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The Home Edit Organizing Dupes!! Cheap storage alternatives!!

Jun 08, 2021
Hello guys, welcome back to my channel. France explains everything. I'm so hooked on the new

home

edit

ing show on Netflix like I'm a

home

organization fanatic anyway, so when I saw that show come out, I was pretty sure. I binge-watched it all in like two days, so if you've seen the show then you know it's amazing, the posts are pretty funny, they go through and organize people's homes, whether they're celebrities or regular people, that they go through and do. a home

edit

, so I was hooked on the program, I was depressed, I mean, I organized my house the last time all this madness came up with Marie Condo's program and the home edit program does a really good job of making that things look really beautiful.
the home edit organizing dupes cheap storage alternatives
So I think Marie Kondo was more focused on making sure things were purged and you know you're just putting things in your house that you know bring you joy or whatever that you're actually going to use every day, which is great. and That's one of the steps in home editing, in addition to doing the home purge, you know, getting rid of things that you're no longer using, but you know it's not functional and you know, putting it back in a way that It's easy to access and you know it helps you keep up with the organization system, but what I really loved about the home edition store, you know, was that they really focused on making the space look really beautiful with those transparent containers or just beautiful boxes.
the home edit organizing dupes cheap storage alternatives

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I know how to save everything, so maybe it was a little different. I think about the difference between the two programs, but there is only one problem with this home edition store is that, like with any other DIY store, you want to throw out your entire house. and start over, but the problem was that I don't have a rich relative who is going to die and leave me four thousand dollars to go to the container store and buy all these beautiful containers to redo my house, so what I thought was: why not? I'm starting to look at maybe some

dupes

, some

cheap

er

alternatives

for those who, like me, are on a budget and would really like to organize their home in a pretty, you know, functional way and maybe spend a little less money on it, right? and?
the home edit organizing dupes cheap storage alternatives
What I did was I went to Amazon and I tried to look for some of the most popular things that the home editing store knew about on their show and on their website on the container store website and I tried to find a duplicate if I could or something similar or something comparable to the home edition store so you know maybe you could make a little

cheap

er purchase so if that sounds interesting to you stay tuned and I'll be right back so the first thing I did was I went to the container store website and I want to say it's like you know heaven for people who love organization and

storage

solutions like me, but I checked the site and I specifically went to the home editing section and this is the part from the website where They had just sponsored the program and then I saw that they had a few main categories of organization pieces, so I went through them and tried to consolidate them a little bit.
the home edit organizing dupes cheap storage alternatives
I condensed them into five, so I went ahead and organized the things I found in the pantry, closet, bedroom

storage

, jewelry and makeup storage, toy storage, and garage storage, and I'll put the timestamps here to each section if you are interested in seeing what I found on Amazon. the duplicates, so before I show you what I found and the amazing kind of deals that are out there, I first wanted to give some warnings, so first of all, I have nothing against the container store. I love it, I mean, I'd be into a kid. in a candy store if I went there but I wanted to find something that again you knew was something that was a duplicate or something close enough that you could feel good about what you're

organizing

in your house and you don't know how to get out of there. your budget if you're working within a budget like mine but I don't want this to be like I hate the container store because I don't love it and to be honest with you some things were cheaper at the container store so I also mention that some of the places I found better deals at the container store.
I listed them and I'll just mention them, and the other thing was that there are things in there that I liked about the container store maybe. They were comparable in price to what I found on Amazon, but they won't ship to me. I don't have a container store near me, so if you do, you're very lucky, but I don't have one. near me so I would have to ship everything and not everything ships for some reason they don't offer shipping for every product so I thought about some things I found and I thought oh you know what?
Actually, it's not a bad deal. I was able to buy it and I went and it said it doesn't ship so I'm fine I just pick up so that's unfortunate anyway that's one of the benefits I found to using Amazon in this case because Amazon would send another warning. that not everything is exactly one to one so you will see when I upload the photos that I have them like side by side and for the most part I try to get as close as possible but they are not always the same the measurements are not the same, rarely they're lined up to where it was the exact same measurement that I tried to get within a couple of inches or a few inches of the size so it was pretty much the same um obviously I wouldn't say like that.
It's a lot cheaper to buy this on Amazon and it was like you know a small container versus a large container, you know, at the container store. I didn't do that. I tried to keep it more or less similar but I didn't spend too much. many hours um I spent many hours researching, but I didn't spend too many hours trying to match it exactly so just check the measurements on Amazon if you're going to go ahead with it and make sure it works. To work in the space you know you are looking for, obviously, always check the measurements.
The other thing I found was that on Amazon, for the price to be so good, they offered things as a pack or a bundle, which is why I like the The best way to get the best deal is to buy as a four pack or eight pack of something and sometimes that's a good thing because you know when you're

