I recently retired, and when I did I decided to get my house in order, I had shelves of Mag's and many binders full of patterns. I scanned Every thing that I still actually liked. And stored them on CD's (had to many and switched to Flash drives) It is much easier to look at them. I separated them
by Catagories (table, Wall, Blocks, Applique Patterns a-k and
Patterns L-z, Moffits Etc) Saved Lots of space FOR more fabric and books.