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Organize Your Car: A Minivan Makeover

How to go from hell on wheels to a well-oiled machine: part office, part snack bar, part homework station, and — yes — part family car

Organize Your Car: A Minivan Makeover
John Gruen
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Front Passenger Seat: The Mobile Office
The Problem: “I try to keep my files in the front seat, but they end up all over the place, and I forget what I need to do. Also, I have a PDA, laptop, and cell phone that I use in the parking lot during soccer practice or while waiting in the car-pool lane. But right now I can charge only my phone.”

The Solution: A compartmentalized container on the front passenger seat holds office supplies, files, and electronics. Lakey uses one file as her in-box. A mat on the dashboard holds her sunglasses, and a collapsible trash bag keeps things tidy. And she can charge her laptop, PDA, and phone at the same time with an adapter kit that has multiple plugs.


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