As an Italian company with family at the heart, at Uashmama we are all too familiar with how tricky it can be to keep on top of mess, and how important great storage solutions are. When everything has its place, it’s easier to keep clutter to a minimum, and helps to make a space more functional and aesthetically pleasing.
When founder Marco developed his innovative AGGO washable paper material, the first product he made was a simple bread bag for the dinner table, which was further developed into the Uashmama Paper Bag you see today.
It’s a super versatile storage solution, available in 8 sizes, and it’s no surprise that it has become a favourite amongst the Uashmama family, employees, and customers alike. The uses are endless, but we thought we’d share some of our favourites along with some styling tips for your home.
2025 interior decor trends
At Uashmama, following trends isn’t really our thing, as we prefer to create timeless, durable pieces that are built to stand the test of time, in more ways than one. However, it’s always interesting to see how our homewares fit into every season’s style.
For 2025, Vogue says that jewel tones and wine red are in - House & Garden agree, stating rich colours are all the rage, as well as pops of silver, while Pinterest predicts cherry red will be a big 2025 trend.
This is good news for us, as our paper bags come in up to 20 colours (depending on size) including neutrals, jewel tones like blues and greens, and earthy tones like pinks, deep reds and browns, not to mention our 3 metallics. So as you can see, we cover all of these 2025 trends, and then some.
5 ways to style the Uashmama Paper Bag in your home
Whatever colour scheme or aesthetic you have in your home, our versatile Paper Bag can work as clever and attractive storage.
We love the look of styling multiple sizes and colours in one space, but if you’re more of a minimalist, you might like to use them more sparingly in one of our neutral colourways.
Here are a few styling ideas for the different rooms of the house to get you started.
1. Paper Bags - practical storage for the kitchen & utility room
The kitchen is often a busy hub of every home, which can quickly get messy with cooking clutter, laundry, and even homework.
There are many uses for our Paper Bag in the kitchen, from using the XSmall size for salt and pepper, up to the XXLarge for laundry - bookmark our post 10 styling tips for a practical and beautiful laundry room to read after this one if you need a few extra ideas.
Our Piccolo size is the second smallest of our paper bags, and one of our favourites for versatility. We love using it to keep dishwasher tablets in, popping it next to the dishwasher for efficiency, while the small is perfect for fruit and vegetables, pastries, bread, or even a small plant.
2. Styling Uashmama Paper Bags in your living room
Another multi-use room that can end up messy very quickly if you’re without the right storage is the living room.
Our Large Paper Bag is perfect for lounge clutter like TV remotes, packs of cards, a hairbrush, nail file, hand cream, and any other small bits that you like to have to hand while you’re relaxing on the sofa.
We love to use the Piccolo size for a candle lighter and candle snuffer that we keep on the mantlepiece next to our favourite candle, and the Gigante, our largest Paper Bag size, looks wonderful on the floor next to the fireplace to store blankets, extra cushions, or logs for the fire.
Kids’ mess can be tricky to keep on top of in the living room, but an XXLarge Paper Bag is great for chucking everything into, and you can even roll down the top to hide what’s inside. We’ve got a helpful blog post if you’re in need of more tips for hiding toys - 11 aesthetic storage ideas for tidying children’s toys.
3. Handy Paper Bag storage in the bathroom
There are lots of bathroom bits and bobs that we don’t always have a good storage solution for, and instead of the bathroom being a relaxing oasis, it can become a messy and stressful place to spend time in.
The Uashmama Small Paper Bag is great to keep items like facecloths and toiletries together, while the XSmall can be used for a toothbrush holder, which also makes those items easy to pick up and move when cleaning.
Our XLarge size is perfect to keep toilet rolls, hand towels, cleaning products, or even as a bathroom bin.
4. Combat clutter in the bedroom with Uashmama Paper Bags
To ensure your bedroom is a calm zone, you could use a Uashmama Paper Bag in the Medium size to house a beautiful houseplant, and the XSmall and Piccolo sizes are great for keeping make-up brushes, jewellery and glasses together on your bedside or dressing table.
The larger sizes are great for keeping items like socks, gloves or scarves tidy, and of course, as mentioned in our kitchen styling tips, the XXLarge or Gigante makes an ideal laundry basket.
5. Keep your desk tidy with Paper Bags in the office or craft room
Having a tidy workspace is conducive to being more productive, so use an XSmall Paper Bag to store pens, pencils and any other small items like paper clips.
If you’re a crafter, our Medium and Large size Paper Bags work brilliantly for keeping supplies tidy when they’re not in use, especially if you love having multiple knitting, sewing or other arty projects on the go.
And whether it's a craft room or office, there’ll likely be rubbish accumulating - use an XLarge as an attractive recycling bin.
Those are just a handful of ways that you can use the Uashmama Paper Bag - as you can see it’s incredibly functional and versatile, especially as they’re washable too.
Learn more about AGGO, our amazing washable paper material here, or if you’d like to know more about the ethos behind Uashmama, you can read Our Story.