Though we have a desk, our kitchen is the main place we keep important papers that do not need to be filed away.  Naughty, I know.  Since I made our family and home organizer, lots of papers are finding a home and purpose there, but there are still invitations to respond to, magazines to read, and prescription to get filled.  All of these papers need action sooner than later.  To stay fresh in my mind, they tend to hang out on the kitchen counter.  This is not the ideal way to organize papers.  Obviously.

A couple years ago, I had a basket that I thought would be great for mail.  So I placed it on the microwave.  It quickly filled up.  The problem, for me, is that I would place "stuff" in the basket, too.  I also didn't limit it to important papers.  At times, this basket overflowed a bit, too.  Below is a tidy picture of the basket.  I can't say it always looked that tidy.
 I decided it was time to go vertical.  By using a magazine organizer, I am automatically limited to organizing ONLY paper in it.  The magazine holder is black, which matches our kitchen appliances (except the toaster oven and microwave which need to die so we can replace them) and coordinates with counters.
Below is another view, with the magazine holder turned around.  It all depends upon whether or not you want quick access to the papers or to hide the papers.


~ Annette {This Simple Mom}