How to Be Organized with the Amazing Shoe Box

Need to get organized but don't want to spend a bundle on the fancy plastic containers or cute wicker baskets! Really, all you want to do is "hide" the things you need but still keep them accessible. So, why spend alot of money if you don't have to? And thanks to shoe boxes, you don't have to!

Just go to your local shoe store and ask for their discarded shoe boxes. They'll give them to you for free! Now, I am sure you are saying, "oh yeah, shoe boxes, just what I want all over my house!"

Well, the point of organization is not to make it presentable while you are being organized, but to be presentable because you have organized!

If you think some of your boxes will be "out in the open", fine, just get some wallpaper sample papers, construction paper or wrappng paper and wrap the boxes before you use them! Pretend you are wrapping a present, add a little tape and BAM! You have a wonderful, really nice, totally usable and accessible storage device!

Shoe boxes come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from kids shoe size to boot and work shoe size. And the boxes can accommodate your lifestyle in so many places you'll soon wonder how you have made it this far without them!

Women's shoe boxes are probably the closest to fitting in an average dresser drawer, say around a size 6. Line the boxes up in the front of the drawer (often leaving you more storage space behind the boxes) and fill with socks, underwear and things like that. All is organized, nothing is falling out of the drawer and everyhing is neat and orderly so you can find what you need! Have something (like nylons) that you want handy, but at the same time don't need daily? Kid's shoe size boxes are the perfect size! Fill with what you need ocassionally, put the lid back on, write the contents on the lid and there you are... what you need occassionally but not mixed up with everything else or falling out of the drawer.