a suggestion from grammie

if you need to organize odds and ends or office supplies, try this suggestion:
find everyday containers such as empty soup cans or small boxes that are the sizes you want. cover them with matching contact paper to unify the look. you can even add a strip of contact paper to something else, for example, the stapler, to make it all fit together. it works well for things like post-it notes, pencil containers and paper clip holders.

any pattern will do, the flowered ones are nice. if you are covering containers to go in your car (for example: containers for coupons, change, and a mini flashlight) find a pattern or color that compliments the interior of your car well.

another variation is to cover small containers, and fit them all into a bigger box like a shoe box, or the lid of a shoe box. since they are now all the same color, the different sizes of the boxes don't matter, it looks like they were meant to be together in the first place!


(i borrowed this suggestion from my grammie...she is the most organized person i know.)