What do you do with your magazines and catalogs?
By mamacathie
@mamacathie (3928)
United States
May 13, 2008 7:19am CST
I have a mess by my husband's recliner. We have a beautiful end table but it is full of magazines and catalogs underneath. I have tried a large basket and they wouldn't stay organized. Now they are stacked in 2 piles on the bottom shelf of the end table. I do have a few in the black plastic magazine holders. Hmmm... that's a thought, I could buy more of them and line them up on the bottom shelf. Don't know how that would look.
I go through them and toss the ones that are expired and old but they seem to pile up so fast. I do not like the way they look under the table. It reminds me of a doctor's office with all them magazines piled up. LOL
What are youe suggestions. Thanks in advance.
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5 responses
@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
13 May 08
Take all the mags to a school once a month. They use them for a lot of things. Art classes are always looking for mags.
Since you say the basket didn't work I would get more racks and as you said line them up on the bottom. You can find them in different colors. Find ones that match your decore.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
13 May 08
Thanks for the ideas. I had just thought of that idea as I was typing the discussion. LOL
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@Modestah (11177)
• United States
15 May 08
oh they do pile up fast, don't they? my son has a bad habit of looking through several at a time and then leaving them about - an unsuspecting foot in a dimly lit room can really slide on a magazine carelessly left strewn on the floor!
I think a good option for ridding self of mags is to take them to the library - ours has an area put aside for such a purpose and folks can come in and take as many as they wish for free.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
15 May 08
That is a good idea too. And oh yes the slippery magazine. They will cause a fall. LOL Thanks for the post.
@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
13 May 08
well my hubbys complaint would be all my craft stuff that is near my chair where i sit, but as for magazines, i lucked out once and bought a large fruit crate that i have standed up on its side (i use it as a magazine rack and also an end table beside the couch. (i got it at a grocery stores when they were getting rid of them)
my point is, think outside of the box!
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
13 May 08
Thanks for the suggestion. It was a super duper good idea. Thanks for the post.
@dandj929 (423)
• United States
13 May 08
I do several things with my magazines.
First with my home and garden types I tear out the pages I want to keep and put them in 3 ring binders to save.
Same with my parenting magazines when I find interesting articles that I want to keep.
Other types I rip out pages to bring to work for the children to practice their cutting skills and put together collages.
Then the rest I take to the recycling center to be recycled.
@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
13 May 08
Great uses there too. That is good that you keep those "keeper" pages in a binder. I had thought of that either. Thanks for the ideas.
