Nice job

Nice workmanship and very functional.

Great way to keep things organized.

One could easily use Post-its on the bins to ID what’s inside, what it’s waiting for, start date, etc.

In my own case, I find when stuff arrives in the mail, I can’t always recall why I ordered it in the first place. Lol.

Construction info

Looking forward to your construction info, looks like something I need, if only I could get organized. Looks like you have different types of trays as well.

Ice cube trays?

Neat idea for a divided drawer. 

Growing?

Yes indeed, things seem to grow like topsy! Seems like I get one thing done and see 5 to 10 more. Get a few more done, and ?? now there's 50. Nice job. Post updates as you fill it. Helps me to feel like "I'm not the Lone Ranger"!

This looks like another great

This looks like another great candidate for an article in MRH.

Nice

my son built a version of this

In his design, there are supports spaced for cafeteria trays.each tray can hold 2 or 3 projects.

Pretty, no. Organized? As much as you want it to be.

I like yours, too!

Project organizer

I made something like that to store my magazines in. 

Organization

As time passes, the need for more and more storage is only gonna grow.  I have found three shelf units, made of metal, fit under the layout perfectly and roll with ease.  Add plastic 'shoe boxes' to make it extremely easy to organize hobby materials by subject matter.  My carts are individually labeled to define their use.  There's one for kits in progress, another for rolling stock, another for electrical subjects, there's one for activities defined by soldering, another for paints, and yet another one for chalks.  There's one for talus and one for ballasting.  There's another for track placement, and one for cleaning track.

Both the cart themselves and the shoe boxes are labeled by using a 3x5 card.  The carts are easy to find at the big box stores and you can find plastic shoe boxes at Walmart for less than a dollar a box.

LG

Size of Shelves

Just a guess, but the hardboard (Masonite?) shelves look to be 9" wide, going by the plastic parts storage on top. 

I just remembered that I have

I just remembered that I have some compartmented organizers like those shown by the OP,..in my storage trailer behind some other stacks of things. I need to drag those out and have a second look. (I think mine were originally built for a postal facility).
 

Thanks for reminding me.

...and I like that idea for using old plastic ice cube trays....wonder where I will find those these days.

Finding old ice cube trays

Probably one of the cheapest places to find old ice cube trays is going to be thrift stores, followed by some of the larger dollar stores or salvage/odd lot stores.

The biggest obstacle would be finding them immediately in the quantities you want, since thrift store stocks are always dependent on what people are trying to get rid of.

Janet N.
 

Ice cube trays

Those trays look bigger than any ice cube tray I have seen. The could I still have are 2 x 8 compartments, those look either 3 or 4 wide. Much squarer than any ice cube tray I have seen. So maybe they are something else.

The problem with

things in the thrift marketplace is finding a quantity of items with the same dimensions.  A stack of ice cube trays might have three or four different lengths and widths; hard to make a cabinet that fits all sizes.  I tend to look towards the packaging of things we buy regularly, instead.  Everything from medication bottles to jam jars gets critically assessed before disposal.

- the plastic jars that mayonnaise and other spreads come in are perfect for paint cleanup residues; they won't break if dropped, and are small enough to be manageable.  Same with the larger plastic coffee tubs, though they're a bit bulky.

- A rectangular 'tub' that holds bulk mushrooms in the local grocery; they're a bit flimsy, but for light storage they're fine.  I use them for in-progress structures, electronics bits, cars in-progress, etc.

- a cardboard tray that holds 12 frozen juice tins at the local grocery; these are great for stacking 4-6 HO cars, on their sides.  A plastic modular shoe organizer we bought eons ago (now that might show up in a thrift store) holds 32 of these, they act like simple drawers in the organizer.

- long, thin strip materials can be stored in the cardboard tubes that are left over from roll materials (aluminum foil, handy wrap, etc.).  These can be stacked on their sides in a larger box to provide a very flexible storage medium.  They can also be cut to varying lengths.

- Our dish soap comes in a squeeze bottle.  We reuse these for scenic materials, ballast, etc.  We also break down volume purchases like a gallon container of wood glue, as we find that the gallon is an awkward container (heavy, hard to control, hard to find a place to put it, gets left with the lid off and skims over, etc.)  Half a quart is a much more manageable volume.  We can create custom mixes this way, as well, such as a 4:1 water-glue mix, for scenic 'cement'.  They're also good for IPA, water, and varsol, our three most common 'hobby' chemicals.

- When sorting 'stuff', I find the clear plastic egg cartons to be excellent.  These come as a three-part clamshell arrangement; open it up, and you have a large tray and 24 small containers for sorting parts, etc.  We've also used these for paint mixes, to create small volumes of varied greens (you know, one is three parts green, two yellow; the next might be three and three; etc.); lately, however, they've started to be hoarded by the better half, as they make excellent plant starter trays for the spring grow op.  Have to figure out where her stash is...

Anyway, just some ideas for those who don't favor spending hobby dollars on storage solutions.

Blair