Drawers have one flaw. You have to open them. And then you still have to remember which one you put the navy-blue pencil in. Or the scissors. Or that one pen that somehow draws better than all the others.
So this time, we’re not hiding anything.
Mess? Move it up a level.
From the desk to the wall.
This organiser works a bit like a drawer, minus the drawer. Everything is within reach, everything is visible, and when your desk looks like a colourful landscape after a hurricane, it takes just one move: scoop up the pencils, markers and brushes and drop them into the pocket.
No need to arrange everything from lightest to darkest. No need to sharpen every pencil to exactly the same length.
You don’t even need to know where the navy-blue one is.
Order, with a view of the mess.
You can make one pocket or hang several side by side. One for pencils, one for markers, one for brushes.
Or forget the rules and put everything together.
That’s a system too.
Below you’ll find a template designed for 3–4 mm cardboard. Most cardboard delivery boxes will work perfectly. Print the template, cut out the pieces, fold and glue.
Then there’s only the best part left – sweep everything off the desk and send it up a level.
Mount the composition of shapes on a cardboard sheet. Then cut out the new shapes as shown in the picture below.
Fold along all the dashed lines. Before folding, make a crease with a scalpel or craft knife held upside down against the edge of a ruler.
Glue a separate triangle to the inner side of triangle A and triangle B. We clipped the parts together to let it dry for a while. After the first try, we got the idea to help it dry perfectly straight by using a ruler as shown in the picture below.
Glue the separate rectangle to the front side of rectangle C and rectangle D using the same technique from the previous step. Wait for a while, take all the clips out and hang the cone box on your wall bar. Enjoy… was it as bad as all that?
