That's a good tip about labeling both ends and the top. I'll have to get my pen and labels out...

My wife went crazy a while back when she found Rubbermaid and Sterlite shoeboxes on sale. She got a lot of them, and I've been filling them up with different kit and EDC items. I've got some shelves that are dedicated to this. The only problem is that occasionally one of the cats will knock some of the boxes off and the lids aren't all that secure, so sometimes I have a box or two of stuff to pick up. I don't have my items inventoried in a spread sheet, but that's a good next step for me.

When we moved last time, we moved our books in Rubbermaid totes. It was readily apparent that we would not have room to set up bookshelves in our current house. When we packed the books, we gave letter names to the totes, and itemized each book that went into each tote. When I need something, it's quite easy to check the list to see where the book I want is...although the books did get packed in somewhat a random fashion, so searching for the title does take time. Come to think of it, I haven't seen the Word doc for the file lately...wonder if I've got that somewhere.

We're moving in a few months anyway...good time to itemize again I guess.