I thought I would post a picture, but i don't see it right now. DH bought me 8 of the grey plastic 4 drawer dressers from Walmart. It turns out that the tops pry off and you can stack them, or parts of them. Mine are stacked 2 dressers high. DH suggests that they could be 2 more drawers high. The top 2 drawers are above where I can see in, but them come out easily. The result right now is that I have 32 drawers of very reachable storage, with a fabrics all covered, sorted and protected. I used permanent markers to label most of the drawers, although not those that I expect to change to other uses.

We are planning to move. This was intended as a way to keep things organized in the process. DH dumped my thread cones"temporarily" into one drawer from my thread rack. This is much handier than the rack was, and better for the thread.

Great idea. We are going to move too and I am having trouble packing/storing my sewing/quilting things where I can't get to them.

I have the smaller ones that come 5 and 7 drawers high with wheels. I don't use the wheels and have stacked them higher also. The stack of 7 have thin drawers that I put patterns and small stuff in. It keeps things clean and you can see inside the drawers without opening, so less searching. I really need to get some more, but until I get a bigger house that is out of the question.

I found my picture. When DH got me these things, he pointed out that when the movers put them into my new sewing room, I will be set up and ready to work. That is SOOOO much better than stacks of boxes to sort through.

As you can see, I also have smaller units stacked for other things.

Cool. Lots better than what I was planning on doing. I think I will have to make a trip to Walmart to see what I can find. of course my road is flooded so bad I don't know if I will be able to get out tomorrow with h to get to my car.

Those look really nice. I love drawers. Hate boxes.

What a great idea!

Very nice. I have odds & ends of shelves, but like the closed storage idea better.

great idea

Nice. Just so you know I had a lot of my fabric in plastic drawers and totes when I moved. By the time they got to my new home they were busted and a lot of my fabric destroyed.

nice!

Great idea. We used those for kitchen stuff when moving, since the kitchen wasn't finished when we moved in. Now the bins are used for other things, sewing etc.

I guess I would like the "see through ones" better, but I am not moving which makes a big difference. Great idea for your situation.

what you need now is a label maker!! I got one for Christmas two years ago and is my organizational friend!!! love the drawers good idea!! the label maker can also be purchased at Walmart with refills!!

Good idea to label the drawers since you can't see what's inside.

very nice!

These are rather heavy duty drawers and we are (for the first time in our lives) going to have professional movers take care of us, so I think they should go fairly well. the guy who owns the moving company is well recommended locally and is the SiL of a dear friend. I am encouraged about the whole process, even though it will be a lot of work and worry.

Very neat and tidy looking!

This was my Dh's idea. Labels, of course, are imperitive. Someone told me that packing tape rubbed into the surface will take a permanent marker but still be removable. Of course, I have put permanent labels on several drawers. (red, blue, green black, UFOs, etc.) I now have 12 of these units in 6 stacks. I need help for the top drawer of each stack, but each one comes out easily. The clear plastic ones are cheaper but not anywhere near as sturdy. They also stack. To make it even easier, the person who cleans for me went through and folded my fabric neatly into the appropriate drawers. I have one drawer for my thread cones. They are easy to reach from my chair, not exposed to light and I can see every spool at a glance.

I saw your picture of the units stacked and thought what a great idea. I have some mismatched ones that don't stack very well. Maybe I'll have to go shopping and look for different ones.

I now have even more of these units. The total bill was not cheap, but my DH's sanity is worth it. I now have more fabric storage reachable than I did in our somewhat larger place.....Of course, there I had a shed for the overflow. Not only are these units stackable, they can be divided and restacked. so I have 2 1/2 dressers high in some places.