Cheaper Than Dollar Tree Baskets: IKEA's Organizer Zaps Away Clutter For 29 Cents

Finding affordable organizers is easy enough, but one of the lowest-priced options may not be at discount variety stores like Dollar Tree. You can actually find them at IKEA — the NOJIG plastic organizer boxes sell for just 29 cents up to under $1, depending on the size you get. Thanks to its variety of sizes — with its smallest measuring 4 by 4 by 2 inches, and the largest at about 8 by 10 by 4 inches — this assortment of NOJIG organizers is an affordable way to sort items in drawers, utility carts, cabinets, baskets, racks, and more. 

The product is designed to help you get your entire home organized by introducing smaller compartments to store essentials, from everyday carries like keys and wallets, to tiny craft and hardware items, from beads to screws. Customer reviews on the IKEA website compliment the product's affordability and practicality, with many buyers using NOJIG organizers to reduce visual clutter by creating smaller catch-all containers for otherwise open-storage systems.

The NOJIG is functional on its own or combined with other IKEA products. Some of the best storage ideas for keeping small items organized are to combine small NOJIG containers with drawers or trays. One setup you can try is to line NOJIG organizers 2 inches tall in the HARVMATTA Letter Tray and turn it into a desktop drawer organizer. For those who collect small toys or trinkets in large quantities, you can line up smaller NOJIG containers inside the ALEX drawer and sort all tiny items comfortably without the fuss.

Beyond the IKEA catalog, NOJIG is just as handy in everyday spaces and does not need large drawers or cabinets for it to be useful enough as a standalone organizer, with a few simple modifications. In the kitchen, you can use a NOJIG organizer as a lightweight, portable condiment container that you can easily transfer between the kitchen cupboard and the dining table. You can also line it with stainless steel mesh and create a soap or sponge tray that you can easily drain water from. The larger NOJIG boxes, on the other hand, can easily be transformed into a budget-friendly caddy by wrapping durable rubber bands around them that function as both a divider and a handle. You can store your craft supplies like paint tubes and brushes, or you can use these containers to declutter your garage workbench by keeping hardware tools and supplies sorted.