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Organizing with Shoe Boxes?

mayachel

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Do you have any brilliant ideas or uses for shoe boxes for me? I used to store my shoes in their boxes so that they could be stacked easily in the closet. But the reality is, it wasn't working. So I've transferred a bunch into an under bed shoe storage system. What to do with the shoe boxes? Putting them out for recycling is also an option.
 

redfaerythinker

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My mom always used to use them in dresser drawers to hold different kinds of socks, etc.
 

phoenixgirl

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Or you can use them in the bathroom closet to organize like items together.
 

Sha

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I put paid bill receipts, regular receipts, and bank statements in mine, organized by year. ( I usually keep about 2 years worth).

You can also keep appliance manuals in them.
 

mayachel

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Thanks for the suggestions. Amazing how they've piled up! I'm also thinking of saving some of the nicer ones to put together "gift packages" for friends that live far away. I try to pick up odds and ends little gifts throughout the year and it's a way to keep things together for the intended giftee.
 

mayachel

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Other things I'm using them for in my organizing frenzy.
1. I mean to make a binder with my financial info, for the time being one box is a "finance to be filed" box.
2. Intimates that don't fit while pregnant
3. Stockings, neatly balled up, less hectic than in the drawer since I rarely wear them in the first place
 

centralsquare

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I keep old photos in shoe boxes. SInce it's rare to even have hard copies of photos these days, not sure how much more I would do this. But it's fun to go through the old boxes of them. And then I'm reminded of the style of shoes I was wearing at the time :lol:
 

Tacori E-ring

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I recycle them.
 
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