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How I organize our user manuals

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 I may have just lost some of you with the title or you may think I've finally gone over the organizational edge :) However, this is a great way to save space and time and was something I have been wanting to do for a while now. We find ourselves frequently needing to pull out one of our user manuals to figure out how to use something. Once baby came, we accumulated A LOT more manuals. These are important to keep because they can contain product numbers in case there is a safety issue or recall. Previously I would just throw them into this plastic container.  Before: a giant mess of manuals I recommend using erasable dividers, that way you don't end up needing to buy new ones if something changes. Tab Dividers The tabs I use are: 1. Baby 2. Electronics 3. Kitchen 4. General Home (carbon monoxide detectors, etc) 5. Outdoor/Lawn Heavy weight sheet protectors. They load from the top. The heavy weight ones won't tear.  Sheet Protectors Make