Home Organizing in Malaysia

Did I tell you that I have been trying to find home organizing blog in Malaysia or this region and couldn't find one.

All my favourites have been in the US, not even in Europe. Maybe its a movement there.

There are a lot of ideas already on these blogs and Pinterest, why then start a new one?

First, the things they use for organizing is not available here. The dollar store and also container store.
We do have the 100Yen, Daiso and Kaison and of course IKEA. At least we have these, although as I have moved to KK recently, while I have my IKEA visit, bulky items are for my eyes only...not until I move back to KL in a few years.

Second, there are unique things that are Malaysian and Asian things that needs to be organized a certain way. We for once don't have a garage and store room (if you have any) are rather small and under the stairs kind. We don't have a pantry and we don't have laundry area. Most people don't have a walk-in closet.

Enough reason yet? So the blog is born...

This is my findings at Kaison and Daiso, drooling at the boxes and containers...

This is Kaison and I always have a warm and fuzzy feeling going here. 

What you can find in Daiso...drool

Of labelling and tagging

I have this label maker.

If you follow organising blogs, Pinterest and also random organising sites (some of my fav. are listed in my blog list), you know that you will need a label maker. In Malaysia where I come from, the common one that I have come across are Brothers and DYMO brands. Mine is the latter and have been a saviour in more than one occasions.

I have this kind, the DYMO LetraTag and I love that it is a QWERTY keyboard and that you can find the label re-fill from anywhere from Giant to stationeries shop. Although I do feel that the label re-fill are kinda expensive.

These are the things that I have labelled. If you can see I have labelled everything from inside the fridge, the switches in our new house (it does get confusing at the very beginning), and to the items hanging in my store room.

Repurpose/Reusing boxes and knowing exactly whats in it. Since it is tax filing time, am sharing the box we use. I find it better this way instead of in a file, cause its rather handy to put the books and also sports receipt here first.

In the store.. my store is the under stairs kind.

In the home office drawers

On the home office table - love this, I have this small drawers forever BUT until I have them labelled, I  usually have to open all 4 drawers to find a pen....

In the fridge, I thought it wouldn't last, but 6 mths after, still there...

p/s: If you see I am also labelling all my blogpost for the same reason as well :-), to find it later.