I have a friend who stops in whenshe can and we were talking about the amount of fabric that I had accumulated. I had two tall jelly jar pantries, painted them black. Laid the slide proof stuff on the sheleves, total of 5 counting the bottom. I then used a 6" by 24" ruler and unfolded the fabric. Left it folded in half length wise, and then folded maybe three inches over the ruler to get a fix and proceeded to then fold the ruler down the fabric as I pulled the fabric up towards me. When I got just about to the end, I tucked the end under, slide the ruler out and then folded the 6" width of fabricin half. My shelves were long enough to hold 5 sets of fabric and the shelves were wide enough that the foloded fabric fit perfectly. I placed the fabrics in so that thefold was pointing out. Lorry and I spent the day folding fabric and kinda getting a visual for how I wanted to put it away. I also have a tall slender inexpensive pantry with two doors and I used basket in there for my fat quarters. I had picked up some very inexpensive wicker bedroom furniture and was able to place pre-cut kits that I had made up, children and animal fabrics and ended p prety much having a place for almost everything. The rest of the stuff, i.e. pillows, batting and muslin, find see thru storage bins and stacked them under my cutting table. I still had to buy two of the cubics on wheels with the pull out bins, three bins high and slide them under the space where my cover would open up for my sewing machines. It took me and two of my friends off and on for abouta week or two as I couldn't and can't work for more then an hour or so. But I can now pull pretty much anything I want and only have to pick up maybe one or two fabrics once in a while. But when I see something new come out and it attacks my senses, I check my cash flow for fun things and if I can, get what I can and as much as I can as I know ifI don't that particular line of fabric will disappair quickly. Every one eventually has a system that works for them. And if you have that one or two dear friends that know you and you all enjoy each other, it can turn a rough day into a very happy and cheerful day.
I wish you well.