I am looking for a better solution to help store my larger plates (6x10,6x12,6x16,etc).
Currently, I use Akro-Mils boxes, but I seem to be running out of room quickly.
Any suggestions are welcome on what I can buy that may work more efficiently.
I am looking for a better solution to help store my larger plates (6x10,6x12,6x16,etc).
Currently, I use Akro-Mils boxes, but I seem to be running out of room quickly.
Any suggestions are welcome on what I can buy that may work more efficiently.
I use Sterilite drawers for mine. Walmart has the large 3 drawer unit for a
good price:
The suggested sterlite drawers are good. The small, like 4" high, plastic
shoe box style containers are good and will hold them better. Any thing with
drawers at least 2.5 inches high and long enough for a 16" will do.
After 35 years I found that storing plates on their side makes them easy to see
and retrieve. I put small cardboard boxes in the tray to separate the various
sizes of plates.
You could put a huge number of plates in 3 sterlite drawers, keeping the larger
plates together.
In General, HoosierNinja writes:
In General, hsonier18 writes:
I am looking for a better solution to help store my larger plates (6x10,6x12,6x16,etc).
Currently, I use Akro-Mils boxes, but I seem to be running out of room quickly.
Any suggestions are welcome on what I can buy that may work more efficiently.
I use Sterilite drawers for mine. Walmart has the large 3 drawer unit for a
good price:
I am looking for a better solution to help store my larger plates (6x10,6x12,6x16,etc).
Currently, I use Akro-Mils boxes, but I seem to be running out of room quickly.
Any suggestions are welcome on what I can buy that may work more efficiently.
Do you store them loose or connected? I keep mine mostly connected/stacked together,
and storage seems to stay more compact that way. With the 4x plates and under
I keep them offset by one stud so I can pull them apart easy, and with 6x and
larger I offset by one stud in each perpendicular direction. Also, you don't
have to keep them in one big stack: you can vary the stack sizes and flip them
in various directions to maximize how they fill the space of whatever bin or
box you are using. (My collection isn't large enough to dedicate any of my
storage containers to specific colors.)
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