Monthly Organization: Project 1 -- Paint Storage

I am constantly reading about ways to organize my life, home, children, schedules, papers, etc.  I love organization and find it extremely useful now that I have children to keep up with.  Often, I get overwhelmed with all the organizing propaganda that I get hung up on all the stuff and never accomplish anything.

I am going to try to finish one organization project a month.  This is a realistic goal and an affordable one.  Organizing with all the fun accessories I love can get quite pricey so I am going to focus on one project a month.

This month, I organized and sorted through all our paint.  Our garage is full of old paint cans that are unlabeled, old, rusted and many of which are unusable.

 

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I recently read an article in Martha Stewart Living that suggested storing touch-up paint in glass jars inside.  This can prolong the life of the paint up to 10 years!  Especially in my neck of the woods, the hot summers can destroy paint left in the garage.

I love touch-up paint!  It is extremely useful to keep on hand.  Every couple of months, I get out our touch-up paint and touch up nicks and scuffs on the walls.  It is amazing what clean walls can do for a room.

To accomplish the paint project, I first ordered WECK glass storage jars from here.

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They are actually canning/food storage jars but they worked wonderfully for this project.

I filled each jar with paint and labeled it with the corresponding room and paint information on a tag.

It was so neat to see all the colors together.

I realized that I really am drawn to green, khaki and blue hues.  When we go to paint other rooms of our house, I can choose a color that will blend nicely with the existing colors...this is now incredibly easy to do because of the glass jars!!

I am incredibly pleased with this month's organization project.  Plus, it has freed up a lot of room  in our garage.  Now all I need is one shelf in my utility room cabinet to store paint.  Aahhh, the joys of a successful project!