Re: Organization & Sorting - Discussion Thread
Do you mind if I bump this 2 year old topic?
I'm looking for storage organization drawers. I have the Stack-on 39 drawer hardware organizer ( http://www.amazon.com/Stack-On-DS-39-Dr B000HJBA1W ), and it's great, but only for small parts. All of my basic bricks are still in plastic bags which usually live on the floor beside my dresser. I was thinking about getting something like this ( www.amazon.com/Sterilite-ClearView-Storage-Drawer-Organizer/dp/B001KN12PI ). Something with shallow-ish drawers that are wide so I don't have to dig so much (maybe not the exact product linked, but something like it). It will stack on other boxes of the same brand, so I can get many of them and stack them up in the corner to make a tower of drawers. Do you think that is a good idea, or is there something better out there that I am missing? My LEGO collection isn't too terribly large, but I am always expanding it, and I don't want to buy something too small that I'll have to get new storage drawers next year.
Also, on another note that will help me choose what to get, how is the best way to sort them? Color? Type? Type and Color? I know that that question is kind of generic, but I'd lik to get some opinions on it, because a lot has changed since 2012, I'm sure.
Thanks!
I use these for plates and soon will be using them for wheels as well.
I use the one-size-smaller ones for bricks, but that depends on how many you have in each color.
They're great, or at least they work great for me. You can even squeeze the sides of the drawer and pull it out of the frame, so that you can set it on your work table as a box. Very handy.
I sort my bricks first by color, and then by size. I'll typically have a drawer for 1x1, 2, and 3, a drawer below that one for 1xlongers, and a drawer under that one for 2xwhatever. And I have a drawer for odd colors of which I don't have enough to give them their own drawer.
I have no recommendations besides these.