a pain in the neck.

sorting

 I actually gave up and decided right then I was going to organize them differently.

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We had one of these drawer systems from Micheal’s so I decided to buy another and sort their legos according to color.

black

The process took a little while but the boys actually said it was fun!

I guess they just like working with me on things.

Several hours and millions of legos (maybe it just felt like millions) later…

color

I put cardstock in the label holders so the boys could easily see what is in there.

The little book is a binder I made for their manuals.

It just has the plastic sleeves inside with a piece of cardstock put in it.

I just drop a manual on each side of the cardstock.

I got tired of finding torn up manuals everywhere!

If you are like us and have already lost some manuals, check out the lego website!

They have over 3000 online for free!

drawers

So far it seems to be working!

This should also help with building them since the instructions always have a certain color you should use.

I did this for my “boys”, right…

It is not because I like to play with Lego’s at all.

wholeroom

I moved the boys table closer to the lego storage (it is in that back corner on the left) because I knew the farther they had to walk the more likely they were to not put them up.

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 Creationary is the boys new favorite game and what pushed me to finally do this.

It is like pictionary but with legos!

The storage area for all of the legos is color coordinated though.

Here are some more lego storage ideas:

I need to make a do not touch box like this one shows.

Over 40 ideas all in one place!

Some pretty storage, here. The rest of her site is pretty amazing as well.

Under the bed storage!

I really want to make one of these travel boxes but have been having trouble finding a mat that fits.

Is anyone in your house lego crazy?

What do you do with all of those little tiny bricks?

DIY/Crafts

Kitchen utensil boards

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I decided I wanted to hang up some things in my kitchen after seeing this pegboard at A Beautiful Mess.

The problem, the only wall in my kitchen is right where I have to open cabinet doors.

My husband helped me realize it would not work to hang a pegboard because it would stick out too far.

After trying to search online for a something thin to hang utensils on and failing, I decided to make my own.

My husband cut me two pieces of plywood and I painted them white.

Then I measured and marked every two inches, taped it off, and started painting.

I just used an outdoor craft paint I already had.

I took the tape off while the paint was still a little wet.

Now came the hard part!

I layed out all of the things I wanted to hang up and tried to figure out where I wanted them.

Then I marked the spot with a pencil.

I bought hooks from walmart to put in my boards but I hate trying to screw them in!

I found the easiest way was to hammer a small nail into the spot I wanted to put the screw, pull it out, then screw in a screw a little ways with a screwdriver.

I then took it out and screwed the hook in.

This worked vastly better then trying to just screw the hook straight into the board.

I bought small hooks and mug hooks.

It is best to check and make sure what you want to hang with work with the hooks first.

Some things were too big.

After I was done making the boards I screwed the boards directly to the wall.

I tried to find the wall studs but was unsuccessful (many, many times) despite the fact I was using a stud finder.

My husband had to show me where they were and they were not in the right spots for the boards.

The walls hate me.

I used anchors for three of the fours screws.

I was able to hit a stud for one of the screws (miracles do happen).

I used two hooks to hold up my menu board.

I have had it for a while and did not want to give it up!

I am glad I was able to work it in!

I used some white nails for things that did not fit well on the hooks.

After doing the first board I realized it would have been better to use nails instead of hooks on the top row.

It is a little harder to get the spoons off the hooks that are high up.

Other then that I really like them!

It helps me feel like I am using all of my space to it’s fullest also!