Give the Gift of an Organized Home with These Useful Gadgets and Accessories

Because home is where the heart is and everyone could use a more organized home, we've rounded up some great household gifts that will make your gift recipient's life easier.

Clutter Control

Bedside Caddy for Gadgets and More

Your space-challenged friend doesn't have to suffer with a nightstand crowded with books, gadgets, and other items. For under ten bucks, give him or her a handy place to store everything within reach. The IKEA Flort (left) has a convenient large pocket perfectly sized for a tablet or small notebook, as well as four pockets for remotes and analog tools. If a trip to IKEA is too taxing or impossible for you, though, Amazon offers a similar, larger bedroom accessory (right), available in sand or black.

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Buy the IKEA Flort ($5) or the
Bedside Caddy ($8)

Entryway Organizer

Help someone you care about banish entryway clutter once and for all with one of these organizers designed to keep important papers and information in reach?elegantly. On the left is Pottery Barn's antique mirror message center, with space for all the entryway necessities cleverly tucked behind a mirror. If its $199 price is too high for you, consider the modular wall-mounted organizer on the right, also from Pottery Barn. You can pick and choose the pieces (corkboard, letter bin, rack with key hooks) as you wish.

Buy the Antique Mirror Message Center ($199) or the Daily System ($12 to $54)

Wall-Mounted Magazine Organizer

This colorful accessory keeps magazines, books, and other space-hogging stuff off of tables. A parent might use it in a kid's room to organize comic books, while avid readers and those with home offices might use it to corral other types of reading materials. It costs just $15 at the Container Store, but hanging hardware isn't included, so throw in some 3M hanging clips while you're at it.

Buy the Fabric Wall-Mount Magazine Organizer ($15)

Home Records Organizer

New homeowners or, well, any homemaker could use an easy tool to keep track of their home improvements, purchases, and other home-related details. This binder has planning worksheets, folders for storing important receipts, and more. It's huge but comprehensive.

Buy The Ultimate Home Journal & Organizer [Ring-Bound] ($20)

Small Parts Organizer

For that DIYer, crafter, or anyone else who has to deal with lots of small parts and tools, a storage unit makes a perfect gift. This Plano rack organizer has organizing cases that slide out easily. It'll fit right in for that special person's workshop or craft room.

Buy the Plano Molding 932 Portable StowAway Rack Organizer ($35)

Kitchen Tools

Magnetic Spice Rack

For the cook or foodie in your life, offer up a wall-mounted, magnetic spice rack. Create your own spice rack kit with a stainless steel panel and magnetic spice jars from IKEA?cheap, yet attractive and functional. An array of spices instantly upgrades any kitchen. Photo by The Kitchn

Buy the Spontan magnetic board ($13) or magnetic knife rack ($14) and Grundtal magnetic containers ($5 for 3)

Zojirushu Mr Bento Stainless Lunch Jar

What could be better than compartmentalized, Japanese-inspired lunches? A lunch jar or other bento box like this Zojirushi Mr. Bento or Ms. Bento version could rescue your gift recipient from the tedium known as brown bagging. These containers keep foods hot or cold and encourage healthy eating and easy lunch preparation.

Buy the Zojirushi Mr. Bento Stainless Lunch Jar ($42) or Zojirushi SL-NCE09 Ms. Bento Stainless-Steel Vacuum Lunch Jar ($45)

Household Gadgets

Belkin WeMo

The Belkin WeMo is one of the easiest ways to add automation to a home?and, thus, convenience to your gift recipient's life. He or she can plug any appliance or other fixture into the outlet and control it with an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. For example, remotely start a heater or turn on the coffee maker. There's even a motion sensor available and support for IFTTT web-based automation.

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Buy the Belkin WeMo Home Automation Switch ($49) or Belkin WeMo Home Automation Switch + Motion Sensor ($100)

Charging Valet with Photo Displays

This charging station (or "charging valet") keeps various small gadgets organized and charged while hiding the cord clutter. It would make a stylish and fitting accessory in the entryway or just about anywhere in a home. Although there are plenty of similar charging stations available, this one got the most high ratings on Amazon, and the three photos in the front make it a more home-worthy gift.

Buy the Mark Feldstein & Associates Charging Valet with 3 Photo Displays ($45)

A special thanks goes out to everyone who provided suggestions last week! It made putting together these guides a lot easier, and a better fit for you.

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