The Ask Anna Blog

Tips for Organizing a Small Fridge

Welcome to day #8 of 15 Ways to Organize for less than $15! Today I’m going to give you some tips for organizing a small fridge. When we moved into our house we had a humongous fridge! The only problem was that it was hideously ugly. So my husband, who is super sweet, went to Lowes to surprise me and buy me a new fridge. But what he didn’t know is that our kitchen is built so we have to have a counter-depth fridge. When the delivery guys brought the first fridge it stuck 1/2 way out over our pantry… Read More

How to Organize Water Bottles (and keep them from falling over!)

Welcome to day #7 of 15 Ways to Organize for less than $15! Today I’m going to show you how to organize water bottles so they aren’t falling down all the time, don’t you just hate that!? I mentioned this tip in a post a couple years ago but since we are in our new house, and have somehow acquired more water bottles, I thought I’d revisit the topic! Plus it’s perfect for this series because it barely cost me anything to organize all of our water bottles. First you’ll need some baskets. I got 2 of these at the… Read More

Simple Laundry Tips to Save Time and Money

I have been in charge of a laundry for a little over 10 years. It has seldom shown a profit – every once in a while I hit it big and find a $5 bill tucked into a pocket. But over the years I have learned much about the process of doing laundry and sadly, some of them are epiphanies that struck very recently and are so simple they leave me wondering, “Why did it take so long for me to think of that?” And laundry is one of those things that never seems to be DONE! So, since we… Read More

Office Organization tips and a Giveaway!

If you follow me on Instagram you might have noticed I’ve been doing some redecorating in my office. My massive, and ugly, built-in bookshelves have been ugly and unorganized for long enough. Ever since moving in (a year and a half ago) my office has been a catch-all room for our many projects. So as a part of 15 ways to get organized for less than $15, I thought I’d work on organizing my bookshelves. I discovered last year that Walmart has lots of super cute baskets at very affordable prices, and when I found these chalkboard baskets, for less… Read More

How to Organize for Next Year’s Taxes, Starting Now

Welcome to day #6 of 15 ways to get organized for less than $15. Today Susan, from Organized 31, is here share an easy tip to get ready for next year’s tax preparation. Happy New Year! January means New Year’s resolutions and starting to gather receipts and paperwork for tax filing in the next few months. That makes this the perfect time to start preparing, and organize for next year’s taxes, right now. I don’t think anyone enjoys tax preparation, but there are ways to make it a bit less painful. One of my favorite tips is to have a designated folder to… Read More

How to Organize Kids Art Supplies

Welcome to another day of my series 15 ways to get organized for less than $15! Today I’m going to show you how to organize child art supplies, to keep them from taking over your house, or in my case, my office. This Christmas the number one thing my daughter wanted for Christmas was “an art set, with everything art”. To her it seemed like hours and hours of entertainment and creativity, but when my mom got her a HUGE box of art stuff for Christmas, to me it looked like hours and hours of cleaning up messes. The very… Read More