Monthly Archives: February 2013

Great And Cheap Way To Store Your Magazines

Great And Cheap Way To Store Your Magazines

Magaizines hanging in laundry room


I love magazines. I really, really do. I love magazines about gardening, decorating, cooking, scrapbooking…I’ve even bought magazines about goats and I don’t even own any of those cute little creatures. I think what I like most about magazines are the short articles. When I have a few free minutes I can pick up a magazine, read an article, and in about 5 minutes I feel like I learned something new. I especially like to keep magazines close to places where I frequently stand waiting for something – in the kitchen by the stove to read while I wait for a timer to go off, in the laundry room where I sometimes wait to switch out the laundry, and of course the car where I sit and wait on my children when I’m picking them up from somewhere.

My problem though has always been this – where can I keep them so they don’t get in the way, lost, or damaged (have you ever pried a wet magazine off of a kitchen counter? Not fun.) I came up with this nifty little idea and all it cost me was a few bucks. I bought pretty colored binder clips from Office Depot for $3. I clipped one to a magazine, hammered a little nail in the wall and then hung the clip on the nail. Super simple. Super cheap.

Binder clips

Magazine covers are so pretty! They almost look like art work. Now my laundry room is even more colorful, and I know right where my magazines are!

Cute Way To Store Your Keys

Cute Way To Store Your Keys

Key Holder

I recently re-did my mudroom and needed a place to hang our keys. I wanted something cute…and cheap. I went to Hobby Lobby (my favorite place to get anything) to see if I could find something I could use. All of their wooden things were 50% off and I just loved this wooden tree. It was $30 on sale for $15 – awesome!

Now to add the hooks! I bought small Ook Hooks (for $3 from Home Depot) and simply screwed them in to the center of each flower (no tools needed). It was that easy! Now I have the cutest place to hang my keys!