Declutter tip: Automate your filing cabinet

An ingenious way to bring order to your nest - right now.

By Chatelaine

Updated February 7, 2013

Scan receipts, manuals and business cards - and keep all records in your computer, instead of a bulky cabinet. Bonus: Text recognition sorts the data after it has been scanned.

Neatdesk scanner, $400, neat.com.

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