I too want to work on scrap projects, but I'm in the process now of psyching myself up to start a One Block Wonder project.
I keep some of my stuff in a plastic tub, but most of it is in large trash bags just sitting in the room.
It is sort of out of sight, out of mind. A couple years ago, I bought four yards of this black fabric with electric blue peacocks on it and I have been looking for it ever since ...