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If you're like me and buy a lot of shoes, you know how bulky and unsightly a shoebox can be.

But, a little bit of easy DIY could fix that!

With this trick, you will know how to transform an ugly useless shoebox, into a nice briefcase to store all your sheets, your notebooks or your files.

Equipment

- 1 shoebox

- scissors

- glue (stick glue will not necessarily work as well as a real glue to apply with a brush, but you can always try! Personally, I took wood glue ... it worked very well ).

- Scotch

- enough paper (gift, Japanese ... as long as you find it pretty, it works).

- 1 pencil and 1 ruler

How to do

1. Take the measurement of the length of your shoebox and mark the location of the center.

2. Then, starting from the edges, make two marks at equal distance from each edge, depending on the size you want for the two bins of your briefcase.

For example, for a 10cm bin, draw a line 10cm from each edge. Then, draw a line from these points to the center that you have marked, so as to form a triangle, which you will only have to cut out.

Repeat the same operation on the other side, to get this:

3. Fold your box in half, the fold being at the tip of your triangles, then tape the bottom so that the whole does not move. We will call the two sides that we have created here "bins".

4. Take the lid of your shoebox, and place it so that it "closes" one of the two bins at a 90 ° angle, like this (except your box doesn't look like this anymore):

Cut this cover to the right dimensions to be able to close one bin, then the other (keep the edges of the cover, which will strengthen your bins!). Once cut to size, tape the cover piece to the rest of the box.

You now have a document holder with two closed compartments / trays (see photo of the covered document holder)!

5. To improve it, simply cover it with paper: newspaper, gift wrap, Japanese paper ... whatever you like!

To do this, cut your paper as you go. To get the right dimensions, the easiest way is to put the box on the paper and draw around it.

To help you

Here is an example of an overlap on a simple box:

For this simple box, just cut out the paper including the height(sides A, B, C, D) of the box, plus 1 or 2 cm for the flaps.

Then apply glue to the back of the paper and place the box in the center.

Before gluing sides A, B, C and D, cut according to the dotted lines indicated (images 2 and 3) in order to be able to fold back your surplus 2 cm without damaging the paper.

There you go, no need to buy unsightly and overpriced binders and other storage, you can create unique and pretty things yourself!

And to tidy up all the shoes you've had in those little boxes, here's another easy DIY tip!

Your turn...

Have you tried recycling a shoebox into a briefcase? Tell us your impressions in the comments. We can't wait to hear from you.

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