organizing

a pantry you don't just need one container, you need 10 or 12 or whatever, you need a pack anyway and that often works fine, but that's where One of the benefits of the container store is that if you only need one of this size or one of that size, you can buy one of that. or another and buy them individually instead of having to buy a package of them, although they may be a little more expensive per item, so keep that in mind as it's one of the things I just wanted to rule out.
The last thing I wanted to point out is that I just rounded most things up or down, you know, rounded to the nearest decimal and tried to keep it simple, so prices are rounded and then for some things there's a price range. So if I'm looking at some clear containers, the container store or Amazon might have a range between if you buy a small one, it's this cost, if you buy a large one, this cost is like this, so I took the range. and then to calculate the cost savings I just took the average of what you know the cost was in the middle so what I'm going to show you below is a side by side comparison of some of the

dupes

I guess yes I could call it that or just

alternatives

maybe a better word for what I found at the container store for some of the most popular things on Home Edit and then what I found on Amazon and the prices of each and then the savings of costs in the middle.
I put in a little starburst to show you the cost savings so let's start with our categories and again they are pantry, bedroom jewelry, makeup toys and garage storage so let's start with pantry storage so the first article I found. They were these Linus pantry containers and on the container store site they were between $13 and $25 depending on what size you got and I found pretty much the same thing on Amazon for between seven and $13 which I thought was a great deal and It's 47 off and people just use them to organize regular groceries. Next we have a tea storage cart and I actually have one of these.
It's 22 at the container store and 17 on Amazon, so not a huge savings, just a few dollars cheaper if looking for something that contains the same amount of tea doesn't represent the savings of about 23 cheaper next thing What I found were these tall food containers or cereal organizers and they cost 17 each for the acrylic ones, but amazon has these plastic ones for three dollars a piece again, check the measurements there, but that's a huge and significant savings, 82 for hundred cheaper, buy these so I was surprised next are these clear stackable food containers for your pantry and I love them I think they are so cute and you I can label them and I found eighteen dollars at the container store and fourteen dollars at Amazon from what you see here, so it's 22 percent off.
You know, a little savings, just a few dollars cheaper next to these little organizing containers so you can write. from using them for small packets of sauce and things and I found them depending on the size for between six and nine dollars at the container store and between a dollar 25 and 750 on Amazon, so definitely cheaper, about half of me with a 42 percent discount. You know, just from organizing those little things on the side of the container store, I found these, uh, this Lazy Susan, and it's divided and it didn't have too many dividers in the Amazon version, but it's eight dollars cheaper for a savings of about 44 and I like these just for organizing little things and next up is a tiered can rack and I had a hard time finding the exact same thing but it has three tiers of cans on both sides and I think they are both expandable so it's five dollars cheaper on Amazon, which is about 33 savings, not a huge savings, but every dollar counts.
Then I found this bamboo kitchen organizer for your utensils and found pretty much the same thing, it seemed very similar and was a significant savings. In my opinion, I almost doubled the price, so it was a savings of 47 on Amazon. If you like this bamboo look then I actually found these hyacinth baskets and couldn't find them cheaper on Amazon. I couldn't find them as cheap as any size. The container store really beat them and then you can see some of the sample prices here, so I would go to the container store if you liked those hyacinth storage baskets.
Next up is an over the door spice rack so I tried to find the same number of shelves, I think each one has six and I found it for eighty three dollars at a container store and thirty six dollars on Amazon which is significant. Now the container store puts it together and Amazon is over the door so it's a small difference but almost 60. cheaper, these are actually these little clear pantry container labels to label your baskets. I found out they were 350 each at the container store and you can buy the little clear plastic packets as a bulk package and they ended up being 22 cents each so they look a little cheaper but are priced a lot cheaper .
Next up are the pantry stickers and you don't get that many of these at the container store so they turned out to be about 19 a piece. I count 19 cents, sorry, 19 cents. a piece versus four cents a piece because in the Amazon package you get a ton like 130 something so there's an 80 off if you compare the cost of each label. Then we go to the closet and bedroom category, and this is where I started with some sort of fabric clear window stackable organizers and found out that they are 30 each at the container store compared to Amazon. You can buy this volume in a pack of eight and it runs around five dollars, so it's around 83. cheaper, although the quality may not be exactly the same, next up are these dresser drawer dividers.
I love them. These little expandable dividers cost about ten dollars each, versus five dollars each on Amazon, which of course is a 50% savings. and I like them, they're both expandable and they both work, you know, so I thought it was a great deal next to these clear containers, um storage boxes for the closet, and I found out that there were 15 each at the container store and yeah um I bought this bundle, I think it's eight dollars each on Amazon, but I think this is one of those deals where you have to buy it in a bundle.
