3 Alternate Uses for Boxes

Sometimes we find ourselves with an excess of items lying around our house. And a lot of those times, we end up tossing them because we just cannot find a single use for them anymore. Typically, these items include grocery sacks, extra pieces of paper, and cardboard boxes. They’re the “expendable” items that we accumulate over time without actually knowing how they increase in quantity.

When it comes to those extra shipping boxes, though, there are a decent amount of things you can use them for if you really put your mind to the test. Luckily, we’ve compiled a few ideas for your to use them on rather than trashing them without a second thought.

Transporting food to family events.

A lot of times when we’re going to a family get together, food is left in dishes haphazardly around your vehicle. Sometimes this causes unwanted spills or even losing the dish entirely. But if you’ve got a few boxes lying around, absolutely use them. Whether you’re breaking the box down to use as a protecting layer for your vehicle or you simply are throwing a few pots in a larger box, these can be used for any trip.

Moving heavier items or furniture across hardwood floors.

Don’t risk scratching your expensive flooring just because you couldn’t properly use a dolly, furniture blanket, or just some cold hard elbow grease. When in a pinch, break down a few shipping boxes, lay them on the floor, and put your heavier items on top of them to drag to their appropriate spot. As they often say, work smarter, not harder. This is one of those life hacks that not many people think about, but when you finally realize how simple and useful it is, you never go back. (And it helps that it’s essentially free of cost and everyone has cardboard boxes lying around.)

Using as dividers between pieces of more expensive furniture on the go.

Much in the same vein of using boxes as sliders for heavy furniture, this item is to protect your property when in a trailer and butting up against other dangerous or sharp materials. By having just one or two layers of corrugated cardboard resting between heavy pieces of furniture that are likely to rub and bash into one another, you can rest easy knowing that nothing will come out of the trailer in any different shape than it went into it.