my love of baskets

As you look around my house, you will see baskets.  Big baskets...small baskets. I love them all!

But I have a few in the kitchen that have been there since I painted my cabinets {5 years ago}.

Most think they are for decoration.

They rest above my cabinets adding height, color, and texture. But they have a secret job.

Within each basket we have ziploc baggies that contain receipts, direction manuals, warranties, extra plugs, etc to our various electronics. Here is the one for our DVD player. Each basket guards and keeps the information.

You can bet you can find the ziploc baggies for these counter appliances in the basket above them.

Yes we could file them in a cabinet, but most of those are spilling with my pharmacy notes & lectures. Plus, I think this is so much cuter...and gives my baskets some responsibility {outside the realm of looking pretty}.

And yes, one basket is a snuggle box for Atticus. He has many hair tumbleweeds in his.  I am always cleaning that one out....but look at that face. How could I say no?

Cheers~

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Thought this would be perfect with The Nester's Linky Party that is all about secrets to a less messy nest.