You know those warranties, instruction books and receipts you get with different products? I decided after the 100th time of needing a warranty, or trying to figure out how we got the batteries in that toy train the first time that it might be a good idea to organize them so I could easily find them.
I bought three big notebooks, clear page protectors, and notebook dividers. I divided the notebook by rooms, alphabetized the rooms and wrote the room names on the dividers-for example: Bathrooms, Kitchen, Laundry Room, Outside, etc. Whatever room the product is located that is the section I placed it in. I put the instruction book, warranty and receipt in the page protectors.
Now I know exactly where they are when I need them. This also comes in handy when you want to give the product away or place it in a garage sale. You can have the instruction book to go with it and the person can see when it was bought and if it is still under warranty.
Love that idea!!! Dare I start it going forward or do I wait til we move (which may not be for years!) LOL Thanks for sharing!!
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Great way to organize those warranty cards and manuals! But I don't think I can ever get down to doing that. I always end up "googling" instructions.
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What a great idea!!!! It's one of those ideas that when you hear it, you go, "of course, that's genius"!!
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Oh my goodness that's organized!! Wanna come organize my house??
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Wow! That's really organized! Can I borrow you for a weekend? =) Hope you are having a great fourth of July!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea! I have a huge drawer full of these. I just keep stuffing it shut. :( I suppose it's time I did some organizing. Thanks for the great tips!
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What a great idea - thanks! I'm a binder loving girl and can't wait to do this!
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Dang!!!! My husband would faint if I were ever that organized. My hat's off to you!
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Very organised!
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ReplyDeleteWow! That is awesome. I have a warrenty drawer and a separate instructions drawer. Both are a mess. This is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI like the notebooks idea! We currently save EVERYTHING, but then just have it all in a file. A binder would make it easier to locate things! --Christine @Why We Love Green, visiting from VB
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Much more organized than mine...I keep all that stuff in an unused spider man lunch bag. Yeah it takes a good 5 minutes before I find what I'm looking for...
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ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea , filing all those warranties and receipts!
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I am so excited to have stumbled across this post! I am terrible with filing, but for some reason I do better with binders. I can't wait to try this idea...if only I can find all the manuals to corral them this way. ;) --Amy
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