I love the magazine holder-style organizers
that you can get for 12×12 scrapbook paper. They are inexpensive, compact and sturdy. I use them all over my craft room to organize all of my different paper products. One day, when I was looking for a way to corral all of my rolls of contact paper, it occurred to me that one of these organizers would be the perfect solution! Once I started thinking “outside the box” in the craft room, I took my idea to the kitchen.
I quickly found three uses for my vertical paper organizers: holding my rolls of aluminum foil, plastic wrap, parchment paper, etc., holding my assortment of cutting boards together in one place, and my favorite use, keeping all of my candy molds
from being scattered everywhere in my cabinets! I was surprised by how many candy molds would fit inside of one organizer, and I love being able to organize the molds by holiday or theme.
I am sure that I will continue to find new uses for this versatile organizer. If you think of any, please leave a comment to let me know!
18 comments so far:
What a great idea!
I use them for holding manuals of all types. We have one with all the appliance manuals for the house, another for small electronics, one for all the baby stuff, etc. Love them!
Jenny, I am liking the manuals idea. That made me think that one would be great for holding all of our take-out menus!
great idea!!!
This is just what I was looking for to hold my rolls of foil et all! Wonderful idea! I’d been racking my brain for something … ended up using a small metal bookend which is too short. This could also be done with cereal boxes, I bet!
Thanks for the idea!
To make these “green” you can make them from empty cereal boxes then doll them up with wrapping or contact paper. I bet the contact paper would lend some extra strength to the box as well.
Donna, I like the contact paper idea, I just love that stuff. I will have to try it out.
I saw this on Pinterest and ran upstairs to do this right that minute! I had a drawer that wouldn’t close because one wrap box was slightly too big and it was ticking me off ;0). My drawer and cabinet are so gorgeously organized now. I wish I had taken a before and after shot to send to you. Thanks for the awesome idea!
Yay, Jamie! We’re glad this tip was so useful for you. We’d still love to see an “after” pic
I have about 8 of these holding crafting magazines. I am thinking about getting rid of some of the magazines. Thanks for some of the ideas – I am going to wrack my brain for more ideas as my storage is limited. Thank you.
I’m thinking it would be a great way to organize my favorite cookbooks.
Great idea, Kim!
I use a magazine organizer to keep all my appliance “booklets” and warranty information together. Since they are all different sizes it was hard to keep them all together in one place. It doesn’t matter if it is only 1 sheet or a small booklet. And I’m not digging through the file cabinet to find a warranty.
Great idea, Anita. I have a similar system, and I keep all those warranties in a decorative box on the bookshelf. It’s decorative and functional
I made two of these out of an empty cereal box and zebra print duct tape! The print covers up the layers and edges, and I now have a cabinet open for all my cookbooks! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Very resourceful, Lauren. If you have a photo, we’d love for you to share it in our Flickr Group for reader project photos.
I am thinking this would be great to hold all the plastic lids for my Tupperware. Maybe use a different one for each shape of lid.
That’s an excellent idea, Jennifer! Thanks for sharing.