I always have cooking magazines kind of floating around--they mysteriously disappear as soon as I have bought all the ingredients for a special new dish and have preheated the oven. My cheap solution? Graham cracker boxes!! I start with these lovely extra large sized graham cracker boxes from Sam's Club. They perfectly fit even the oversized cooking magazines such as Everyday with Rachael Ray.Measure down about 2 inches or so on one short side of the box and mark it with a Sharpie pen. On the other end mark about 4 1/2 - 5 inches from the bottom. Connect the dots for a line to cut on. And cut.
At this point you can leave it like it is, if you decorate with graham crackers, or you can do as I did and cover it with your choice of contact paper. At our house, we are taking bids on the next box--Hunny Dearest wants the next one for his magazines.
And that works for us. The magazines are handy and neat! Just make sure that you really like graham crackers---there are an awful lot of them in that box!
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