Over the last few years, I've bought more containers to store things in than anyone else I know.
A big part of that is driven by the need to organize and store a lot of stuff that my family has acquired/saved over the years. And the fact I am the last surviving family member who would know what much of the material is.
And I bought a bunch of stuff that needs some kind of home to keep pieces together and relatively easy to find and keep clean.
My favorite is the plastic hanging file boxes, the 32 liter ones. Sturdy and stack-able they fit the bill for what I need. Plus they are easy to handle.
So far, I've filled a dozen with pictures - photos, slides and negatives. All safely out of cardboard boxes and now on shelves in the basement. Still not the perfect storage solution, but the contents are far better protected now from wet and rodents.
I don't know how many are filled with papers that need sorting. To be honest, all the ones with photos need sorting too. I am working my way through the boxes scanning the material before anything happens to it, creating digital copies.
Of course I've found plenty of use for smaller containers. I've discovered that plastic shoe boxes work well for organizing smaller collections - I have one that I've stored a film camera and related accessories in.
The biggest challenge will be to properly sort, organize and label the boxes and their contents. There must be something more elegant than a black marker.
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