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What to do With Old Magazines

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April 4, 2014 by Kendra 9 Comments

Have you ever wondered what to do with old magazines?

I mean there they are, on the shelf, in a basket, spilling off the coffee table, and when you went to the mail box today, there was another one to be added to the pile. We don’t get very many now, but we use too.

I used to get cooking magazines, and better homes and gardens. Jason would get readers digest, outdoor life, hunting and fishing, handyman, and goodness know what all else. But the madness had to stop! We saved quite a bit of money by no longer subscribing, but what to do with old magazines from before?

I got an idea one day and decided to go with it. I could either throw away, recycle or organize my old magazines and so I went with organize.

My Idea of What to do with Old Magazines:

This is a great idea of what to do with old magazines!  Keep what you want, toss what you don't!

To do this I needed only 2 things. A 3-ring binder and plastic sleeves. The binders are cheap and you can find the protectors pretty cheap on Amazon (affiliate link).

what to do with old magazines

I started out by going through all of my Better Homes and Gardens magazines with a sharp pair of sissors. When I found articles that I liked and felt like they would also be useful, I cut them out. I went through all of my magazines this way and kept only what was useful to me.

Next came the sorting. Depending on the magazines you organize like this, and on how you think, you may sort differently than I.

Basically I did this: recipes went into a different binder that I turned into a cookbook. Crafts, decor, party ideas and gardening, were divided into seasons. Now if I want a 4th of July party idea, I just look in the summer section. Or a Thanksgiving table setting idea would be found by looking in the fall section.

Other things, like organization, interior design and fitness each had their own spot.

Organizing old magazings

I love how I was able to fit 2 years worth of magazines into a 1″ 3-ring binder. It saved me so much space and now I can find what I want without looking through piles of magazines!

I actually used a different binder than the one pictured above and created a pretty front for it. You can get as creative as you like with this part. 🙂

What to do with old magazines? Turn them into binders!!!

I was so tickled at how well that one turned out, that I went ahead and did one for Jason’s hunting magazines and also one for recipes.

Let me tell you, that 3-ring binder in my recipe book cupboard is the one I grab most often. In fact, now that I’m blogging and online so much, I also print out recipes that I’ve blogged about, or found on other sites that I like and have added them to my binder. It’s so much better than a book, or those little recipe cards that get stuffed into a box!

Great idea for organizing old magazines

So here’s my post in a nutshell. Keep what you can use, toss what you cannot. Easy-peasy right?

For more inspiration on organizing, why not check out 10 Steps to Organized paper? (affiliate link) This e-book is a great place to start when trying to eliminate paper clutter.

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Respectful opinions are always welcome

  1. Deborah says

    May 5, 2014 at 10:07 am

    That is too funny! We are going to do a post on this very subject soon! Will have to link back to yours as well! Great idea. They look wonderful!

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  2. Cheri says

    May 5, 2014 at 11:00 am

    Great idea. Very organized! I do this with some…but just not the page protectors. I go by craft/theme instead of magazine. And then the rest of the magazine I “donate” to a thrift shop for them to have in their lunch room for the volunteers. I just hate throwing them away!

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    • Kendra says

      May 5, 2014 at 1:29 pm

      When I did that with my recipe magazines I would take what I didn’t want into the place I worked at and let the ladies there go through and pull out what they wanted 🙂

      Reply
  3. Alicia @ Felt With Love Designs says

    May 6, 2014 at 2:23 pm

    Great idea!! I have tried to condense our old magazines by tearing out articles I am particularly interested in and tossing the old ones as well. Mine end up in folders. I love the idea of organizing by season!! I am going to organize all mine when I have a spare moment!

    Thanks for the tips!

    ~Alicia

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    • Kendra says

      May 7, 2014 at 9:18 am

      Good luck with finding the spare moment 😉 It took me awhile to get mine done because I was always getting interupted!

      Reply
  4. Barb says

    May 8, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    Your binder idea is a great one. Easy access and stuff that you choose to keep! Being the paper loving gal I’m always on the look out for great paper recycling ideas. Thanks for sharing. Visiting via “LiveLaughRowe” linkup

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    • Kendra says

      May 8, 2014 at 7:29 pm

      Thanks Barb!

      Reply
  5. Dawn ~ Spatulas On Parade says

    May 9, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    Great idea! This is one of my favorites from our link party this week and will be featured on my blog on Tuesday May 13th as a host favorite for our # 7 party of The Southern Special.

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    • Kendra says

      May 9, 2014 at 7:57 pm

      Wonderful! Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply

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