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		<title>By: Fia</title>
		<link>http://unclutterer.com/2009/02/24/organizing-food-storage-wraps/comment-page-2/#comment-30574</link>
		<dc:creator>Fia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally use a wrap rack for easy access whenever I&#039;m preparing food for my family. I have different kinds of wraps, such as plastic wraps, parchment paper, wax paper, aluminum foil/wrap, etc. Since I’m a sucker for kitchen organizers, I&#039;m also thinking of getting a bag holder for reusable shopping bags to save space and help the environment, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally use a wrap rack for easy access whenever I&#8217;m preparing food for my family. I have different kinds of wraps, such as plastic wraps, parchment paper, wax paper, aluminum foil/wrap, etc. Since I’m a sucker for kitchen organizers, I&#8217;m also thinking of getting a bag holder for reusable shopping bags to save space and help the environment, too.</p>
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		<title>By: deimm</title>
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		<dc:creator>deimm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t want to sacrifice a drawer to wraps and bags, which I use for cooking ahead and packing lunches when reusable containers don&#039;t serve the purpose. Our cabinet doors are too small and thin for a screw on organizer, so I bought two small rectangular wastebaskets at the dollar store. They are wide enough to hold six boxes, or all of my ziplock sizes, which I remove from the boxes and store each size in a gallon bag. The wastebaskets fit along one side of a bottom cabinet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t want to sacrifice a drawer to wraps and bags, which I use for cooking ahead and packing lunches when reusable containers don&#8217;t serve the purpose. Our cabinet doors are too small and thin for a screw on organizer, so I bought two small rectangular wastebaskets at the dollar store. They are wide enough to hold six boxes, or all of my ziplock sizes, which I remove from the boxes and store each size in a gallon bag. The wastebaskets fit along one side of a bottom cabinet.</p>
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		<title>By: Stina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I try to go plastic-free, so I store my food in reusable containers. No need for plastic bags. Those containers have a place in one of my cupboards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I try to go plastic-free, so I store my food in reusable containers. No need for plastic bags. Those containers have a place in one of my cupboards.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeanne Thelwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeanne Thelwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I got this idea from America&#039;s Test Kitchen, but I use a beer six-pack carton and stand the wraps in the compartments.  It holds all but the largest rolls, and for those, I simply break the separator between cartons.  It&#039;s convenient, because I can carry it to the counter where I&#039;m working,.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I got this idea from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen, but I use a beer six-pack carton and stand the wraps in the compartments.  It holds all but the largest rolls, and for those, I simply break the separator between cartons.  It&#8217;s convenient, because I can carry it to the counter where I&#8217;m working,.</p>
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		<title>By: susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmm..you inevitably find the clutter hotspots!  This is an area I keep meaning to get to.....how do you read my mind every time?

I have some feedback about your options.  I hope these feedbacks from everyone helps you make your decision.  They certainly help me! Thanks everyone for your inputs and suggestions.  

-- wrap rack and wrap shelves...why spend the money on something when you can just stack the boxes in the pantry just the same?  These two make no cents to me.  :)  

-- I recommend against the attachable wrap rack you are considering.  It is not flexible enough to accomodate different sizes. With a wire rack (like Grayline- the one right next to this one on Amazon on the page), you can have a few small ones or different combos as your wrap needs change.  Keep in mind future needs.  Maybe you have 4 wrap boxes of a certain size right now..but what if in 5 months the box sizes are different on sale at a great buy?  Are you going to pass up a good buy because your 4 hole wrap rack doesn&#039;t fit that size? 

--the over the door hanger seems ok, if you are ok with seeing the hanger on the front of your cabinet.  I personally wouldn&#039;t like to see the two things on the front of my cabinets.  Personal preference I guess.  

--I kinda like the under the shelf wrap holder. I may get this.  Anyone have any interesting feedback about this?  
Feedback like someone above posted about the wire wrap- when I used to have one, I did notice that if the rack is not full, the boxes all tip over and get caught in the door.  

--I like the bag holder. I have a cheap plastic one on my under the sink door and I like it.  The Ikea $2 one looks good. The silver one is nice, but do you really need to spend that much money on one that is inside the door and you can&#039;t see? If you plan on hanging it on a wall in plain view, yes, get this one.  Otherwise, save your pennies.

I also use nice tissue boxes in my car, garage, and second floor for disposable bags.  I only use reusable cloth bags for shopping now (for about a year), and any left over plastic bags that aren&#039;t in the 4 holders, get donated to the charity thrift store in town.  

If you want to save some money and still stay organized, skip the bag holder, and use tissue box concept.  It is in a cabinet, so what does it matter?  And you can attach the box to the cabinet door to get it out of the way too....with double sided tape, etc.  
I also heavily recommend using the reusable bags.  They are sturdy, don&#039;t take up a lot of room, can be stashed in your trunk or in your shopping cart, and save you money (all my stores give me 5 cent credit PER BAG per shopping trip...which definitely adds up over time).  

