Yes, Maggie, that does help. I have a few of the see-thru plastic things and a deep closet I need to clear out then repack with those, maybe. Maybe it's time to take the old trunks out, repack them in plastic and say goodbye to them. Shelves would help a bunch, too. Thanks! Now I just have to figure out categories as they are myriad!

I laughed when I read what you said about putting your paint cans away. That's exactly where I relegated our cans of paint, in the deep, corner lower kitchen cupboard no one wants to dig through for anything!:-)

Maryanne, one thing I did with all of those little notes was to get a large-sized recipe box or index card box with alphabetised separators. I took the lid off, then filed all of those notes under headings such as "CDs to buy," "books I want," etc. It works pretty well as long as I remember what I would classify something as.