Carole Pagan offers these storage uses for small boxes in the kitchen:

 

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• Vitamins
  
  
• Gravy mixes
  
  
• Salad dressing mixes
  
  
• Kool-Aid mixes
  
  
• Box Tops for Education

"I stand them up,” she says of envelopes and packets. "It's easy to find what you're looking for, and they stay neat."

She adds, "I use those little plastic boxes that you find to hold pens and 'stuff' at dollar stores, in office and school supply sections. The one I use for holding mixes is five by six inches.

"But any little boxes can do. My daughter even made a box with popsicle sticks. I just picked up a recipe box at a garage sale for a quarter. It's holding all the Box Tops for Education and Campbell soup labels until it's time to send them to school. Get creative. You'll be surprised what you can come up with."

 

 

 

About Carole Pagan

Adapted from: Secret Confessions of a Clean Freak, and exclusive comments by Carole Pagan. Carole is the owner and creator of CommonSenseLiving.com and the author of several e-books including Secret Confessions of a Clean Freak, which can be found on her site. Carole is a single mom living in Northern Illinois where she enjoys beautiful sunsets over the lake. She firmly believes in getting your work done in the quickest way possible so you have more time to enjoy life.