Do you have a pile of manuals for your home laying around somewhere? This is a quick project that can be done with materials you have at home while watching television in the evening. Perfect!
Materials:
1) Manuals
2) Large Binder ( I used one from my former life as a fitness instructor.)
3) Hole punch (triple works best but a single will work just as well.)
4) Dividers (with pockets, I used ones I already had.)
5) Label maker (not necessary but if you have one, go for it!)
Instructions:
1) You can organize these anyway you want, alphabetically, or by room. I organized mine by room, since it is easier for me to think, kitchen, when my dishwasher acts up. But that is just me. It's important to do what works for YOU.
2) Label your dividers. By hand or with your fancy label maker.
3) Punch holes in all of your manuals and add them to your binder in the corresponding section.
4) Use the pockets for small items like warranty cards or manuals that are to thick to punch holes through.
Thats it. No more rummaging around for the right manual when something breaks. Now it is organized and easy to find in your little binder. Go find a good place to put it, somewhere you won't forget. Maybe in your mom cave?
* I can't take all of the credit for this awesome project. I was watching Jon and Kate Plus 8 last year when my boys were really little. Watching J&KP8 back then was great, it made me think "it could be worse!" Isn't that terrible?
Anyway, Kate asked her assistant to make one for her so she could stay organized. Well no assistant for me, I WISH! But I have one anyway. So thanks Kate, for more reasons than one.
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ReplyDeleteI am always looking for new and better ways to get organized...great post! :-)
Have a great day.
Jodi
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Great little project to keep organized. For years I have used a magazine file to store owner's manuals. They're not grouped by room, but at least they're all in one place.
ReplyDeleteAnother option if you want to go paperless is to use a product like HomeSpot (www.homespothq.com) to keep all your appliance records online.
Look forward to seeing more of your ideas.
Love my label maker (and so does Legend!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining me at Create With Joy! Based on my goals for the new year, looks like I'll be visiting your site for ideas a LOT!
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Ramona
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What a neat idea!!
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Thanks for the visit, now following :) I need all the help getting organized I can get!
ReplyDeleteI remember that episode of John & Kate! She is one organized momma.
ReplyDeleteI NEED to do that!
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anne