Punches & Storage

[bmxmom]

Hi, I just recently cleaned out my scrap room, but I Have alot of punches. I am having trouble organizing and storing my punches, they are stored in a drawer right now. I need help with organizing them and ideas as to how to store them. When I cleaned out, I found I had two of some of them because I didn't realize that I had them. Any ideas please. I have about 30 punches mostly stampin up. Open for any ideas but I don't want to spend an arm & leg. Thanks any help is greatly appreciated.

[LorraineBK]

If you go to the Mission Organization forum, they have a few threads on storing punches.

[carolH]

I use a shoe caddy on the back of my doors I think they were $8.00 each.

[bmxmom]

Thank you those are great ideas, I appreciate it., the shoe caddy is an awesome Idea, I passed that one on to my friend whom has the same problem. But I have no doors. I have a corner in our basement that is about 100 square ft now. ( I have expanded). LOL, I will have to ck out website. Thank you. : )

[staceylisk]

I have too many punches and went vertical with the help of Ikea's Bygel rails. You can see them here: IKEA | Wall storage | Wall organizers | BYGEL | Rail
I need to see them in plain sight to encourage me to use them.

[countryhearts]

I purchased an old video/dvd rack at a yard sale for $2. It doesn't work for small punches but is great for my medium and larger punches.

[bmxmom]

Thank you for the ideas. I am going to have to look into something. They are way to heavy for the draws I have them in.

[darlawelch]

First, I punch each one on black paper. I keep that punch in a notebook. I have pages for Martha Stewart border punches, for Fiskars border punches, for Stampin' Up, etc. My miscl. punches (not border ones), I don't break down by brand. I then store the actual punches in numbered IRIS 12x12 plastic boxes. Next to the sample punch in the notebook, I jot down the number of the box the punch is stored in. Want to make a border? just pull out the book and pick out which punch you want, check what numbered box it's in, and go straight to it.

[scrappychica]

I use my punches way too often to keep them in a drawer (and I have so many) I guess I'm visual, out of sight out of mind, which is how I ended up with double on the circle scallop punch
I, like Stacey mentioned also have the Ikea rails, 4 of them. I love to be able to look at my wall and be able to reach for them.

[connie leone]

I also use the "Bygel rails" by Ikea. You can also you a towel bar which is also an inexpensive way to store your punches. I would also suggest that you bring a couple different size punches with you to make sure they fit properly!

[mrslumpy]

I went out and bought those cheap gold cafe rods (curtain rods) at walmart. I got the longer ones so I had the extra support bracket for the middle and they work GREAT!!

[mrslumpy]

Here is an old pic but you will see that all sizes of punches fit very nicely in these.

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