• Tailoring to your space- they can be tiered and stacked in different arrangements
• Mounting them on the wall to take advantage of vertical space
• Taking advantage of the depth of your cabinet space and maximizing the amount of stuff you can fit in your storage cabinet
• Accommodating different types of items, from binder clips to letter size sheets of paper; yet the consistency of material keeps it looking organized
• Labeling them!

Cost: $13 - $55

Available at: The Container Store

Abilities:

• Creates incoming and outgoing paper flow
• Stackable
• Papers lay flat, so they do not distort
• Can add labels
  

Great for: Anyone who needs to create paper flow, a mail center, or inbox system within an existing space but wants it to look nice for a very reasonable price.  Anyone can use these, they’re very versatile!

Available at: our Amazon store

Great for:

• Making your files portable or easily moved around
• Stacking file boxes to optimize vertical space
• Creating an action file for your desktop

Available at: our Amazon store

Here are just some of the ways this versatile product can be used:

1. Stand it upright and use it as your Action File
2. Lay it down and use it as a paper holder that doubles as a monitor stand
3. Mount it to the wall and use it as your Mail Center

How do you use 3-tier organizers?  Get yours at our Amazon store!

You’ll love it for:
•  Storing files in basements or closets
•  Stacking several boxes
•  Quickly viewing what is inside

Cost: $19.99

Available at: our Amazon store

Mount magazine holders onto the wall to use as bins for your mail center.

If you mount three on the wall, you can use them for:

1. incoming mail that needs to be sorted
2. mail that has an action associated with it (such as invitations, bills, coupons)
3. outgoing mail

To learn more about mail centers, attend our upcoming webinar Creating a Mail Center in Your Home: Handle Bills Efficiently

What are your thoughts?  How do you keep your ribbons untangled?

Challenge:
The office in this client’s home was the only room she unpacked after the move and she didn’t know how to plan her space to make it functional.  She bought all these great organizing products but didn’t know how to make them work for her.

Solution:
We sorted through and categorized all the piles of paper on the countertop, chair, floor and in the boxes.  Once we knew exactly what we had, we designed a map of her existing space to reflect the appropriate storage needed for each category.  This map was how we determined where each category should go on her existing shelving system. 

Result:
The result is a much more functional office.  Because everything is labeled and categorized, our client can now easily find all her office supplies, files, craft supplies and books.  Our client exclaimed, “I am so excited to come into this space now, whereas before I just shut the door.  I am excited to show it off!” 

View more Before and After photos on our Facebook Fan Page!

You’ll love it for:
•  Families with constant piles of dirty clothes
•  Kids learning to do laundry
•  Saving time while running loads

Cost:
Kids’ Clothes Sorting Hamper: $44.99
Whitmor Double Hamper: $28.10
Household Essentials Triple Laundry Sorter: $78.52

Available at: our Amazon store