After a visit to IKEA to find the best storage containers for the supply cupboard at work, here are the results. (Pardon the photo quality. The cupboard is in an inner room that has no natural light.)
BEFORE:
AFTER:
The person who handled this space before would load up on office supplies and put it all out there - resulting in a jumbled mess. My goal was to make it easy for employees to grab what they need. When supplies run low, I'll replenish from the remainder of the supplies I tucked away in the lower cupboard.
The fun little stacking containers (pink/white/yellow) are from the children's section at IKEA. I bought another set for home, but wish I'd bought quite a few sets. They stack nicely on top of each other and were a mere $2.49 for the three containers. I also bought a set of the tin containers for home - to store medicines, vitamins, etc. in. The tin containers above contain tape + staples in one and sticky notes + phone message pads + fax memo sticky pads in the other.
I'll post photos tomorrow of the IKEA trip, but we were able to compare prices between IKEA and the Container Store. Elena picked up four long magnetic strips for 99 cents each and we saw shorter magnetic strips at the Container Store for $4.99 each.
PS: Am not done but wanted to show you the progress.
