keriamon
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Post by keriamon on Jun 30, 2009 14:06:46 GMT -5
Personally, I love me some rubbermaid tubs. We have an unsealed garage/barn and they're just the thing for keeping bugs (namely brown recluses!) out of our stuff. I do a LOT of sewing, so I have my fabric in a bunch of them, organized by fabric type. We also do historic re-enacating, and I keep a lot of our gear in tubs; when we get ready to go to an event, we pack our tubs with whatever stuff we want to take on this trip and then put them in the truck; they keep our clothes and other gear dry, plus they just fit under our camp bed (and are hidden by the covers).
Although, when it comes to organizing stuff I use frequently, I prefer the plastic drawer units.
Still, one day I hope for us to live in a larger house, so we have more room, and I will have my own personal sewing room, and I can keep my fabric out on shelves, not in totes.
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Post by gifted on Jun 30, 2009 14:59:27 GMT -5
I've often wished for better storage but didn't really notice that if I couldn't SEE a thing, I'd forget I had it and would buy another. Life got simpler not just when I began to throw things out or sell them, but when I put them into the open. I felt self-conscious about the amount of stuff I stored, it ate up living space, but when everything really collapsed, those boxes were full of things I could sell. I've been living off my junk for two years now. It's an odd twist. I agree with this. I am very much "out of sight out of mind." But I am also VERY disorganized, and I NEED to contain everything. But I learned that I need for things to be transparent, usually, if it is something I want to remember. I do use large storage containers for very SPECIFIC purposes. Like my Christmas decorations. But I do NOT allow the Christmas items to exceed their allotted boxes. It all must fit, or something has to go! Same with off-season clothing. (Although I have so much clothing NOT in containers, it hardly matters.) So storage containers are a mixed bag, for me.
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Post by tinasabrina on Jul 1, 2009 1:45:47 GMT -5
What is your opinion on those Rubbermaid storage tubs.I am begining to hate them & feel like they make the problem of clutter just hidden way and then stacked. GG, You may very well be on to something here. Their purpose of course is to get things organized but when I see a big Rubbermaid box I have to admit, one of my inclinations is to fill it with junk that I don't really have the energy or presence of mind to sort through and deal with properly.
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Post by eagle on Jul 1, 2009 8:08:15 GMT -5
I keep dogfood in one, keeps the rodents and bugs out. A few years ago, I had one rodent try to chew his way into it...it must've driven him crazy, because he seemed to chew on it everyday for at least a month. I bought another couple of containers recently, the kind that goes under your bed. I have a comforter that I was planning on storing in one, but unfortunately it won't quite fit in it. All my old blankets and sheets are dirty right now, and are in my mini-warehouse space. My plan is to store them in the containers under the bed once they're washed. (I don't want to wait to long to do that, otherwise I'll just wind up buying new ones, need to get out of that habit!) Wish I could find a good container to store that comforter in...I suppose I could get a bigger, 'boxier' rubbermaid container, but it wouldn't fit under the bed, and I'm not sure where I'd put it (hmmmm, maybe in the mini warehouse....that makes sense, I guess.) If your comforter is down-filled, it will squash down into a much more compact space. Try fitting it into a large pillowcase and squash the air out of it. That should get it to fit into the under-be container. I have used down-filled sleeping bags, jackets & comforters, and this method works very well for compacting them for storing or packing. If you have one of those 'suck-the-air-out' type of storage bags, it's pretty easy to compact them down. But simply squishing the air out while rolling or folding works just as well.
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Post by slothzilla on Jul 1, 2009 10:15:48 GMT -5
Thanks eagle, I believe that my comforter is down-filled, so I will try your pillowcase suggestion. I did squash it quite a bit when I tried to fit it into the container, but its definitely worth another try.
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purple57
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Post by purple57 on Jul 1, 2009 12:19:13 GMT -5
I am a big proponent of see-through containers. I have recently moved to a VERY small house where our bedroom is 7' by 11', and has no closet. (There is not one closet in the whole house) I came from a 4 bedroom 4 closet apartment with a back porch for storage, and brought a lot of stuff.) We have a screened-in porch which goes across the front and around one side of the house. The side part is mine, for storage. Dampness will always be a problem, so the plastic containers are the only way to go for me.
I have my most of belongings in clear, see through containers, so I can see what is where. I want to get all things organized like-with-like, but haven't as yet. But the see-through containers allow me to open only one at a time, not have to pull them all out to see if maybe this is the one whatever I'm looking for is in.
Before I moved, I had two big red containers with green hinged covers for Christmas things, and was going to get a big orange one for Halloween costumes. Other than that, it's see through for me.
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