Next up are these dresser drawer organizers for ties, socks, bras, and such. and they were 20 each at the container store depending on what size you got and they started at 20 compared to Amazon. You get this, I think the whole game for 13. So I thought it was a dealreally fantastic for storing shoes yeah I mean these container stores had these, each clear shoe container is ten dollars so they are individual so a pair of shoes can be stored for ten dollars versus five dollars in Amazon. Each of those shoes, you know, the storage boxes were five, so that's about it.
Next up for half price are the shoe stackers and I saw something similar to this on the show although I think they were clear so you can store a pair of shoes for three dollars at the container store and they were 1.70 on Amazon , so these are the ones you know a little about. 43 off cheaper, especially if you buy a lot of them. The things that made a big difference on the show were actually the hangers that had consistent hangers and they had these velvet hangers for 70 cents a piece at the container store and 31 cents a piece. piece on Amazon, which isn't necessarily a huge savings, you know, but when you buy like 100 of them, it would really add up and similarly with these, these natural wood containers or natural wood hangers, they were 1.50 versus the dollar, which is only 50 savings per but if you buy 100 of them you know that's significant, it's 50, so I think every detail counts when you buy a lot of things like that in quantity and, similarly, the acrylic hangers that they love to use on the show they cost nine dollars per hanger, so if you're bougie. enough to make this for your wardrobe, then good for you, but I recommend getting version 4.60 for Amazon, which is a pretty big saving, it's almost half off, I'm not that bougie, I can't afford the next be the jewelry and makeup category. storage so I'm starting here with the jewelry stacking organizer and this one was very popular on the show.
I couldn't find anything very similar in color and I love the blush color but these were 35-40 per tray versus 750 per tray so it's on Amazon so it's a lot cheaper to make the whole organizer it was a lot, It's very expensive, then these clear makeup organizers and I have them all day, they are very popular at t.j.maxx, but they have them for sixty. three dollars at a container store and thirty dollars at amazon or you can just go to tj maxx and get them for about fifteen dollars so that's 52 savings here next position is the basic acrylic tray it's always good to organize things in a nice tray and I sold them for thirty dollars at the Amazon container store and 19 on Amazon, although the container stores were mirrored, so if that makes a big difference to you, then the Amazon version didn't have a mirror on the bottom, so I'll mention it below. is the toy storage organ category so kids toys can get out of hand, so first up is this art cart that looked very similar to me, both were metal, both had three bins or three buckets and $116 vs. $39, I thought it was a major deal at 66 percent off, even though it doesn't have the dividers.
Next up are these colorful unstackable containers. I couldn't find them anywhere comparable on Amazon. I looked everywhere for these types of containers and couldn't find them cheaper. They're three for twenty dollars, so if you like what you see here, this set would cost you, I think, forty dollars total because there are six containers, so I'd say there's a container store for that. Next up are these little clear toy containers and these were six. dollars for thirty dollars depending at the container store versus ten dollars a piece on Amazon. It was a four pack for forty dollars, so I don't know, I think it's a good savings personally, it's about forty-five percent off, especially if you buy a lot of them, I think that can really help and add up. .
Next up was this fabric storage cubby, so I found out the frame was fabric and cost $45 and each bin was nine dollars compared to a frame I couldn't find. a fabric frame on Amazon I found a wooden frame that is much more durable for about the same cost and the containers were only three dollars, so about, on average, about 35 percent cheaper and more durable, in This container store used a craft turntable a lot. the program and I couldn't find a clear one, I could only find this type of clear divided turntable or divided colored turntable on Amazon, so if your kids like colors, it's cheaper, it's about 40 cheaper, but otherwise Otherwise, if you like the clear, I would do it. go with the container store, so this paper document box is next, it was eight dollars per item, so each of those little containers is eight dollars, not the whole set.
Compared to Amazon, each of these costs four dollars and seventy cents, about forty percent cheaper. So, that's nice to throw away your papers and documents. Next is the garage storage category, so first starting with the garage shelving I found these bakery shelving type shelving, the one from the container store was 90 and had no wheels, the one from Amazon was 65 .and it had wheels I think it was about the same height and yeah I thought it was a better deal about 30 cheaper and I like that it has wheels so you can move it next if I couldn't find these storage bins.
These are cheaper on Amazon. I looked at all the sizes and unless I was just out of stock, these were only five to ten dollars a piece and I for one piece and I thought it was very similar to sports storage. I couldn't find one. Best deal for these on Amazon so I recommend going to the container store and they are pretty affordable. Lastly, there's the bike-destroying utility bike rack. I think we each stored four to five bikes and this was a savings of about half, it was 86 versus 40. dollars to store that doesn't have space to store the helmets, that's the only difference I would mention here, as you can see, There are some amazing savings, some of them aren't that great, you know, they're just a few. different dollars and some of them are drastically different so you know I can't speak to the quality of some of those items.
