One simple organizational trick will invert how you see boxes
Make empty boxes go from the one on the left to the one on the right! I’ve been obsessed with this simple trick for reusing empty boxes to hold small pieces around my home workshop. I have always tried to hang on to sturdy boxes (shoe boxes, for example) to repurpose, but I was never happy with how visually cluttered shelves would be with the various box colors, labels, and logos. Then I realized that many boxes can be unfolded and then inverted! Here’s how I did it with boxes for 3D printer filament: This style of box is sometimes referred to as a top tuck shipping carton. The key feature is that the box uses no glue to hold it together. There is a slot on each side of the bottom of the carton. You can see in the first photo that I’m using a screwdriver to push the tab out of the slot without bending the cardboard too much. After releasing both tabs, it is just a process of completely unfolding the box and then refolding the box with the printing on the inside of the box. After you try this a few times, you will see boxes you can reverse everywhere! You will also be annoyed when you find boxes that have been glued together and cannot be so easily inverted. The post One simple organizational trick will invert how you see boxes first appeared on Workshop88 .