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stay clutter-free with a stylish leather storage tote

Nice looking storage boxes are great for keeping things clutter free.  When you move clutter from the table, chair, counter, or whatever, into a nice box, it's like hitting the refresh key on your room and your outlook.  And this nice big leather box will add a bit of style to any room.  At 16" x 11" X 10", it's perfect for magazines, books, towels, sewing materials/supplies, and pretty much anything else you need to stow while keeping handy.  It's made by Gildem, in Channel Islands, California, where you'll also find some smaller size bins and other nice handmade home decor products made with natural non-toxic materials, low impact processes and minimal waste. So click on over to Gildem and check them out now.  This storage tote is $125.

personal hiding places in recycled books

The Book Box Company, on Vancouver Island in Canada, users recycled books to create storage boxes for personal items like jewelry, passports, or important documents.  They somehow harden the pages into a solid mass which they then hollow out through a machining process. The finished product uses the top cover as a box lid.  Book Boxes come in a range of sizes from small to XX-large and a wide variety of titles, from classics to contemporary novels.

I've long used books to store thin paper documents, but this is a cool way to extend bookshelf storage to things with a bit more heft.

Browse the Book Box Company site.