I kept the bottom section of the corrugated cardboard box the plasma screen came in for a toy box for all the 'hard' toys. Just put some extra (clear) packing tape to keep the corners together, and its done. Sometimes it gets almost emptied and sat in as a car or truck (I don't know what she's up too! )

Shallow fruit boxes for toy boxes (I bring them home to use for sorting out stuff to get rid of but it doesn't happen!), inside recycling box (to be tipped into big outside bin), 's***' collection boxes that I never get around to sorting!

Nappy boxes for packing away too small/too big baby/toddler clothes, sealed up with tape. And s*** boxes...

4Lt ice cream tubs and lids stacked up on a kitchen shelf hold all our chargers and batteries and stray remotes when not being used.

My laundry stash of bicarb is in a 1Lt yoghurt tub. 1Lt yoplait yoghurt tubs are excellent for freezing soups and sauces in, as well as storing things like creamed rice and stuff like that in the fridge, and biscuits. For storing biscuits in, they travel really well in the car, either between your (children) legs or between children and then the contents can be shared ("sharing"? What's that? ). The yoplait tubs are really sturdy for disposable tubs! I also keep our steak knives (point down) in a yoplait tub at the back of the bench, as Steph gets into the drawers.

Old stock powder/cube containers are great for tiny things (like pins and needles, fishing hooks), or bulk supplies of herbs, etc.

I also use old tins (like biscuit tins, not baked bean tins) for cookie cutters, pencils, etc. THe only problem with this idea is that I'm the only one that know where this stuff is, as the tins aren't labelled!

Sorry that was a bit long, I'm just dying for someone to talk to, that's not going to grill me! . Depressing when I want to talk about storage and laundry things!