Organizing Home Instruction Manuals

Almost every item we purchase comes with an instruction manual or guide. And all of mine get thrown into my junk drawer until I need to refer to them. I finally found an easy way to declutter and organize those manuals that I think is going to work well. Follow these steps to make a binder like mine.

You'll need: a 1-inch + binder, sheet protectors, card stock, index tabs, and a marker.

1. Gather all of your manuals and separate them into piles by category. I included eight in mine (appliances, kitchen, furniture, craft, holiday, health, TV & components, and computer). You could also include garden & outside, recreation, security system, or any other category you have manuals for.

 
2. Count out enough sheet protectors and card stock to match your number of categories. Place a piece of card stock in each sheet protector. Make a index tab for each category and place one on each sheet protector.

 
3. Place all pages in a binder. The size depends on how many manuals you have. A one-inch binder worked for my eight catergories.
4. Add the manuals into the sheet protectors, behind the appropriate categories. Use the back and front. For example, my wi-fi manual goes behind my computer tab. And microwave manual goes behind appliances. You can add more pages behind categories that have many items.

 

 
5. Label the front and side of your binder, if you choose!