In this post, I'm going to show you a couple of the ways I re-use containers to keep my desk supplies in order.
Firstly, I love using old glass jars to store my pens. I find that if I leave my pens in a pencil case I tend to forget about most of them, and I also never remember to put a pen back inside the pencil case once I've used it. However, I have found that storing pens in open jars means it is much easier to tidy up my desk simply by rounding up the pens and popping them back in.
I've used an old nutella jar to store my black and blue writing pens, and I keep my coloured pens in a pesto jaro - the different sizes are particularly useful because it stops me from hoarding pens that have no ink left and also limits my obsession over coloured pens!
My main tip would be to be very careful when washing the jars out. I left hot water with washing-up liquid in the jars to soak for about half an hour, to avoid getting water on the outside label (although of course you can wash off the label if you want to!).
My second re-usable container is my porridge box. Once used, I taped down the edges of the top side and then use it to store lots of random bits and bobs that had been cluttering up my desk, like a kazoo, my coin purse, cards etc.
A bonus for me has been the way it fits perfectly in my bookshelf - I would recommend using small boxes like this for miscellaneous desk supplies, because again the open top means you are more likely to remember what you actually own!
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