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In Japan's Tokyo and other big cities where land is worth its weight in gold,

the dining room, kitchen, and bedroom are often all inside a one-room apartment,

but whenever there is a big sale,

they often still stock up on toilet paper, body wash, snacks, and so on.

In such a small space,

they have instead dug out quite a few tricks for stocking up and saving money.

Today Fox will talk about:

1. When buying a whole box of facial tissues and toilet paper at once, how do you avoid overstocking?

2. How do you stock snacks so they are easy to grab and do not expire?

3. When buying several bottles of body wash and cleaner at once, how do you fit them all in?

When buying a whole box of facial tissues and toilet paper at once, how do you avoid overstocking?

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Toilet paper has no shelf life, so it is especially easy to overstock.

Therefore, one key point of stockpile organizing is "inventory management."

If it is not stored in a frequently used spot,

it is often easy to forget how much is left and buy too much at once.

This Japanese housewife stores toilet paper in the sink cabinet in the bathroom,

buying one pack at a time, which fits exactly 12 rolls.

Every time she takes something out in the bathroom, she can see how many rolls are left,

so she will not buy too much because she forgot during a discount.

When the toilet paper is almost used up and it is time to prepare more stock,

she can see at a glance that there is less than one layer left.

She says she uses feeling (the right brain) to sense inventory management.

Normally she uses toilet paper for cleaning,

and she uses 12 rolls every month,

but even so, if it has not yet reached the last layer,

she will absolutely not stock up no matter how big the discount is,

so waste and taking up space can be prevented.

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Facial tissues and sanitary pads are both square,

so they are very easy to store in storage boxes or storage cabinets.

If you stack wheeled storage boxes underneath,

they will be very convenient to take out and use.

As long as you stack the ones you frequently use on the upper layer,

you will not end up halfway through a meal with no facial tissues,

having to run to the storage room or storage cabinet,

and from all kinds of stockpiles stacked together,

struggle to pull out a box of facial tissues.

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Therefore, another key point of stockpile organizing is "pull-out accessibility."

For example, plastic wrap and aluminum foil

may need to be stocked in large amounts, but each piece can be replaced.

As long as you place them under the sink,

using a file box about 10cm wide to store them by category,

you can keep a lot of them,

and each time you pull one out, they will not scatter.

How do you stock snacks so they are easy to grab and do not expire?

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Purified water and carbonated drinks,

on the one hand, are hard to fit in the fridge,

and on the other hand, are rather troublesome to take out each time.

Whether boxed snacks or bottled drinks,

they can all be stored in a 15cm-wide gap storage cabinet beside the fridge,

making each retrieval very convenient.

If interested, you can look at what the Desirable Life Study Society wrote before,

"The Ultimate Guide to Using Gap Storage Cabinets,"

so we will not repeat it here.

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Another approach is to add a storage rack beside the fridge.

On the bottom layer of the storage rack,

you can use a wheeled storage box,

which is more "pull-out accessible" than a drink crate.

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Using a cart can also achieve a similar effect.

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"Pull-out accessible" does not mean you cannot stack stockpiles,

but rather that you can only stack stockpiles of the same type,

so pulling out one bottle

will not affect the others.

Usability can then be greatly improved.

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Another method is using kitchen drawers.

This architect mother uses shopping bags to store her child's snacks.

Because snack storage has its particularities:

first, the quantity changes every day,

and second, they expire easily.

Therefore, for many households whose household budgeting is not so strict,

leaving a certain amount of flexible space is very necessary.

For example, when there is a big sale,

and you buy a lot of drinks,

you can push the candy shopping bag up,

and pulling things out still will not make a mess.

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Because snacks expire easily,

many parents hope their children can take the snacks that are about to expire themselves.

So they divide snacks into those about to expire and those just bought.

This can greatly avoid waste.

When buying several bottles of body wash and cleaner at once, how do you fit them all in?

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Under the sink is actually a very awkward place,

even if there is a sink organizer rack,

stored items easily get damp, develop odors, and so on.

This spot is actually best for storing washing, care, and cleaning supplies,

and it works for rental housing too!

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For storing washing, care, and cleaning supplies,

one key point is to use refill packs as much as possible,

and buy fewer large bottles.

Because refill pouches are easy to adjust,

even in a very narrow place like a bathroom mirror cabinet,

they can fit.

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Finally, you can also use storage baskets to keep them together,

and just like the toilet paper mentioned earlier,

this uses storage space to plan inventory

in order to avoid buying too much.

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