Never Lose Your TV Remotes Again With A Simple Dollar Tree Find

"Do you know where the remote is?" Homer Simpson asks this seemingly vital question to Bart via a bullhorn during a standoff involving the police. Bart asks Homer to check his pocket, and low and behold, it's there. Never let your frantic search come to this level of desperation. Be like Homer and harness the power of the pocket, but in a much better way. There's a wealth of ways to repurpose Dollar Tree finds to organize your space, and here's a new one: nab this 8-Pocket Shoe Organizer and use it to house your collection of remote controls. While this budget-friendly shoe holder may not be tough enough to hold your size 13 shoes, it's certainly sturdy enough to hold your remotes and other lightweight necessities.

Let Dollar Tree help you hide cluttered eyesores once again. Bring a shoe organizer-turned-remote storage into your living room or bedroom and tuck half of this set of pockets under a seat cushion on your couch or between your mattress and box spring. Let the four remaining pockets hang over either the frame of the couch or the box spring, and store your remotes one to a pocket. As long as you and yours remember to put them back in their respective place, the remotes will always be easy to reach whenever you need them.

However, simply tucking a shoe organizer between two soft-sided items is probably not the best solution for a frustration-free remote holder, as it could easily slip out. Keep the pockets in place with the help of hook and loop adhesive tabs, one of the many underrated Dollar Tree finds you should stop overlooking. Grab a pack of the Tool Bench Hardware Hook-and-Loop Fasteners, then attach two or more to the back of the shoe organizer and the other side to the couch frame or box spring to hold the organizer in place.

If your household headcount is high, you might need storage for more than just remotes by your couch. Reading glasses, chargers, and handheld gaming devices are just a few of the myriad items families need to find quickly. To take advantage of all eight pockets while still keeping this storage solution hidden, hang it discreetly on the side of an end table, between the table and the couch or bed. Hook the two grommets over a couple of non-damaging removable adhesive hooks, like the Self-Adhesive Plastic Hooks, to preserve your table's finish.

If your end table or bedside table has a drawer that you rarely open and you're not too keen on sticking Velcro to your upholstery, why not tuck the top half of the shoe holder into a drawer and close it? As long as the pockets aren't overloaded and the drawer closes firmly, this should hold your gear holder in place.