I took my heavy shears and cut
the lip off the sides of two of them so the sides were straight up.
Then I put them side by side in my kitchen utensil drawer. All my small
items go in the tubs and larger item go behind. No more digging around
for the potato peeler, pastry brush or apple corer.
I have a small tub on my sewing
table to collect all the tiny threads that are cut off.
At my last yard sale, I lined a
few of the large tubs up on the table and filled them with the small
toys my son was getting rid of. That kept the little kids from digging
through a large box and scattering the toys all over the ground.
I keep several sizes handy in the
kitchen. When I take a piece of meat out of the freezer to thaw, I put
it in a tub before setting it in the refrigerator. This keeps the
condensation and any blood that might escape from getting on the
refrigerator shelf.
I take a large tub outside with
me when I pull weeds in the garden. It is light enough to drag around
with me, and hold lots of small weeds.
We have an outside cat that comes
in every morning for a nibble of kibble. I put one of the small tubs
out for his food and one for his water. They are easily washed or
replaced as needed.
My husband uses all sizes of the
tubs in his shop to hold various small tools, nuts, bolts etc. They
line up nicely on his table or on his shelves and are easy to pick up
and move from place to place.
When my husband is working on a
vehicle, we take a tub and set it near where he is working. Every part
he takes off goes into the tub which means he is never looking for
where he sat something down, or where it rolled off to.