Stationery…desperately in search of….

[JudgeRindersMinder]

I love stationery! I’m one of these people who needs a new notebook for every project 😁

I have an entire house to renovate so obviously need new stationery…I’m being slightly tongue in cheek saying that, as I really do need to keep everything together…I need to keep notes for ideas, which a project book would be suitable for, but what I also need is something to keep the additional paperwork in-quotes, invoices etc….I’ve looked at conference folders which might be ok, but the notebook part on any I’ve seen doesn’t seem to take a substantial notebook, just a scrappy notepad type thing

Any ideas? (I can be quite speedy for this-up to about £100 for the right thing)

Spendy not speedy!

Try stationery shops.

@languagelover96

Try stationery shops.

Wow I’d never have thought of that-thanks so much…

Try Etsy, there is some amazing Japanese stationery on there

Wish I had this when we moved and re-did our house. Is there enough folder space though? I did find that most invoices etc are electronic now though! Could you not have an electronic folder for invoices and just scan the odd paper only one in?

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1066348200/luxury-room-by-room-home-planner?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=renovation+planner&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&bes=1

I love stationery too, and have some beautiful notebooks, but nothing ever seems worthy of them... Renovating an entire house would qualify though; good luck in your search.

the-happiness-project.com/collections/journals/products/memento-keepsake-journal I quite like the look of this one - you do have to get it shipped from the US, but it's got lots of flexibility for how you use it.

[quote BrieAndChilli]Wish I had this when we moved and re-did our house. Is there enough folder space though? I did find that most invoices etc are electronic now though! Could you not have an electronic folder for invoices and just scan the odd paper only one in?

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1066348200/luxury-room-by-room-home-planner?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=renovation+planner&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&bes=1[/quote]
I’ll have a look, thanks.

I can’t do this electronically! I already have a fair bit of actual paperwork, and I’m enough of a dinosaur to be utterly rubbish at filing electronically!

And did I mention I love stationery 😂

@BrieAndChilli I’m salivating at your link! That could be the very thing!

You are looking for either an accordion file or an expanding file. Some have pockets to hold a notebook in the front. You can also go for either a a4 hard back notebook that has indented month dividers where each month represents to you a different quote topic. The issue is that the outside of quotes and invoices will get frayed.

Something like this

m.shein.co.uk/1pc-Multi-layer-Random-File-Pocket-p-1669623-cat-2271.html?url_from=ukadplassstorage18200928695one-size&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fP99chlad6slm-w_15JWcMcpZiUIDpUsiOXh5CR_6JVSnkDgGLQsS1BoC-2sQAvD_BwE&ref=www&rep=dir&ret=m

I have found clear plastics to be the best. Then inside you can have clear slip coloured ones (my system is blue for info, yellow is to be actioned)

Or you can have a slim d ring notebook with a lot of clear pockets and 5 dividers.

I am a self-confessed stationary lover and also a tiny bit of a hoarder when it comes to papers/notebooks/lists etc.

Having said that, during our ongoing house renovation I have become hooked on Notion. It took an hour or so to get the hang of how to use it property, but since then I am a complete convert!

Quotes and documents I take photo's of and then either throw away or put in a box file. I've only had to keep the physical copies of a handful of guarantees for things.

You can nest pages into projects, to do lists, calendars, timelines (God, I know I sound obsessed). It has really helped me organise the whole reno, which has been a far more overwhelming process than I initially thought.

these pukka pads have dividers, is hard covered and the dividers let you put a bit of paperwork in.

www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/pk-3-project-book-gr-a4-p-1003319?customerType=consumer&?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surface_google&cm_mmc=Google--pla_gen_google-shopping_desktop-essentials_gosc--desktop-essentials-gosc-_-1003319&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fPyZ9IkLSASUoC-05epDhTt3wMlnztsaNnDj6-sTOaxf3-7WYGB-eExoC8REQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Or, a conference folder but use some nice coloured paper (search for dyslexic paper) as the notepads? but then you may as well use a ring folder and put the different colour pads in already, with dividers and punched pockets for invoices that are not nice a4 size.

Search for home renovation planners. Etsy has a great big black leather one.

An interior designer’s account I follow on Instagram made something expressly for this purpose…. I can’t quite picture who it was but I think perhaps Kate Watson-Smythe (her Instagram is mad about the house or something like that, and she has a website). Or look on Rita Konig’s website. I feel like she might sell one.

[quote BrieAndChilli]Wish I had this when we moved and re-did our house. Is there enough folder space though? I did find that most invoices etc are electronic now though! Could you not have an electronic folder for invoices and just scan the odd paper only one in?

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1066348200/luxury-room-by-room-home-planner?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=renovation+planner&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&bes=1[/quote]
I want one of these now and I am not even moving house!

I've got a "stationery system" called arc from Staples that's my project notebook. I couldn't find it online, but its like this but in A4. I bought different types of paper and inserts (lined, squared, to do lists, plastic pockets) so I could write, sketch plans and keep receipts and printouts all in one place. You can move the dividers so I have a section for each room or area of development.

What about an old school A4 Filofax?
Filofax A4 Metropol Organiser Navy,Personal,Blue,26980 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079Y69GWX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_9T55VVZ1Z47514EFF8X9?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Low tech solution: a lever-arch file (with slots in the front, to keep the whole thing stable - like
Exacompta) with a spiral notebook with pre-punched holes (like Silvine).

File paperwork as normal in the lever-arch file and you can store the notebook in there too because it will fit onto the metal filing mechanism.

@ShesComeUndone it’s amazing isn’t it!

@farendoftether you might just be onto something, I’d been looking for A4, but full size Filofax might be the way forward

[quote JudgeRindersMinder]@ShesComeUndone it’s amazing isn’t it!

@farendoftether you might just be onto something, I’d been looking for A4, but full size Filofax might be the way forward[/quote]
D’oh! That IS A4! Thank you!