In the past I've used them to store thin plastic bags, like the kind grocery stores used to give free (before the plastic bag ban here) or flimsy produce bags. Tissue boxes really do well for storing the thin plastic stuff. You can continue to cram more and more in, and then they are still easily pulled out one by one, as you need them. But I can only use so many plastic bag dispensers in the house.
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| corralling my socks |
Here's what I've been using them for in this past one to two years -- organizers for my dresser drawers. I have three boxes for socks, organized into white socks, black socks, and assorted socks, one box for bras, one box for undies, and one box for tank tops.
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| tanks rolled up neatly and easy to find |
All of my "inner wear" are stored in one large drawer in the dresser. Previously, I'd try to keep the socks all together, the tanks in a stack, and undies and bras in their spots. But in real, everyday use, the socks and stacks got knocked around, and I spent way too much time each morning searching out a clean tank top. (I wear tank tops on all but the hottest of days as a base layer.)
So I made quick conversions of the tissue boxes into dresser organizers. This is such a game changer for my morning dressing and decisions on laundry timing. I know in a instant if I need to do a load pronto, and I can grab exactly what I need in seconds every day. I also think I'm getting just a little more into each drawer. For instance, rolled up tank tops store very compactly compared to folding and stacking. Ditto with undies.
The bonus is, I can transform the tissue box into a storage box in a minute, simply by pulling out the plastic opening stuff, cutting to each corner on the diagonal, then bending in each flap.
I tape down the flaps when I feel fancy, or leave them untaped if I want to just get the box formed and into the drawer. Boxes loaded with socks sort of hold the opening open.
Anyway, just my organizing tip for the day. What do you do with those empty tissue boxes?
