It is the clutter spot in our kitchen. You may have a similar area where paper items are kept. Mail, bills, coupons; they have to sit somewhere while I am chasing the kids! You may know that I am not anyone’s definition of “organized.” That being said, I do like things to be organized. I just don’t often make it a priority. So a few weeks ago when my husband expressed his dislike of this particular clutter in the house, I said, “Okay, I will take care of it.” And I actually did! I cleared out a shelf of the cabinet that had extra coffee mugs. (We had two shelves of coffee mugs and he is the only one who drinks it.) Then, I scoured the internet (okay, I scoured Pinterest), for ideas to organize the stuff. I found two ideas that would work in the cabinet. One idea was using cereal boxes to make a paper organizer. I glued three cereal boxes together, then cut them at an angle to create my organizer.
Next, I picked scrapbook paper that I liked and covered the box all around with it. I just used an Elmer’s craft glue-stick and it worked fine. I used a coordinating paper on the inside also.
After I finished, I made some labels with card-stock and stuck them on with my favorite tool ever, my little glue dot roller. I figured they wouldn’t be hard to change that way.
The next idea I found was for making laminated pockets from the blog Organizing Home Life
I thought this was such a great idea! I used 3M command strips to hang them instead of Velcro, because I didn’t have any Velcro.
So the finished cabinet included both of these, plus a small container for loose change, a pen holder that a friend made for me years ago (can covered in fabric), hooks for keys (they were already there), tape dispenser, pocket calendar, and pads of paper for jotting down notes.
The categories I used for organizing all the paper: coupons, invitations, bills, receipts, To-Do Mike, and To-Do Priscilla.
And now the counter looks like this and my husband can bow down to my greatness.
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