Instead of hoping you will complete the pile’s tasks and eliminate the pile, embrace the physical reminders of routine tasks. The second way to manage paper is to file it. I have met only a handful of people who effectively use and maintain a home filing system. The rest of us are doomed. For me, once paper is filed, it is forgotten. We file papers because we have them and we worry we will need them some day. In most cases, we won’t. How To Organize Paperwork Step 1: Recognize that you need both active (piles) and reference (file) papers

Finally, I keep all of my large poster-size paper in a cardboard box designed to hold bulletin board pieces for teachers. I was so excited when I discovered this since it is perfect for holding all of my large sheets of Canson paper and keeping them from bending and folding.

To store all this wheat, we'd need 40 slots of inventory space — that means we'd need at least one double chest. Paper is here to stay, but not all paper is created equally. Understanding the difference between active paper and reference paper will make management easier.

Since 85 percent of the contents in our filing cabinets could be shredded or recycled, let’s start there. Go through five to ten files each night and discard as much as possible. When I first started organizing this craft space, I really tried to get all of the paper in one spot. This didn’t work since I didn’t have the space for a huge shelving system devoted to just paper. This system is a bit more scattered than I think I’d ideally like, but it has worked really well and everything has it’s own place! In this post I’ll show you the ways I have found to organize all of my different types and size of paper including scrapbook paper of all sizes, chipboard and even oversized poster board!Reference paper is the easiest to process because the action that needed to be taken has already been done. You bought the toaster, this is the manual. You had the car’s oil changed, this is the receipt. You took your dog to the vet, this is the bill. Rexel Aquarius, Centor, Ecodesk, Easy Touch, Gazelle, Long Arm, Matador, Meteor, Polaris 1420, Taurus, Torador, Wizard Trend Enterprises File N Save System Bulletin Board System Storage Box– for large poster sized paper The key to making an active paper-management system work is to set aside a specific day and time to work through your paper. Do your sorting on the same day each week, and defer the tasks you cannot complete until your next session. I have a couple more Iris paper cases that have latches on them that are stored underneath my craft dresser. One of them holds all of my chipboard perfectly and the other my craft plastic.