Sort it Saturday: organising paperwork

Paperwork can be a struggle - we get a steady flow of bills, letters and receipts into our homes every day! it can easily become overwhelming. I find keeping it all in one place and sorted by theme helps me to keep on top of it. I've previously written about how I store receipts, and here's how I organise the other documents that I need to keep.

You'll need:

A box file (around £5 from any stationers)

 

And some plastic zip folders:

I got these folders for £1 - I really liked how I could use them to colour code them to distinguish what was what, and that each pile of paperwork would be in its own container. I then grouped them into themes  and wrote labels that could slide into the plastic pocket at the front. My labels are bank, health, key documents (passport, birth certificate) manuals.

And that's it! Cost: around £6, you don't need to use a box file though, a cardboard box would do the trick too, and would make this really low cost.