We spotted this photo in the June issue of Better Homes and Gardens. It was the opening image for an article about using numbers and letters to decorate your space. But we're drawn to the brilliant organizing idea reflected in the photo...
Lining Shelf Edge with Clothespins for Desktop Papers
Better Homes & Gardens
In fact, the vignette in the Better Homes and Gardens photo has a few too many number and letter characters for our taste but we love the idea of lining a shelf that overhangs a desk, with clothespins to clip together important papers that pertain to a particular day of the week. Perfect for those to-dos that need to stay right in front of you but you don't won't them junking up your desktop! A chunky shelf like the Ikea Lack shelf would be a good fit for this idea.
(Image: Kim Cornelison)
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June of WHAT year? This looks like something from their late 60s issues.
view dkzody's profile
It's called a post-it note. Much more versatile than gluing clothespins to a shelf, imo.
view undercover's profile
I hold all the photos in the office with clothespins on our circuit breaker box. That's just because I was lazy and never framed them.
I did purposely use an oversized paperclip upside down to hold important info that I'll need in the near future.
view iheartmini's profile
My thoughts exactly dkody! This could be a corner of the girls' room from The Brady Bunch.
view amed studio's profile
Or tape.
view slowdown's profile
I like the idea because it holds more than just a post-it. I work with documents... not sure how management would like me gluing clothespins to stuff, but it's tempting.
That room is so peppy I think I'm going to explode and multicolored numbers will fly out of my head.
view whytephoenix's profile
oy. I am getting so tired of cutesy hyper-organization.
view morina's profile
great and cute! Unless you have to hold something bigger than a matchbook.
BTW, My father has a GIANT paperclip with the letters VIP burned in the top that he uses to hold all his bills until they get paid once a month- it was a christmas gift from 1963
view hilaw's profile
Difficult crowd ... OMG.
Think color and function: oranges and lemons with a satisfied attitude of that's right where I need it to be for me to be organized.
Think citrus chic and then run with it!
Love it, Ms. K!
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