If you're participating in our Green Cure, you're probably going to spend some time over the next few weeks thinking about organization. But rather than going out to IKEA and stocking up on bins and filing cabinets, etc., why not use some things you already have in your house to get organized?

Real Simple has a great list of 21 items you probably already have in your home that you can use to organize your stuff.

• Use a tall vase as a toilet paper holder.


• Use a tissue box as a grocery bag holder (because, if you still use plastic grocery bags, we know that you reuse them, right?!)


• Use an extra desk organizer as a cupboard divider

These are just a few of our favorites. Get the whole list here.

Image: Frances Janisch/ Real Simple