If you're worried about receipts, get one of these and scan the receipts once a month or something. Keep car/auto receipts in your glove box (this is also good for when you sell your car, you can show you've kept regular maintenance on the car, and the new owner has receipts for everything).
What I generally do for bills, apartment notices, 8.5x11 receipts, etc, is I have a 2 drawer filing cabinet dedicated to them. Just get a bunch of folders and mark them "Apartment", "Utilities", "Car", "Medical", "Taxes", "Dental", "Work", etc... I put all my paperwork on my desk and declutter/put them in folders once a month.