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<\/a>As you can see here, this particular TROFAST frame holds nine drawers. They also make deeper drawers that are two to three times taller, and I use one of those to store my city road and space plates. I went with the white semi-transparent drawers to make it easier to quickly see what color bricks any drawer is holding.<\/p>\nIn general, I sort by color, so that means drawers for White, Grey, Black, Blue, Yellow and Red.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll find out that, much like a Venn diagram, many parts could go into more than one drawer, that\u2019s just a judgment call you\u2019ll have to make. You don’t need to follow what made sense for me, but in general, I sorted stuff I was always looking for into their own drawers, without going overboard. You could easily end up sorting stuff into too many tiny drawers, and find yourself staring at a wall of little drawers like you were hunting for a screw at Home Depot. I only have 15 drawers (and one big one) and it’s reasonably manageable.<\/p>\n So, if you\u2019ve been keeping track, you may have noticed that the TROFAST frame holds nine drawers, and I use almost twice as much. I actually use two frames side by side, making a square-ish rectangle with drawers on either side. It saves space and makes a decent top for a small Legoland.<\/p>\n Cheers, I\u2019ve had a few folks ask me how I sort and store my Legos, so \u2013 without further ado \u2013 here is what worked for me. When I was researching a good storage system, I ended up going to Ikea and picking the TROFAST storage drawers. By the way, when going to Ikea, it\u2019s a …<\/p>\n<\/a>I then designate a drawer for tires and wheels, a drawer for all Minifigs \u2013 including tools and accessories, a drawer for transparent glass and windows, and a drawer for odd pieces \u2013 like trees, flowers, flags, road signs, boat sections, motors, lights and power bricks.<\/p>\n<\/a>After that, I fill a drawer with the newer colors that aren’t the standard ones from the 70s and 80s, such as dark grey, orange, green and brown (I nickname this the Star Wars Drawer).<\/p>\n<\/a>Then a drawer for instructions and a deep drawer for base plates, as I previously mentioned, and that was pretty much my initial set up.<\/p>\n<\/a>Later \u2013 particularly when I started building all these Space sets \u2013 I started to consolidate some of the fancier pieces into their own drawers to prevent me from having to dig all the time. I now have a drawer that has all of my pieces with stuff printed on it, be it a number, a grill, or the Space logo. I also store my parts that are obviously Space pieces in the same drawer, as there is overlap, and it really saved time. I also filled a drawer with all the pieces that have hinges or moving parts, including steering wheels and car doors.<\/p>\n<\/a>Then, continuing with this line of thinking, if parts obviously go with wheels \u2013 like tire rims and car chassis \u2013 I put them in the wheel drawer.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>I hope this has been helpful to fellow lapsed Legomaniacs<\/a> out there, looking for tips on how to store their bricks!<\/p>\n
\nBen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"