Little things can really “make the room”. The following is my tissue box – I’ve been using this design forever. At the same price as a regular box, a tissue box that goes with your décor is worth looking for!And if you find the perfect box, but it’s a little on the expensive side to be buying all the time? Here’s a neat trick I picked up from mom: using a long, sharp, knife (I used an exacto knife), cut open one end of a new (plain) tissue box and one end of your pretty empty one. Take the tissue from the new box and transfer it into the pretty box! Seal with glue – keep in mind, if you use liquid or stick glue, you should put the box on the end that is drying overnight, to make sure it doesn’t open itself back up.

The other thing that’s going to help you is learning to buy organizational items at the dollar store. We’ve got a great Dollarama by our house, and we depend on it for nice, cheap boxes, and cheap bubble envelopes (my parents do a lot of shipping for their small buisness). This box was a dollar, and it’s built no better or worse than the $5 boxes at craft stores like Michael’s. And it’s gorgeous, is it not?!Storing stuff in cheap, pretty boxes gets rid of clutter, without you having to throw it all away. But make sure you know what’s going where when you’re filling your boxes!! (Or, you could sort your items first and file them into labelled boxes.)