So you can stay organized and not spend muc moola at all!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmm..you inevitably find the clutter hotspots!  This is an area I keep meaning to get to&#8230;..how do you read my mind every time?</p>
<p>I have some feedback about your options.  I hope these feedbacks from everyone helps you make your decision.  They certainly help me! Thanks everyone for your inputs and suggestions.  </p>
<p>&#8211; wrap rack and wrap shelves&#8230;why spend the money on something when you can just stack the boxes in the pantry just the same?  These two make no cents to me.  <img src='http://unclutterer.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   </p>
<p>&#8211; I recommend against the attachable wrap rack you are considering.  It is not flexible enough to accomodate different sizes. With a wire rack (like Grayline- the one right next to this one on Amazon on the page), you can have a few small ones or different combos as your wrap needs change.  Keep in mind future needs.  Maybe you have 4 wrap boxes of a certain size right now..but what if in 5 months the box sizes are different on sale at a great buy?  Are you going to pass up a good buy because your 4 hole wrap rack doesn&#8217;t fit that size? </p>
<p>&#8211;the over the door hanger seems ok, if you are ok with seeing the hanger on the front of your cabinet.  I personally wouldn&#8217;t like to see the two things on the front of my cabinets.  Personal preference I guess.  </p>
<p>&#8211;I kinda like the under the shelf wrap holder. I may get this.  Anyone have any interesting feedback about this?<br />
Feedback like someone above posted about the wire wrap- when I used to have one, I did notice that if the rack is not full, the boxes all tip over and get caught in the door.  </p>
<p>&#8211;I like the bag holder. I have a cheap plastic one on my under the sink door and I like it.  The Ikea $2 one looks good. The silver one is nice, but do you really need to spend that much money on one that is inside the door and you can&#8217;t see? If you plan on hanging it on a wall in plain view, yes, get this one.  Otherwise, save your pennies.</p>
<p>I also use nice tissue boxes in my car, garage, and second floor for disposable bags.  I only use reusable cloth bags for shopping now (for about a year), and any left over plastic bags that aren&#8217;t in the 4 holders, get donated to the charity thrift store in town.  </p>
<p>If you want to save some money and still stay organized, skip the bag holder, and use tissue box concept.  It is in a cabinet, so what does it matter?  And you can attach the box to the cabinet door to get it out of the way too&#8230;.with double sided tape, etc.<br />
I also heavily recommend using the reusable bags.  They are sturdy, don&#8217;t take up a lot of room, can be stashed in your trunk or in your shopping cart, and save you money (all my stores give me 5 cent credit PER BAG per shopping trip&#8230;which definitely adds up over time).  </p>
<p>So you can stay organized and not spend muc moola at all!</p>
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		<title>By: Kai</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An empty kneenex box is an excellent plastic bag holder.  just stuff them through the plastic top, and pull them out one at a time.  It works amazingly well, from something you probably otherwise have to get rid of anyways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An empty kneenex box is an excellent plastic bag holder.  just stuff them through the plastic top, and pull them out one at a time.  It works amazingly well, from something you probably otherwise have to get rid of anyways.</p>
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		<title>By: Betsy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I use a cardboard box that was originally the box for 4 new (small) wine glasses. The dividers that came with the box keep my plastic wrap, foil, wax paper, and storage bags upright and separate; the box is sturdy enough that it doesn&#039;t fall over if I pull the whole thing out of the cabinet. Easy and free....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I use a cardboard box that was originally the box for 4 new (small) wine glasses. The dividers that came with the box keep my plastic wrap, foil, wax paper, and storage bags upright and separate; the box is sturdy enough that it doesn&#8217;t fall over if I pull the whole thing out of the cabinet. Easy and free&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our wraps and foils have a whole cabinet to themselves, but they still tumble everywhere, and the one I want is always in the back, so I have to fumble and curse to retrieve it. 

