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Home  Articles Collectibles Uses For Back Issues Of Magazine Cluttering Your Home
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Uses For Back Issues Of Magazine Cluttering Your Home |
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Written by GregoryFroines
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 |
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We are all constantly trying to reduce the amount of clutter in our homes. The only way to do this is to make sure that everything is dealt with and cycled out when we no longer have need of it. For many, many people, paper is a problem. We get so much mail that it is difficult to even sort through it fast enough to keep it from cluttering the house. If you have subscriptions to even one publication, chances are that you have back issues of magazines lying around.
by GregoryFroines
We are all constantly trying to reduce the amount of clutter in our homes. The only way to do this is to make sure that everything is dealt with and cycled out when we no longer have need of it. For many, many people, paper is a problem. We get so much mail that it is difficult to even sort through it fast enough to keep it from cluttering the house. If you have subscriptions to even one publication, chances are that you have back issues of magazines lying around.
We often have a harder time throwing away magazines that we do other mail. Bills can be shredded, junk mail can go straight to the the recycling bin. But since magazines are heavier and seem more like books, it is harder to deal with them. You don't want to throw them away, and often you can't figure out how to recycle them. So you end up saving them. If you don't find any use for them, they just add to the clutter.
Here are a few ideas for things you can do with old magazines:
Recycle them! Recycling is an indispensable practice. Lots of local governments provide curbside recycling options, but if your city does not, look into it on your own. There may be a recycling center within driving distance where you could take your magazines and other recyclable materials periodically.
Try to find out if there is a local school that could use them. You could also check with local churches and community centers to see if they could use them for an after-school program. It is often difficult for these programs to afford art supplies, and old magazines are great for art projects.
You can use them for art projects yourself, in your own home, also. If you have children, nieces and nephews, or neighbor kids, making collages is a great way to entertain them. It can also be a meditative outlet for you. Making a collage is easy and fun. First, look through the magazine and cut out the shapes or pictures that stand out the most. You could pick a certain theme, a certain color, or just choose them randomly. If you have old family photos lying around, use those as well. You can go for a particular design, or just arrange them abstractly. Regular glue works, or you could try decoupaging. Collages look wonderful in a frame. If they turn out especially well, you could give them as gifts.
Depending on what magazines you have and how old they are, it is possible that they could be collector's items. You can do some research online to try and find out if any of the issues you have are worth money. If they are, you could attempt to sell them online. This would require that you invest some time and effort into finding a site to sell through and coming up with shipping methods, but it could turn out to be a way to earn some extra money as well as a way to get rid of the magazines.
If you don't have the time to sell them online, you might be able to donate vintage magazines to a library, a used bookstore, or an antique shop.
Explore all of these options in lieu of simply throwing your magazines away. There is enough garbage created as it is. If we can find more creative uses for things, and ultimately reuse or recycle them, we help our environment and create less waste.
About the Author:
To get rid of those back issues of magazines, you need to find ideas on what to do with them. You can do projects with back issues and much more. Many ideas can be seen Online that can help you get rid of all those old magazines you don't want.
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