Storing Bricks
Until now you’ve focused exclusively on putting your parts into piles based on a number of guidelines. But unless you have unlimited amounts of table space on which to keep your bricks, it’s very likely that you’ll want to find a better way to store them. Storing refers to keeping the bulk of your collection on shelves or in a closet and bringing out only what pieces you need, when you need them. As we discussed earlier in this chapter, the topic of storage is related to, but also separate from, how you sort your bricks. The shelves in Figure 12-3 show how a medium-sized collection might look when stored in a variety of containers.
Figure 12-3. Different-sized containers work together to form an effective storage system.
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