Organize It: The Medicine and Cookbook Cabinet

I’ve got a bit of spring cleaning fever.   No cabinet or drawer is safe.  First on my hit list was the kitchen cabinet I reserved for our medicines and vitamins.  
organized medicine cabinet  - before
I attempted to organize it once before, but after a while things got a little crazy.  It was difficult to find things and half of the bottles and boxes were empty, so I knew it was time to reorganize.  
organized medicine and cookbook cabinet
Anytime I pretty up a space I do a much better job of keeping it neat and tidy, so I added some fun colorfully patterned scrapbook paper to the back of the cabinet.  
organized medicine cabinet
I’ll be sharing the deets on how I created the labels very soon!  
This is a multi-purpose cabinet so it seemed like the perfect place to keep important phone numbers handy for the babysitter as well as our points system (I’ll share more on this later).   The important phone numbers decal is a dry erase vinyl from the Martha Stewart line at Staples, and I made all of the labels to coordinate. 
important phone numbers
Ahhhh, the glorious before and after.  Now I can pull a basket out and easily find what I need!  So. much. better!  
organized medicine cabinet before and after
Long live the the spring cleaning fever!  Do you have it too?   
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  • Definitely have spring fever! I've been working my way through the house organising every press and drawer as well. It does make life so much easier though when everything has a 'home'.
    Sarah

  • Nice job! I just organized our medicine/vitamin cabinet the other day and it feels so good to have it in order! I need to add labels like you did though. At least it's basically done – I can't tell you how many things I found that were past expiration date!
    -Shelley

  • Me too! I spent the weekend laying low (thank you Boston lock down) and getting over a cold, but something about feeling better and the sunshine yesterday got me going. I shook out rugs, washed the whole kitchen, and cleaned up. More cleaning to come this week! Thanks for the encouragement too 🙂

  • reading your blog gives me the fever! I love the colorful background and large labels you used in your medicine/cookbook project. They beat my little tape lable maker for sure!! I'm excited for the tutorial!

  • The medicine cabinet has been on my spring cleaning list through fall and winter when I really needed everything accessible. This is a reminder – thank you, Carmel! I do have the Martha Stewart decal and have yet it place it but I love the line of products she has out at Staples. I have some of her products in my study.

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