Overwhelmed with lego clutter

Sometimes I am completely overwhelmed with how many legos I have...some days I am thrilled as I stand and look, then other days I think why would I spend so much $$$ on this chaos. Other days i wish legos would just put themselves together..  Most of the time I am just so thankful for what I have and how blessed I am.  I have been so lucky to have a family that gives me support and a good job and career.

My favorite part of these pics is the small drawers....I love the small pieces to give details to models.  (Above)

 The tubs of legos tend to be the plates and regular bricks..one tub is wheels and one is slopes (below)

The covered solid tubs were another mistake...I cant see what's in them and the colored stackable bins didnt work because of the dust present. Sterilite containers are the best thing I've found by far.

What worked really well was these sterilite scrapbook containers...each drawer has a lid so each drawer can be transported easily upstairs to go through.  I did have trouble stacking full ones because the wheel and corner on the bottom collapsed but in all fairness, scrapbook paper wouldnt do that I'm the one that put legos in them instead.

Merry Christmas!

What I love about my lego room

I think what I love most about my lego room is that I feel like I created a space I really enjoy.  It also is a tapestry of sets and pieces that started when I was a kid but continues til now.  Like my life I can remember when and where certain pieces and sets came from...those stores may be gone, the people I bought them with may be gone and I may never make it back to the particular lego store I bought them at but the pieces slowly accumulated into my own collection.   There are special sets that were once in a lifetime find and deals

Absolute favorite building inspiration pics...part 1 the beginning of wanting multiples of the same piece and in 1 color

I remember when I got lego hospital 555...before the modern day minifigs...that was the first time I had multiple pieces of the same color...both red for the hospital and gray tiles for the drive up squad bay...that was the first time I saw a creation somewhat more realistic than just random color pieces...it also drove me nuts losing one gray tile...the perfect smooth squad driveway now had 2x2 rough patch...too much vibrating for my poor squad patient...

A little later, the lego group gave another reasons to have multiple similar pieces....and this became my favorite lego picture idea...

The ski center and jump (lego group idea book 265, copyright 1981).  The ski jump was lined with the tiles just like the hospital driveway...and the supports were multiple of the gray round 2x2s.  Also of note is that the hospital set had only 1 tree, I had to get multiple trees!!

All pics are copyrighted by the lego group 1980 idea book 6000 and 1981 idea book 265

Style of my lego room

My vision of style for the lego room

When I was little I had a grandpa who was  locksmith...his basement was full of the small pull drawers and he had carousels of key blanks.  I loved going down there and seeing A workshop where quite honestly I didnt know what a lot of the tools were.
I think in designing my lego room I dodnt want the clean cut completely sterile look.  I wanted to be able to find things but also have the feeling that there might be treasures buried I'd forgotten about to rediscover...without having to pay for new sets.
As I look through the pages of lego rooms, it's funny how there are the afol type, the sterile room type\highly engineering  type rooms and then the worst, green baseplates used as wall paper...I think the only advantage of horizontal  building off walls is practice for horizontal construction in models, so there is purpose, but not for the type of room I imagine.  Actually for kids it's great and creative!
I want to have the look of a workshop where things are worn from constant use and fun building, where a clean slate can be used at any time and any preexisting models torn down to recycle.  I'm to the point where I used to get upset dropping a 1x1 plate on the floor, but now realize theres always going to be dropped pieces that can be lumped together someday when picked up that might make there own model.  I love the idea of random pieces from different sets being put together in new ways.
Last week I found more drawer cabinets for $15 and theyll need some cleaning up but they will help start to tame the legos I cant fit into the lego room yet