Hanging letter organiser - or how to deal with post/admin/crap?

[Bumperlicious]

A few years ago in Eve magazine there was this feature to make your own letter organiser, a kind of canvass thing to hang on the wall with sections for letters. I'd like to make (or buy) something like this but need inspiration (and instructions). Anyone made/bought something similar?

Failing that how do you deal with post/bills/admin/crap? We have a chest of drawers in the hall that gets covered in crap but we are still really rubbish at getting organised. Plus we are moving somewhere with only a tiny hall so I need a better solution.

I chuck everything that is obviously junk mail straight into the recycling bin.

Open all mail immediately and have 2 piles - one that needs filing (bank statements etc) and one that need actioning. (i use 2 cheap paper files one with FILE in big letters and one with SORT in big letters (I am easily confused!))

Set aside an hour a week ish (pretty much everything can wait a week) and deal with all the stuff that needs actioning in that hour and file all the stuff that needs filing.

It's not a perfect solution, but it works for me and I am VERY disorganised.

I open it all as it comes in and then have 2 box files

1. stuff that needs to be filed
2. stuff that needs to be dealt with

Then I have another box file that contains important documents (birth certs/passports/driving licences/E111 cards etc).

Lever arch file of accounts for current bills - I mark on the front of each one whether it is paid by direct debit of not. Also I put receipts in there.

Then hanging file box of documents filed but that I might need - e.g. any health records, tax credits, council tax, benefits stuff

Then another hanging file box of stuff I need to keep but rarely use - e.g. pensions, employment contracts, payslips, old bank statements, insurance documents etc.

File every couple of days atm but at least once a week. I put notes in with documents for example if I send off my marriage certifciate (doing a lot at the moment) where it would normally go I put a note saying when I sent it off and to whom. I also keep a note on each of the things 'to do' saying what has been done adn what needs to be done.

It all sits on dh's desk in the corner and doesn't take up much room. At least once a year you need to go through all the old stuff and work out if you still need to keep it.

I've found this actually which I think I am going to have a go at making.

I think I might have a go too - much nicer than paper folders

I have 2 cat food boxes (Whiskers pouches kind) on the dresser in the kitchen, one for bank stuff and one for other letters. When they get full I have a sort out and file bank statements boy stuff etc. Any junk and envelopes goes straight into the recycling.