Home & Garden Home 16 Clever Uses for Binder Clips By Melissa Breyer Melissa Breyer Twitter Editorial Director Hunter College F.I.T., State University of New York Cornell University Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s editorial director. She is a sustainability expert and author whose work has been published by the New York Times and National Geographic, among others. Learn about our editorial process Updated June 5, 2017 Share Twitter Pinterest Email Photo: drbakker/flickr. Home Green Living Pest Control Natural Cleaning DIY Family Thrift & Minimalism Sustainable Eating I've always believed that you can fix just about anything with duct tape, olive oil, safety pins and a Sharpie. Add binder clips to the mix and the emergency hack kit is pretty much complete. As technology changes the nature of office supplies, the good old binder clip is seeing less and less paper in need of binding ... so put those isosceles triangles of spring steel to clever use in any of these applications. 1. Keep Unruly Wires Tamed © Boots Beulah 2. Fasten Together a Fabulous Storage Unit robgiampietro /flickr 3. Display Memorabilia and Ephemera © Boots Beulah 4. Store Horizontal Bottles Securely in the Refrigerator muteboy/flickr 5. Turn a Magnet Into a Magnet Clip © Boots Beulah 6. Make Industrial-Chic Wine Charms Nikchick /flickr 7. Hang Art Without Hurting It ms.Tea /flickr 8. Use as a Money Clip ksbuehler /flickr 9. Keep Your Recipe Book Open While Cooking © Boots Beulah 10. Clip Together a Dress and Choker Katherine Donaldson /flickr 11. Ditch the Ouchie Straight Pins and Clip Instead Cinnachick /flickr 12. Store Cables in a Sane Manner Matti Mattila /flickr 13. Secure Bike Gear Earthworm /flickr 14. Make a Smartphone Stand rich sipe /flickr 15. Organize Plugs at Your Desk drbakker /flickr 16. Batten Down Canopies and Tents Against the Wind veracious jess /flickr