Storage Solutions from Wasted Space

I am not sure if you know this about me, but I coupon. Now don't get freaked out and think I am one of those hoarders like on TLC's Extreme Couponing, buying 60 bottles of mustard just because I can. However, I do have a small stockpile of bath products that I have gotten for very inexpensive or free. I was running out of space to put this stuff. And I could not bring myself to start storing things under my kids bed or having some storage shelf full of crap in the middle of my living room. We don't have a garage so that option was also out. I had to get creative!

One day I looked up in my closet and it hit me!

Look at all that wasted space up there!
We have very tall, angled ceilings throughout our house. Our closet is no exception. We have this big blank spot on either side of the top of our walk in closet. So a trip to Lowe's was in order. For right around $20 I was able to buy a wire shelf that would fit into the space above my folded clothes. (Some handywork by my hubby was needed to cut the shelf to the right length). 

(Sorry the lighting is so bad, it is the closet after all)


I would have loved to put in a wooden shelf, but that would not have fit with the rest of the metal wire shelves we already have in our closet. And a total closet renovation is out of the budget at this time. The pink bins are foldable fabric bins I had purchased to organize my daughter's room that were not being used. They house the extra small stuff that would fall through the wires.

Dental supplies (pretty much all free)
Toothpaste, floss, toothbrushes
Razors (usually less than $2.00)
Sample sizes of soaps and lotions and pantyliners (all free)
I still store some of the overflow under my husband's side of the sink, but at least I don't have ALL that stuff shoved under there anymore!
Basket under the hubby's sink (purchased from the Dollar Tree)
Do you have wasted space in your house that can be used for storage? At the top of a closet? By installing some extra shelves? Maybe install a shelf above a windowsill or door?

What creative options have you come up with to get organized and store your stuff?

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