| If you've ever moved house you know that long | | | | permanent solution, until you can afford shelving you |
| after the truck leaves, your friends go home, and | | | | can stack a few boxes on their sides to create |
| the bedroom furniture is set up, the task of | | | | makeshift shelves. A few strips of packing tape will |
| unpacking still remains. Once you're done, perhaps | | | | keep it all together while adding some rigidity. |
| days or weeks later, you have a small mountain of | | | | If you're the type of person who likes to work on |
| boxes that need a home. So what do you do? | | | | your own car rather than take it to the repair shop, |
| Try repurposing some of them. The fewer you have | | | | cardboard boxes are indispensable in your garage. A |
| to discard, the better. For example, cardboard boxes | | | | flattened box can be placed on the floor as a barrier |
| are ideal for storing seasonal clothing under a bed. If | | | | between you and the concrete. You'll be surprised |
| you have a wardrobe box or two, dividing the front | | | | how much more comfortable it is to lay on cardboard |
| panel of the box with a single cut creates a mini | | | | as opposed to being directly on the floor. Cardboard |
| closet with two doors. You can hang your heavy | | | | also goes a long way in soaking up oil and other |
| winter coats, or rarely used formal wear, and place | | | | automotive fluids. |
| the boxes in the loft where they are out of the way. | | | | There are many other things you can do; the point |
| Another great idea, especially for younger people just | | | | is, you don't have to discard all of your used |
| getting into their first apartment, is to repurpose a | | | | cardboard boxes. |
| few cardboard boxes as shelving. Though it's not a | | | | |