Any clever storage solutions?

[mmcv]

I've been in the process of clearing up and sorting out my hobby space, partly so I can have somewhere else than the kitchen table to work at during the day, partly because it was getting to the point of only having a small workable area not covered in bits and pieces.

My models aren't a problem, I've been using stackable A4 plastic document boxes in shelves for a while now and they just grow vertically not taking up too much space.

My paints are well organised in MDF paint stands (though any more and I may have to buy one of Mr Leon's nice new ones).

My main issue is all the other bits and bobs. Flocks, glues, epoxies, little trees and clumps and rocks and sand and so on and so forth. Not to mention magnets and magnetic paper, bits of card, carpet samples I'm definitely going to make into fields some day,  lollypop sticks and coffee stirrers, craft knives and clippers.... Added to that I'm finally getting around to making some terrain which will likely fill a box I'm ending up with a bunch of plastic boxes all kicking about my feet with lids that barely* close.

So does anyone have any clever tricks for storing things beyond plastic crates and plastic baggies? Currently looking through various craft storage options on Amazon but most seem targeted at smaller things or much larger things...



*By which I mean... don't.

[Ithoriel]

I know the feeling. I'm trying to track down the company that makes the TARDIS!

[mmcv]

I know the feeling. I'm trying to track down the company that makes the TARDIS!

if only...

This is my current thinking as it should fit under my desk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00YOUKDSQ

And the drawers seem deep enough to hold most of what I need.

But still open to any clever suggestions others have come up with over the years!

[Ithoriel]

I picked up a three-drawer bedside cabinet for twelve quid from a local British Heart Foundation charity shop. The drawers are full.



As you can see, the more storage you have, the more stuff you keep

[mmcv]

Yup that's pretty much exactly how my desk looked before I spent the past few evenings clearing it! No doubt it'll return to a similar state in time...

[jimduncanuk]

I know the feeling. I'm trying to track down the company that makes the TARDIS!

Don't get the BBC one, it is a cheapie made from plywood.

[FierceKitty]

Make sure you get the one with Freema Agyeman and David Tennant. 

[fred.]

For on desk storage I got various drawers and paint racks from Hobby zone in Poland. Despite being in Poland delivery was quick and not too expensive

For bigger stuff, various drawers and cupboards help.

The drawer unit you linked to on Amazon looks very like ones we have bought from Home Bargains for about half that price.

[Kiwidave]

For the smaller bits and pieces, flock etc, I have this:



It's about 55cm high by 30cm wide. No idea where I got it from - possibly a hand-me-down from Dad.

Currently on the floor in my office, I don't have a permanent set-up (yet)

[fsn]

I bought in a sale a six drawer unit from Hobbycraft



I find it takes some of the small Really Useful Box .. err .. boxes, and I would also recommend the plastic boxes you get from a take-away.

You can buy them from Amazon - £7.70 for 50.

[mmcv]

Thanks for all the answers.

I'd forgotten about hobby craft actually, will have to have a browse.

Hobby zone looks good though they appear to be out of stock on most things currently.

I have stacks of take away boxes that I use for both food leftovers and hobby bits, but I find they tend to be flimsy and prone to cracking if opened and closed a lot. I've seen a few like that six drawer unit, I'll maybe do some measuring of my various bits and pieces to see what fits where.

Kiwidaves unit looks well, I've seen RUB do a similar style but the boxes of it look very small.

[Kiwidave]

The drawers in my unit are 9cm wide x 150cm deep x 5cm high. They have moveable internal dividers as well. I can email you a picture if it helps

[fsn]

I use the RUB for things I want kept - like flock.

The take away boxes I use for storing unpainted figures. I write on the top of the box what is in it (by unit) and mark 'em off as they get painted. If they break, they break.  

[fsn]

The Works sells collapsable storage boxes - 2 for £10. These are good and roomy and I use them (on shelves) for things like unmade kits, spare PVA glue - the larger items. Mine have WWI recruitment posters, world map and moustaches on them. Not Frozen.

Honest.

Why would I lie?

Leave me alone.

Just let it go, will you!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

VHS video boxes are also good, if you can still get them