In regards to storing patterns: I have tons of patterns- sewing and qulting. I did have them in large plastic filing boxes from the office supply store. i had 3 big ones and 2 little ones. those were for the patterns in paper or plastic envelopes. I now have them in a big pattern file cabinet like at the fabric stores. My quilting patterns from magazines are now in 3 ring binders in the protector sheets divided into easy, intermediate and challenging categories. i still have some in my reular file cabinet- which needs to be organized. I've started my room when i put the pattern file in there because it is so big. Good luck to everyone in this challenge!