To pick the cherries, eyeball the box pile and make your selections before you begin shopping. Reinforced cardboard magazine holders masquerade in the guise of office supply display boxes. Boxes designed to hold cold cuts serve to stack cleaning towels in the utility closet. Two-part produce boxes hold stored clothing in the attic. Paint the boxes or cover them with surplus fabric.
Recycled packaging can give organizational efforts a frugal boost.
Empty bleach bottles store water and purify it at the same time, as long as you don't rinse the empty container first. Boxes that first hold bottled water moonlight as containers for newspaper recycling, and are themselves flattened and recycled on trips to the recycling center. Think creatively Frugal organizers think past the label and outside the box. Tightwad organizers cross-check before they shell out. Frugal organizers aren't shy about adapting ideas, either.