Gifts for Organised People: Ideas That Free Up Space

You're looking for gifts for organised people and you can already see the problem: someone whose spices are lined up alphabetically won't be thrilled by yet another ornament that just sits around. What they love are things that have a fixed place, or that give other things one. Here are ideas for the hallway, bathroom, kitchen and drawers, sorted by room, as it should be.

What tidy people actually want

Before you buy anything, take an honest look at how the person lives. Organised people usually have a system already, and a gift should fit into it rather than throw it off. Three questions help: will it be used every day? Does it clear a surface? Does it go with what's already there? If you can say yes twice, you're on the right track.

In the hallway: storing keys without a key rack

The oldest tidiness problem in the world: where are the keys? The bowl on the sideboard fills up with receipts and hair ties, and the key rack hangs at an angle because the wall plug never really held. If you want to store keys properly, you need one fixed spot right next to the door, at eye level, where it's almost impossible to put them anywhere else.

Our magnetic key holder is the tidy alternative to a key rack: a small holder with a strong magnet that a steel key ring simply sticks to, even a heavy bunch with a car key. It sticks without drilling to smooth surfaces such as tiles, glass, metal, painted wood or a smooth door, and costs €11.95. You'll find more ideas in our guide Key rack without drilling.

More for the hallway: a slim basket for hats and gloves, a drip tray for wet winter boots, a single hook just for the dog lead.

In the bathroom: order starts on the surfaces

Anyone trying to organise a bathroom soon sees where the mess gathers: half-empty bottles on the edge of the shower, the soap dish with its permanent puddle, three toothbrushes crammed into one cup. Good gifts for this room include an organiser for the drawer under the basin, clear boxes for spares, or one toothbrush cup per person, all in the same colour.

And an idea many tidy people haven't come across yet: put the soap on the wall. With the Soapi, you press a bottle cap halfway into a bar of soap, the soap hangs from a magnet on the tile and dries all the way round. No dish, no puddle, and the basin stays clear and clean. The Soapi is rated 4.88 out of 5 stars from more than 1,600 reviews, sticks with a waterproof adhesive pad to tiles, glass or mirrors without drilling, and costs €12.95. It holds solid shampoo too, so two bottles disappear from the shower at once.

For people who like everything to match: the Soapi comes in ten colours, from black and cream white to teal and mint. So either one colour for every holder in the house, or one colour per person, so it's finally clear whose soap is whose.

In the kitchen, wardrobe and drawers

• A label maker: the secret favourite of many organised people. Storage jars, cables, folders, freezer boxes: at last everyone knows what's inside.
• Drawer dividers: bamboo or plastic, ideally a good fit. Measure the drawer quietly beforehand.
• Matching storage jars: six identical ones beat twelve different ones.
• A cable box or Velcro ties: for that corner behind the TV everyone knows.
• Matching hangers: sounds dull, but changes any wardrobe.

Gifts for organised people that aren't things

Sometimes the best gift is time. A voucher for a joint decluttering Saturday with coffee, music and a trip to the charity shop afterwards. A good book about tidying. Or something that gets used up: good coffee, tea, a bar of soap. Consumables leave no clutter behind, as minimalists know just as well. More on that in Gifts for minimalists.

Mix & Match: a small tidy-home set

With Mix & Match you pick 5 products, pay €50 and get free delivery within Germany. For an organised person, for example: two Soapis for the basin and the shower, the key holder for the hallway, a Marseille soap and a Skargard solid shampoo. That sorts out the bathroom and hallway in one go. If they've just moved, it's twice as welcome, and you'll find more ideas in our housewarming gift ideas.

FAQ

What do you give someone whose home is already tidy?

Something that gets used up, or something that frees up a surface. Another basket is rarely the answer, a holder on the wall more often is.

Will the Soapi stick to any wall?

It holds securely on smooth surfaces such as tiles, glass, stainless steel, ceramic, mirrors and painted wood. Don't stick it to painted plaster or wallpapered walls. It comes off tiles and glass without leaving residue.

How heavy can the bunch of keys be?

The magnet is strong and holds even heavy bunches with a car key, as long as the key ring is made of steel.

In short

Good gifts for organised people don't take up space, they give it back. A fixed spot for the keys, soap on the wall instead of in a dish, a label maker for everything else. Put together your Mix & Match set and tidy up the bathroom and hallway in one go.