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Wanted - more efficient storage
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lugnet.storage
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Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:56:12 GMT
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As I am nearing the end of my sorting (I need to take some new pictures
of my unsorted piles, I do still have piles reaching to the ceiling but
don't have a floor to ceiling stack, I am very close to having my
entryway more or less clear [those who have squeezed into my apartment
will appreciate this news]).
The problem I am running into is that the Rubbermaid tubs that I have
been using have several problems:
- they can only be stacked a few high before the load becomes too great
- their sloped sides waste a lot of space
I'm mostly finding the most efficient storage box so far is a copier
paper box. Unfortunately, you can't see through those, and I'm not sure
how rugged they are (though they are pretty rugged).
One thing which would be nice also is shelving which is efficient. I
bought an 18"x48"x72" Metro cart with four shelves and quickly
discovered that it resulted in less efficient storage near my computer
than my current haphazard arrangement of a microwave cart, a couple Ibis
drawer units, and stuff stacked on top of all of that. I didn't get
completely done with stacking it up, but it was pretty clear that I
wasn't going to get everything on the lower shelves that was in the
space originally and still have the top shelf clear. The result even
looked more crowded instead of less (primarily because the current
stacking is less than 5' high. It also still required double stacking of
items (the current method does have two piles stacked four high and one
pile stacked two high).
If anyone has any thoughts, feel free to share.
Frank
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| In lugnet.storage, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Custom shelving. We have custom shelving in a couple places (in the garage, in the costume/sowing area), and it's amazing how much extra volume you gain by customizing your space. (URL) our old (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Wanted - more efficient storage
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| Frank, you might consider "Gorilla Racks" or something similar. I bought three of them at Sam's Club but I'm sure something similar is also available at hardware stores. While they aren't the haute culture of the furniture world, they provide six (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Wanted - more efficient storage
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| (...) I have some lovely industrial shelving (12"x36"x72") that I got cheap from a friend. I think the most important aspect is that it has plenty of adjustable shelves. It efficiently holds everything from small Rubbermaid food containers stored on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Wanted - more efficient storage
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| Hi Frank, Did you ever thought about the idea of stacking the boxes or containers not higher then 2 or three High ? We do have an system out here thats using an rail fitted to the wall and the shelfs are adjustable by an distance of 3 cm.The seize (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.storage)
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