Magazine Organization

I love getting mail in general and stalk the mail carrier. I particularly love getting packages or my magazines. I love blogs and such but find it exciting to see beautiful new things in print. So, I keep all the magazines in a small basket.



When the pile gets too big (usually once every month or two), I take all magazines except for the most recent and I go through them pulling out only the articles that interest me most. After that, I sort the articles by subject and put them in clear sleeves.


Then, I put the sleeves in a binder depending on the subject.


Doing this keeps the clutter from getting out of control. The other night, I took a pile of about 15-20 magazines and reduced it to what was about the size of 1 magazine. Plus, its nice to be able to pull out the binder for a little inspiration of specifically what interests YOU without having to flip through a million pages. Over time, I just forget all the articles and pictures so its like I always have something new to look at. The binders and sleeves are just inexpensive items I got at Walmart. I could do more and further organize the articles with tabs, but I'm lucky I have the time to do even this.

Oh, and I don't get rid of all my magazines. Sometimes there are magazines where I love too many of the articles (such as Martha Stewart's March gardening issues) so those I keep.