Certainly look at the reviews on Amazon, but to tell me, is it worth, you know, making that cut. to be able to afford to organize my home in a beautiful way, the other thing is that no I'm not limiting this to Amazon, I mean obviously look elsewhere, tj maxx has great deals. I actually took a look at tj maxx. to see what they had and I thought for sure because this home edition had just come out, you know, that the stores were going to be empty, the shelves were going to be empty, but I actually found some good storage and I'll just show you. a couple of things I found, mainly I found this clear acrylic storage to hold things like lipsticks or just makeup or jewelry.
They had a lot of things to store and even some custom ones to store, like cotton rounds or just, you know, scissors and similar tools. and things they could use in the bathroom and are pretty cheap. This one costs only 3.99. This one was 5.99. I was trying to look at some of the prices just to show you that this one is 16.99 but it's a little bigger. a tower that organizes makeup brushes and things that one has 13 and then they had some different configurations, you know, like this multi tool organizer and this one was 9.99, so these are really good prices comparable to what I was looking at on Amazon and I also had these baskets, which I thought was amazing.
This whole wall storage of different baskets. They have cloth baskets. They have plastic baskets. They have some of those wicker and hyacinth baskets, so it depends what you're looking for. but they had some for ten dollars, some of these were 7.99 for some of the fabric ones and for some of the wicker hyacinth type, they seem a little more expensive at 12.99, but still a lot cheaper than what you would cost. I found it on Amazon and it's comparable to what I was seeing at the container store for this guy, but they also had all kinds of sizes, they had some big ones on the bottom here, you probably can't tell the size, but they're pretty big for um .
You know, storing all kinds of different things, from blankets to small things. Anyway, I love a good TJ Maxx find, so I'm glad you saw all of that and I bought a few of them for my personal makeup collection, you know, and the other thing is don't be afraid to look at the dollar tree. The dollar tree is known for being economical for its storage options. They have shoe boxes. They have all kinds of small containers. They are not as glamorous as clear acrylic containers. but they work and are much cheaper than the ones you found on Amazon, so maybe if you're not so attached to the beautiful glamorous look of clear containers, certainly look at Dollar Tree and Walmart and places like that you know. cheap storage options and the last thing I would say is to think outside the box, sometimes you find some really beautiful storage solutions that are unexpected, they are free or you know they are cheaper than you thought and you just never thought to use them. do it that way, so maybe I'll get creative and give you a couple examples of what I use in my craft room.
In fact, I had a friend who gave me a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates and it was very sweet of her. and I actually loved the acrylic box that it came with, so I took the middle insert that had all the chocolates, a little gold one that, you know, holds all the chocolates and I used the tray as a sewing tray, so I carry this . Back and forth for my notions, I thought it was a cute idea and similarly someone had given me a couple of spice racks and I used them to hold all my threads.
They are the perfect size to just fit all my threads. color and I love it as an organizer it has a few different trays that slide out. I use it not only for thread but I also use the other one for bead storage and for jewelry supplies. I have all my little ones. rings and all my little beads and things like that that I can organize in these little dollar tree tins that were really cheap and then also talking about dollar tree a little earlier, I use these dollar tree jars, they're only a dollar. I love organizing things in a glass or plastic container.
Here I have everything separated and it is very easy to grab. I use it not only for pens, pencils and markers, but also for small pieces of wood, pellets and things I want to have. easy access and I also found these cheap little tension rods on Amazon that I use, they are very small and I only use them to hold some of my cutters so that's another idea for using storage is to use tension rods and then For other ideas I use shoe boxes for storage, so I bought them on sale at Michael's. Sometimes Michael will do a deal where they're two dollars or two dollars and fifty cents each, which is a good deal and I was doing a Kate. kind of a craft room themed thing so I went ahead and covered them with contact paper and hot glued wrapping paper on each of them and just took out this little piece of metal and got the whole box back and then you can put it in. put your tag on and then you can stick that little piece of metal back on, but it's perfect just because you know it stores different items.
It's not too expensive to make an entire craft room just to hold all your stuff and it looks nice, so that's all I've found. I spent many hours going back and forth comparing websites looking at sizes looking at prices calculating the difference in savings so I hope this was helpful to you. I've linked everything below so if you're interested in purchasing. Either of these things from the container store or from Amazon I posted both links and they are tagged below in the description box so I hope it's helpful and it's free to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already.
I would love to have them, I love making these types of videos, plus crafts, beauty, party planning and everything, so that's my world, you are welcome. I'll see you next time, bye.

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