I am a huge fan of Command adhesive hooks and I use them often throughout our house. Recently they asked if I would try out a few new products and of course I was all for it! They sent me some fun goodies, but for now I’m going to share with you the new Command Picture Clip. The picture clip is simply a small plastic clip that you attach to the wall and can essentially clip up anything you want like a photo or a note. I especially love this idea because my kids are constantly wanting to hang things up with tape and of course tape can peel off the paint on whatever it is attached to. So far I haven’t had that issue with Command products.
For me, the best thing about trying out new products is finding alternative uses! When I first saw the Picture Clip I knew another one of my problems would be solved….
That’s right socks! My laundry room counter always has a small pile of miss-matched socks waiting to find their mate and quite frankly I hate seeing them just laying around. I put up a few of these new Picture Clips then clipped up our mate-less socks and well… problem solved! Thanks Command!
So tell me, what do you do with your miss-matched socks while you are waiting for the mate to show up?
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For lonely socks, I keep a shoebox in the laundry room for each family member. Whenever a sock comes out of the dryer all by itself, I grab the appropriate shoebox, check for its mate, and if none is found, add the lonely sock to the box for next time. I like this solution so well, I plan to take the next step, which for me will be to cover the shoeboxes with pretty paper to help them match the decor. :)
Two ways. Each family member has a laundry basket of their own, into which clean laundry is placed for them to put away. Unmatched socks stay in the basket until the partner turns up.
I have a teenaged daughter who has worn mismatched socks, by choice, since she was about 8. So any permanently mismatched socks go to her!
I have an orphan socks bin that I throw them in. Then once a month I go through and match up as many as I can.
LOL! I just throw them back in the laundry. They’re usually white socks and it only takes one or two more loads before their mate shows up. Nobody notices if one is slightly brighter white than the other.
I just put them in the drawer they are supposed to be in and hope the mate shows up :)
same here…throw it in the back of the sock drawer
In my family, we call them the ‘unfriendly’ socks. They can’t get along with their buddies. We throw them all in a box that I keep in the laundry room and about once every six month we have a sock matching race. All of us (including mom) get on the floor and see who can match the most in a given time period. It is a sock matching frenzy.
Honestly, I stuff them in a bag and hang the bag on a doorknob.
I have two five year olds, so the bag is always well stocked. But each load usually gives me a match or two.
I do use the command picture clips–for pictures. :) I’ve got them on the edge of my desk pointing upward so the pictures stand up rather than hanging.