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cereal box mail holder, diy mail holder, diy organization, home organization, Homesense, Ikea, mail organizer, Martha Stewart, mod podge mail holder, Staples
We do not have a lot of space in our “office” which takes up a small part of our small kitchen. We have been using a stacked 3-tier mail sorter from Ikea, but it takes up precious counter space, so it’s been bugging me for a while. Then I saw this cool idea on Pinterest. Kim at Allons-y Kimberly used cereal boxes to make her own mail organization bins! We are big cereal eaters in this house, so I thought I could make this work. Prior to reading this post, I had actually paid a visit to Homesense and found a vertical mail organizer that I really liked, but when I got it home, I realized that it was too long. The space I wanted to put it was just too small. The only way that I was going to be able to use the wall space above our desk was if I had mail organization of some sort that could be hung in a row horizontally. This is when I decided to make my own version of the idea I pinned. For the boxes themselves, I pretty much followed Kimberly’s instructions to the t. I cut up my script paper and Mod Podged it to each box. I painted the inside of each box with black acrylic paint and then sealed that with a coat of Mod Podge. I bought Martha Stewart chalkboard labels at Staples and stuck them on the front of each box. 
To mount them on the wall, I used 3m adhesive picture mounts {they can hold approx. 10 lbs}. So far they have stayed put!
I love that they match my light switch plates!
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