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DIY Drawer Dividers Out of Cardboard

By Karo @ CraftsyHacks.com
Make an organizer out of cardboard and get your drawers organized! These are cheap budget organizers for your office!
Active Time: 2 hours
Total: 2 hours

Video Tutorial

Equipment

  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Craft knife
  • A4 cutting mat

Materials 

  • Cardstock
  • Glue

Instructions 

  • Gather all the necessary materials.
  • Take out one drawer and empty its contents.
  • Measure the inside of the drawer and draw these measurements on plain card stock.
  • Cut the card stock according to your measurement.
  • Collect all the drawer's contents again and arrange them on your cut card stock according to how you would like them divided.
  • Using a cutting mat placed above the card stock as a visual guide, draw a rough outline around the contents using a pencil.
  • Take the contents off the card stock and use a ruler to straighten out your rough outline.
  • Number all of the compartments you have outlined.
  • Place the cardstock on the drawer again for a final fit and a final look of your desired divider layout.
  • Take the card stock out of your drawer and start creating the individual dividers.
  • Start by cutting out divider number one.
  • Choose a cardstock design for this divider and place the cut-out piece in the middle of the non-patterned side of the card stock.
  • Using a pencil, roughly outline the cut-out card stock.
  • Take out the card stock and use a ruler to draw a final outline, taking 2 mm off each side of the rough outline.
  • Outline the "sides" of the divider according to your preferred divider height.
  • Use the overlap-side-base-side-overlap pattern when drawing your outline.
  • Cut the excess sides along each side of the overlaps.
  • Fold the overlaps inwards.
  • Flip the card stock to reveal the patterned surface.
  • Fold along the rest of the lines to build the box.
  • Attach all sides and overlaps using glue.
  • Repeat steps 1 to 21 for each of your dividers/compartments.
  • Redo this project over and over until all your drawers at home have dividers.
  • Congratulations, you have just saved your family from hours of rummaging through the clutter!
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