My dream solution would be to mount them on the inside of a large door, so the boxes stay still and only the product itself can be pulled (if you&#039;ve ever seen the wire thing they use to unroll a red carpet, it&#039;s like that). Unfortunately, our inner pantry door is already covered by a giant spice rack.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our wraps and foils have a whole cabinet to themselves, but they still tumble everywhere, and the one I want is always in the back, so I have to fumble and curse to retrieve it. </p>
<p>My dream solution would be to mount them on the inside of a large door, so the boxes stay still and only the product itself can be pulled (if you&#8217;ve ever seen the wire thing they use to unroll a red carpet, it&#8217;s like that). Unfortunately, our inner pantry door is already covered by a giant spice rack.</p>
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		<title>By: Eden</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The racks never worked for me. A shallow drawer has worked best but w/ kids, I use a shelf in an upper cabinet with a &quot;helper shelf&quot; to add more storage. It works really well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The racks never worked for me. A shallow drawer has worked best but w/ kids, I use a shelf in an upper cabinet with a &#8220;helper shelf&#8221; to add more storage. It works really well.</p>
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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My solution for storing different storage containers that eliminates the hunt for lids is to simply store them with their lids on. If you keep only the number that you will actually need they won&#039;t take up much room. I think I have 10 of various sized; and don&#039;t think I ever use more than 5 at any one time (including the 2 that are used and washed daily to take our lunches to work).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My solution for storing different storage containers that eliminates the hunt for lids is to simply store them with their lids on. If you keep only the number that you will actually need they won&#8217;t take up much room. I think I have 10 of various sized; and don&#8217;t think I ever use more than 5 at any one time (including the 2 that are used and washed daily to take our lunches to work).</p>
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		<title>By: Susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lucky me, have a drawer. I use a meal saver machine fairly often, and those rolls or individual bags are what is messing up my drawer. I may wait for another roll box to get empty,cut the top panel off and stash them in there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lucky me, have a drawer. I use a meal saver machine fairly often, and those rolls or individual bags are what is messing up my drawer. I may wait for another roll box to get empty,cut the top panel off and stash them in there.</p>
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		<title>By: Darci</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darci</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s something a little different (but also from Ikea). I have a pot rack that&#039;s against a wall in my kitchen, I bought a cheap Ikea shoe organizer (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00116500) to hang on the back of the pot rack. It added an instant 10 shelves to my wee kitchen where I store baggies, wrap, linens and reusable grocery bags. Not bad for $7!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s something a little different (but also from Ikea). I have a pot rack that&#8217;s against a wall in my kitchen, I bought a cheap Ikea shoe organizer (<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00116500" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/us/en/cata.....s/00116500</a>) to hang on the back of the pot rack. It added an instant 10 shelves to my wee kitchen where I store baggies, wrap, linens and reusable grocery bags. Not bad for $7!</p>
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		<title>By: Caroline</title>
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		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I use a hanging shoe organizer from Ikea: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00116500

It hangs from a bar in our very small pantry closet. I also hang spray cleanser bottles on that bar by their triggers, making them really accessible and freeing up shelf space for other things.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I use a hanging shoe organizer from Ikea: <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00116500" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/us/en/cata.....s/00116500</a></p>
<p>It hangs from a bar in our very small pantry closet. I also hang spray cleanser bottles on that bar by their triggers, making them really accessible and freeing up shelf space for other things.</p>
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		<title>By: Rue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, for the plastic grocery bags - I stuff a bunch of them into one and put them beneath my sink. When I get too many, I take the extras to the store to recycle. If you have too many and need to pack a box to ship something in, they also make a decent cushion! :) I plan to get a grocery bag holder when I move in a couple of months. http://www.target.com/simplehuman-Grocery-Bag-Holder/dp/B00079RMV4/sr=1-2/qid=1235572491/ref=sr_1_2/180-9924363-8849549?ie=UTF8&amp;frombrowse=0&amp;index=target&amp;field-original-keywords=simplyhuman&amp;rh=k%3Asimplehuman&amp;page=1</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, for the plastic grocery bags &#8211; I stuff a bunch of them into one and put them beneath my sink. When I get too many, I take the extras to the store to recycle. If you have too many and need to pack a box to ship something in, they also make a decent cushion! <img src='http://unclutterer.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I plan to get a grocery bag holder when I move in a couple of months. <a href="http://www.target.com/simplehuman-Grocery-Bag-Holder/dp/B00079RMV4/sr=1-2/qid=1235572491/ref=sr_1_2/180-9924363-8849549?ie=UTF8&#038;frombrowse=0&#038;index=target&#038;field-original-keywords=simplyhuman&#038;rh=k%3Asimplehuman&#038;page=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/simplehu.....038;page=1</a></p>
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		<title>By: Rue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The only things I keep around that fall into this category are gallon-sized freezer bags, sandwich bags, and aluminum foil. The thing that stinks is that none of my cabinets are very deep, so the aluminum foil rolls are too long to sit in properly. :( I&#039;ve been considering a wrap holder for a long time, but I don&#039;t really use the foil anymore (I used it for covering a prepackaged meal in the oven, but the meal isn&#039;t even made anymore) so I probably don&#039;t really need the holder anymore. 

I do agree with the people that have said why use wraps when you can use tupperwares! The only freezer/fridge related thing I use Ziplocs for is storing separate portions of hamburger meat (I buy 3-5 pound rolls of it and separate it into 1-lb portions for cooking), and for storing messy things when their bag has broken or can&#039;t be closed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only things I keep around that fall into this category are gallon-sized freezer bags, sandwich bags, and aluminum foil. The thing that stinks is that none of my cabinets are very deep, so the aluminum foil rolls are too long to sit in properly. <img src='http://unclutterer.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  I&#8217;ve been considering a wrap holder for a long time, but I don&#8217;t really use the foil anymore (I used it for covering a prepackaged meal in the oven, but the meal isn&#8217;t even made anymore) so I probably don&#8217;t really need the holder anymore. </p>
<p>I do agree with the people that have said why use wraps when you can use tupperwares! The only freezer/fridge related thing I use Ziplocs for is storing separate portions of hamburger meat (I buy 3-5 pound rolls of it and separate it into 1-lb portions for cooking), and for storing messy things when their bag has broken or can&#8217;t be closed.</p>
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