Please tell me about your scrap room storage.

I purchased an armoire to hold my paper. I can shut the doors when I am not actively scrapbooking.

I chose this because I scrapbook at one end of our living room.

My patterned paper is in 12x12 clear plastic envelopes, stored upright in the armoire. My cardstock is in hanging folders in a wheeled cart my aunt gave me at least ten years ago.

After years of piecing together various storage attempts, I had my room redone by kitchen cabinet people. They put in shelves, counters with drawers under them, and a couple of pantry units with doors.

I have heard people sing the praises of Kallix (?) shelves from ikea for scrap rooms. I picked up one unit for a book case and it seems like pretty high quality. And there are supports at various places for the shelves. My dd put it together, so I don't know if the shelves &/or the supports are adjustable. You would need to measure your bins to make sure you get the specific cube size. They have a few set up in the ikea warehouse. I might even be tempted to take a large iris container in with me and see how it would fit.

I am in the process of revamping my room a bit too. I don't store paper on shelves, it's just too heavy. I had this old computer desk with doors that I converted to hold a lot of my stuff. But the piece was big and sort of in the center of the room and I decided to get rid of it.

I have a bedroom closet in the room that i've slowly cleaned out so I could make more room for paper storage. I use 2 of these bins from Container store for 12x12 cardstock. Then I have 2 of these Iris carriers where I store my newer paper lines and I always keep one less stocked & take that to crops.
Then a few of the 12x12 shorter Iris cases have some various papers.
So I store everything just on the floor in closet or around my scrap table, which is a kitchen cart, so some paper is on the lower shelf. It's very sturdy and my SO just reinforced it with better casters than came with it.
The Kallax shelves from Ikea are great for 12x12 storage, although, I think leaving it on the floor is best, and maybe even mounting it to wall if you were to get the large one.
Does your shelving have the metal braces/track up the wall? sorry not sure on the technical term. I know that type always worked well for me in the past. Can get at Lowes/Home Depot, it seems to be more supported versus just suspended shelving.

My scrapbook space is in an open loft area too. I have a 5x5 Expedit, a Raskog cart, my desk, a small bookcase/TV stand and 2 comfy chairs. The Expedit holds the majority of my supplies obviously. My paper is stored vertically. The CTMH organizers (for stamps and PL card storage) fit really well in the squares, but the Iris containers are too big. Of course IKEA sells lots of containers/baskets that fit the Expedit (Kallax).

I have a few of those cubes, but they are mostly the ones with drawers. They hold odds and ends. I also have several Alex drawer units from IKEA. Love those things. A couple sit under my work table. I also have two Raskog carts. I put the things I use a lot in them so they are easily within reach.

For my closet, I have those metal industrial looking shelf units that are adjustable. I store most of my scrapbook paper in bins I got from the Container Store on them.
Bins I use for paper and other 12x12 items.
They hold a lot.

I don't have a bookcase in my room, I wish I did.

I have the Ikea shelving too, three 2x4 cube units. I keep my albums in the bottom level cubes because of their weight.

I don't think I have as much paper as you might, but I store it in plastic Sterilite 3 drawer units. Not pretty, but very functional.

I love the blue Moochiemama !

Did you think about a scrapbox or workbox? Not sure of the name right now.

I have 2 of these in black in my room: Pottery Barn studio shelf I have albums on the bottom, 12x12 paper holders on the 2nd from bottom and magazine holders turned on their side for 8.5x11 on the 3rd from the bottom shelves. Very sturdy and good quality. I buy a lot of PB for the quality, excellent CS and good resale value. If you use Craigslist you may be able to find some that way.

I have been considering getting a huge Kallax for one wall of my room...great reviews and very sturdy. Haven't decided if I will or not.

I had the same problem. I store a lot of my stuff in Iris bins because they hold paper so nicely. The problem with that is NONE of the scrapping cubes on the market right now actually fit those bins! I have an island made of CIS cubes that were big enough, but those aren't made anymore. I also have a bunch of 16" cubes that I bought on clearance at Target years ago, and those also can't be found anywhere anymore. The Jetmax cubes from Michael's and similar ones from Hobby Lobby are both too small to fit the bins. 

Because I specifically didn't want more junky wobbly plastic carts, I ended up having my shelf guy come back and build me a custom shelf unit that was designed to fit inside a big closet in my studio. It's the equivalent of about eight cubes and it fits ALL of the kinds of bins I'm currently using (Iris, Romanoff, Karen Foster, Options). I'm not going to lie, this thing wasn't cheap. I dropped about $500 on it because I wanted a freestanding shelf with a back on it so it would not only be sturdy but also if I ever want to pull it out of that closet and use it elsewhere I can do that. The shelf is made of heavy duty laminated wood and I think each shelf can hold something like 75-100 lbs. I've had it totally loaded down for about two years now and it's still holding up perfectly without any bowing. Also, most of the shelves are adjustable!


Yes, it cost more than the commercially available cubes, but it holds the bins I need it to hold and I didn't have to reinvent the wheel.