Recycled Newspaper Baskets

Posted on June 25, 2009
Filed Under Fall in Love | 25 Comments

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On Sunday, The Boss and I went to Pier 1 Imports looking for small baskets that we could use for storage, specifically for under the sink in our bathroom. We were scanning the willow, bamboo and straw collections when we spotted these Recycled Newspaper Baskets and this Recycled Newspaper Magazine Basket.

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We’re using the smaller two baskets to house vanity products, and the magazine basket to store all the speeding and parking tickets The Boss accumulated while living in L.A. for three months before I got here.



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25 Responses to “Recycled Newspaper Baskets”

  1. Iman on June 25th, 2009 10:58 pm

    Love the baskets – but one problem. What if they get soaking wet?

  2. Slice of Lemon on June 25th, 2009 11:39 pm

    Hi Iman. I thought of that too, so to avoid the baskets from getting soaked, we put them in a place where that couldn’t happen. And by that I mean that we put them UNDER A SINK, RIGHT NEXT TO A HUGE WATER PIPE:)

  3. Humaira on June 25th, 2009 11:44 pm

    That’s the most original thing I’ve seen eva.

  4. Sara (cairo, lusaka, amsterdam) on June 26th, 2009 7:10 am

    Those look so cute! I get really excited about storage in general, and when it looks cute and original it’s even better!

  5. fatema on June 26th, 2009 11:40 am

    http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2009/06/recycled-magazine-baskets.html

    I found this guide on how to make your own recycled magazine baskets, check it out!

  6. Mommy on June 26th, 2009 4:08 pm

    We usually use simple plastic bins from target for clorox type cleaning supplies stored under the sink and vanity we store in vanity cupboards like ones from BBB-

    http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=118243&RN=370&

    except our are opaque.

  7. Nadhia on June 26th, 2009 5:12 pm

    Hi

    just started reading your blog it is so much fun reading your daily going ons. those baskets are awesome. hope and the boss have settled in. i also wanting to know when u r going to do a new episode of the closet please hurry up with this.

  8. [[[ X SMILEY X ]]] on June 26th, 2009 6:57 pm

    they look so cute & original :D

  9. Slice of Lemon on June 26th, 2009 7:41 pm

    Hi Nadhia, We’ll try to pick up with The Closet again sometime toward the end of the year. Settling into L.A., and finding a new team will likely take a few months, but we’re hoping it won’t be too long before we’re up and running once again!

  10. shahirah on June 27th, 2009 3:26 am

    Salam Sabrina,

    Cant remember how I stumbled upon your blog but I’m having a blast reading it! Great stuff… u r so witty!

    Sha

  11. Lisa on June 27th, 2009 3:57 am

    Mashallah! I think you could pitch these to the Container Store and make millions. The only concern: Do they yellow as all papers do over time?

  12. Farhanah on June 27th, 2009 6:05 am

    i used to make basket like that when i was back in primary school.
    long loooong time ago.
    my sweet art teacher taught my friends and i how to make a swan shaped basket, like those you have but in a shape of a swan, :)
    cool stuff only my friend used mine as a candle holder, so it’s gone now, *sigh*

  13. Umm Kadhim on June 27th, 2009 3:41 pm

    Assalaam aleikoem

    Oh they are cute! Love them.
    BTW Love your blog sister.

    wa aleikoem salaam

  14. Slice of Lemon on June 27th, 2009 4:34 pm

    Hi Lisa. I don’t know if Pier 1 would want The Container Store to snag their idea;) But I wouldn’t be surprised if TCS had similar products. I’m not sure if they’ll turn yellow over time, but I’ll keep you posted!

  15. Jen on June 28th, 2009 12:31 am

    me likey.

    you have such a good eye.

  16. nashe on June 28th, 2009 3:45 am

    That’s art! Woaahh.

  17. Iza Aziz on June 28th, 2009 5:04 am

    Salam Sabrina…. IZa from Singapore
    Cool indeed….Let’s Save the earth and Go Green – Recycle and Reuse :) )

  18. Sara on June 28th, 2009 9:55 pm

    I really like this blog :)

  19. Amina on June 29th, 2009 5:49 am

    Lol, I favorited your blog. It always makes my day! But I never got to ask you why you call your husband “the boss”. I get its for anonymity, but why the nickname “the boss”?

    -Amina

  20. clare on June 29th, 2009 1:39 pm

    I actually have something similar from the Container Store. I got them a few months ago and they haven’t turned yellow yet…I hide my Wii remotes and games in them so my living room looks like real grown-ups live there :D

  21. Slice of Lemon on July 14th, 2009 3:42 pm

    Hi Amina. No one has ever asked me that:) I might post about it one of these days, so stay tuned!

  22. S.Meena on January 23rd, 2010 1:56 am

    Dear Sir/Madam
    We are small scale Manufacturers of Recycled product, we are Manufacturing Newspaper Basket Bngles Bracelets Earrings small box we are supplyilng to Auroville International Town ship and they are Exporting mainly to europe if you are interested we will send photos an Catalogue
    hope here from you very soon
    Thanking you
    s.Meena
    Managing Marketing.
    MIHANDCRAFTS, INDIA.

  23. Katyesz on June 15th, 2010 11:56 am

    Hi,
    Can you give me any contact information for the Indian manufacturer?
    Thank you in advance!

  24. Emma Johnson on July 9th, 2010 12:24 pm

    We must use more recycled products in order for us to reduce the garbabe problem that we have”*-

  25. Sarah Clark on July 28th, 2010 2:45 am

    i always buy recycled products to reduce the waste materials on this planet.,`*

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