Three easy ways to organanize those endless “Piles of Paperwork”

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Piles of paperwork. 

We all know them so well!  

Whether bills, mail, school-work or magazines, these piles seem to flood most households and become quite the eye sore.

Is there any way to avoid this?  Of course!  Just as I suggested in my Toy Organization Post: everything needs a place!  The moment you create a “home” for the usual paperwork you receive, the piles will diminish before your very eyes. Well, yes…It will require some work; but only the simple effort of putting something in its place.

Below, I have shared three easy ways to glam up your paperwork organization!  Let’s get those piles of paperwork organized:

1. Out with the old and in with the CHIC!

It’s time to bid farewell to those metal, chunky filing cabinets!  Home-office or not, household paperwork can easily fit in with your home decor!  With the use of cute baskets, metal dividers and chic file folders, I created a simple and accessible way to keep my bills in line.  Not to mention, much easier to look at!

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2. Binders to the rescue!  

And what about all the paper that comes with those kiddos? These little munchkins sure require a lot of documents and a binder was the perfect solution!  In the early years, much of their information needs to be referenced at doctor appointments, dentist visits, meetings, etc.  I needed it by my side and the binder was much easier to bring along than a filing cabinet. {Or basket in this case!}

Baby Binders

3. Eliminate those piles of paperwork completely.

I’ll admit:  I love paper.  I want to see it and hold it.  But after I finally agreed to try the Evernote ScanSnap {non sponsored suggestion}, I loved it!  It is an incredible solution for scanning all important documents and saving them on the computer.  Whether you’re a techy gal or not, ScanSnap is simple and user friendly!  Genius.

I don’t scan all my paperwork because yes, I still want some of it in a tangible version.

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These three steps have created a perfect system for getting all of our family’s piles of paperwork organizedHope they help you too!

3 COMMENTS

  1. I have mail piled I’m this baskets right now!! I love this idea! Where did you get the metal file separaters for the folders?

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