Diy Organizador de Escritorio con Reciclaje (Eng / Esp)

Recycling a cardboard box I made this Desktop Organizer, in which I have my notebooks near my work area, organized and creating a nice environment. I always use these notebooks because they are my Hive Blog notes such as statistics, ideas, projects, notes of materials to buy, others are my passwords and personal agenda, other notes of classes and courses I have done, etc.. That is, I use them every day, so I made this Organizer that I placed on my desk next to the monitor in an ideal space for it, since it is a thin space where I can not place anything else.

These notebooks and planners that I use every day, I like them to be of a medium size because I eventually take them and carry them with me in my purse, and then place them on my desk again, they are very easy to use and carry. This organizer is also very nice because its size, ideal for this type of notebook makes it very discreet and does not take up much space on the desk.

For this project I used a cardboard box from a manicure kit I bought a few months ago and as old age gave me and now I keep boxes all the time, I had it available to make a craft, I really liked it because it is a very firm and hard material, what I need so I can store my agendas.

Revisé bien la caja, retiré las divisiones que tenía adentro. Esta caja como mencioné anteriormente, es muy firme y fuerte el gramaje del cartón, además por fuera es de un material plastificado, lo cual es muy bueno para que adhiera el papel contact, y está en muy buen estado.

Since the organizer requires me to make cuts in the box, I am going to close it and reinforce it with adhesive tape all around, since cutting it could disassemble one side that currently has the opening function.

According to the design I thought of, I have designated a front and defined it to have a height of 8cms, so at that point I draw a line with the square to make sure it is straight.

Now, on what will be the sides I make a straight line from the 8cms point of the front towards the top corner.

In total there were 3 lines, 1 on the front and 2 on the sides. I am going to cut them with the cutter, making smooth and repeated cuts so that the cardboard does not tear and they are clean cuts, I also use a metal ruler so that the cutter does not damage the plastic ruler, it is preferable this way.

I separate the pieces I cut, and as you can see they were clean cuts.

This is what the box should look like with the 3 cuts made. Note that the inside of the box must also be reinforced with the transparent adhesive tape, to ensure that the box will not eventually fall apart.

Now I work with the contact paper, I separate and start lining the front part of the box where the box is lower in height.

Just as we cover a notebook, we use a piece of cloth or a stocking to flatten the paper so that there are no wrinkles or air pockets.

I cut the corners with the cutter, and glue an edge towards the inside, trying to make it more or less the same width, for aesthetic reasons only.

The explanation is quick, the time is taken by lining it little by little to make it look as good as possible. I've already finished this step by step, and it looks really beautiful, I loved it.

And to think that one throws away many boxes without giving them a valuable use as this idea, which solves a problem of organization and space, with a box that could have simply been discarded. Well... others throw them away, not me because I'm the crazy one who keeps boxes...But as the saying goes: He who keeps, always has..

Here I present them with my notebooks and agendas, to one side of the monitor, I could still place it further back and it would take up less useful space for my work, it looks very beautiful.

I hope you liked this Tutorial, surely you already knew it, but sometimes the question is not whether we know something or not, because in fact sometimes we know it but we are not ready to use that knowledge and definitely do something practical that helps us and works. But we must be encouraged, especially with tutorials this simple that add to our organization and comfort.

Thank you for reading my post, I cordially invite you to my next publication.
Best regards...