I desperately need storage, Help!
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Bob33775514
I just moved & have limited space, small closets & 
extremely limited financial resources. I need extra storage for clothes. I priced cheap plastic storage bins at Wal-Mart. Wow! Now, I have left over packing boxes & sturdy Amazon boxes - all sizes, packing tape, staples, a hammer & nails, wood glue, dark stain, sanding blocks, staples, & some material & unused packing paper left over.
What can I do with that supply list...i need some ideas with pictures & how to's please. Help!
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Cardboard boxes work for storing clothes too. This lovely article from Reader's Digest has some other ideas too - https://www.rd.com/home/cleaning-organizing/clothing-storage-off-season. Best of luck Bob
Any Goodwill or Salvation Army store has cheap suitcases. Find ones that stack well, even attractively so you can use for end tables or offer tables. Color-code them for seasonal.
I prefer them to cardboard because I’m mildly paranoid about bugs. And like Readers Digest I find the big storage boxes ungainly heavy and too large for organization.
For extra blankets, etc, try stuff compression bags, as I’ve never had any luck with the vacuum-compression storage stuff. Maybe it’s just me.
https://www.architecturendesign.net/30-fabulous-diy-decorating-ideas-with-repurposed-old-suitcases/
Not sure if any dollar stores in your area would have these but the ones in my area do, there's bags that come in a few different sizes and you can put lots of things in them, I mean like piles of blankets and clothes etc at a time then you vacuum the air out and they really do shrink down a lot and save a lot of space