Organization boxes, made from cardboard

I think I have shared enough embarrassing and messy photos of my house that my master closet shelves should be no shocker:

And that was after I cleaned it a little. It has been on my list for a while, and for organizing closets for some reason always seems to be the last thing I want to do. I feel lucky that my closet is big enough to be a room and that there are ample shelves, but, honestly, I am not really a clothes girl (don’t gasp!).

My first inclination was to buy baskets, but although very cute I needed about nine or ten, which would be more than $150. So of course, I needed a better option. Well, a while ago I hit the JACKPOT at a garage sale. I thought I was buying a roll of butcher paper for two bucks and at home I discovered it was actually VINYL! Score!!! The possibilities are endless, and it was perfect for this project.

Materials: vinyl (or contact paper), scissors/box cutter, pen, boxes (same size), labels. I bought labels at Michael’s with, of course, a 40% off coupon so this whole project cost around $4. Awesome.

First, cut the flaps off the boxes:

Then, pull off the tape so it doesn’t make the vinyl bumpy:

Wrap the box with vinyl, and fold down extras on the inside (I didn’t cover the inside because the boxes are totally for storage and it doesn’t bug me)

Add label stickers and about an hour later my closet looked like this:

Bloomingdale’s? Nope, not even close. But hardware good enough for sure!

Happy Creating!