Yesterday and today I'm working a bit with the stash. The various things I pulled since the last major clean up (year and a half ago??) have to be put back if they aren't already, and decisions need to be made on some pieces, I have too many boxes of miscellaneous which are really "I was trying to neaten things up by shoving things out of sight" and it didn't get any better when a large box I bought at an estate sale a couple years back collapsed about 2 months ago. Before they were a box in their own right, but now they must be integrated.
I think I might have to make one box of "miscellaneous difficult to categorize fabrics". I love novelty fabric and some are there, but I end up with some fabrics that are harder to fit in. Or the problem with two-color pieces, is that red or is that black? As it is, I have a stack of red and black fabrics together, it's enough for a quilt but I don't know what quilt that is yet...
I'm also putting things into collections or groups, last year some of my now-out of order fabrics had been put in a box of potential projects and that worked pretty well for me, but I need to label the box that way, and maybe separate the groups with tissue paper. These are mostly crib-twin sized juvenile collections for fun quick projects. There is a subtle difference for me, if I put the fabrics in their own box they are then "kitted" and are now a UFO instead of a potential project
I have enough spongy textured sort of pieces (brighter than grunge mostly) that I decided needed to be kept together as a collection and not separated by color, I do have a box for small collections, like sewing themed and they can go in there. I'll have to look at my "food" box, most of that is gone now and they should go there too if they can and separated out by color if not.
My solids box was my last remaining "paper" box, the sort that reams of paper come in from when I was working. One side finally collapsed, time to go to the office supply store and buy some new banker boxes and retire some old ones. It's just not worth it to get the cheaper boxes unless they are just for temporary sorting of things, they just don't hold up -- especially the lids. For sorting things or going through closets and do set up donate and keep boxes next to the trash can. Any box works for that, but for me I like to have a nice clear label that maybe I'll stick on the wall above the box so it's clear.
I want to get all my fabric in consistent boxes and stack them up... I think what I have now will fit in the closet of my sewing room, if I can clear that out. Then I will have an actual sewing room with room to move instead of a fabric storage room. Some things are harder to let go, like the rocking cradle that was mine when I was a baby and which wasn't used for my own grandbundle. Some things like the down sleeping bags will be easier -- turns out I'm allergic to down!
I know a closet of fabric is still a huge stash, but seriously, it's gone down from a room packed floor to ceiling. I've lost track but visualize 10-20 large black plastic garbage bags stuffed full (accumulated over 30 years) is about what is now gone.