So, for January, it was filing cabinets. I must say, a rather appropriate one for me, as my files had gotten out of hand in a big way. When you take a look here at my "before" pictures, you'll see what I mean:
Papers, bills, magazines, stuff stacked everywhere. That little green container in the upper left corner was my only "cabinet". I had put a bunch of archived bills in a 3 ring binder, but it wasn't big enough and I don't have enough binders for everything. Wanting everything in one place nixes this really great organizing idea.I knew I was in for a long haul, as there was sorting to do, a new filing system to work out, and it all to put together and organize into something useful.
During this process, I ran across of box of nice, professional-style filing boxes that we have hiding behind the door in our bedroom...left over from when we moved. Knowing that we didn't have the money to go all out with a fancy filing cabinet, I decided to utilize one of these boxes and make my own filing cabinet. I think it worked well.
In the end, I got done almost a week early, which I was happy about because in the middle, I wasn't sure I'd be done by Round Up time! But, take a look at my finished work (I guess this doubles as an "office space" or "desk" Round Up too, ha ha:
10 comments:
Great job! And way to save money with the boxes! In my old job, we packed all our files into these at the end of the year, in order to free up file cabinet space for the next year. They're very useful & sturdy!
Ok...that deserves a shout out of Way To Go Girlfriend!!! I am inspired. :) Muah!
Wow! Way to go, Jen! I have a room that needs an overhaul like that one and I am not looking forward to it. Sometimes you just have to give in and go for it, huh?
Love you!
That is some work! Great job, I imagine that you feel great!
Look terrific. The boxes were a great idea to save money. Your before and after is very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
You've done a great job, well done!
Good job in using what you already had. It looks great!
Very inspiring. Way to use the stuff you had also.
Yay for using what you had and it just goes to show you that you don't need a lot of extra $$ to get organized. So awesome!!
Thanks for participating :)
Laura
Your "contemplating" picture made me smile. I am a contemplater and often have a hard time getting past the "thinking about it" stage of a project. :D
This is my first time to visit here. I am off to invistigate a little further.
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