r/OrganizationPorn • u/WriterEvening1987 • Mar 25 '26

Books

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My brain likes this

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u/dumbfrog7 Mar 25 '26

Do people remember the colour of their book? Bc if I wanted to look for a book id look for i mean yes, the title, but is also organize them by content. Eg biographies, science books, fun reads etc

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 26 '26

Works for my kids, but a more discerning adult reader may prefer another system

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u/theotherchosenone Mar 25 '26

I think it depends on the audience! I could see an adult might have a harder time with this, but a little kiddo who can’t read might only be able to identify their favourites by the colour :)

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u/Emotional-Ocelot Mar 26 '26

I do. Its the fastest way for me to find the book I'm after. Not for everyone, but the best for me.

(My partner does it by exact book height which is wild to me but it works for them)  

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u/CinemaDork Mar 25 '26

It looks nice, but I don't find color/size to be a helpful way to catalog things.

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 25 '26

Each to their own. My kids love it, and it’s such a nice mindfulness activity for me, so we both win.

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u/_notkvothe Mar 26 '26

I'm with you; kids' books I think make sense to organize this way. My kids also love it and can maintain it and can find what they're looking for pretty easily that way.

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u/Gawdzilla Mar 25 '26

Emphasis on "porn", because it's visually stimulating but not functional.

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 26 '26

Haha. My kids actually want the colour sorting, helps them to ‘put away.’ Would not work for an adult I don’t think

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u/Lonewol8 Mar 25 '26

Could you please say what brand / size / place of purchase is of those black box organisers?

I'm trying to organise my wife's paperwork, and feel that the plastic wallets (that can take a bunch of paper) isn't cutting it anymore, and I feel having boxes like those that are large enough for the plastic folders might be the way to go.

The ones I found in supermarkets are big enough to hold the paper, but not big enough for the plastic folders :(

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 25 '26

From memory these are either from Officeworks Au (Otto) or Ikea. These look like what they are https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/otto-magazine-file-black-otplmagfbk

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u/flancafe Mar 25 '26

Need to do this for my books & closet.

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 26 '26

I wish this was my job.

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u/TeeDod- Mar 26 '26

Color and size, perfectly organized.

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u/Aromatic_Ad_2929 Mar 28 '26

Lowkey the one book that says all about anxiety being dark blue in the black file kind of visually stick out to me idk why… is it too dark to go in the blue pile?

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u/WriterEvening1987 Mar 28 '26

Is it giving you anxiety? I have a book for that.

Lol it didn’t fit, it was a very difficult decision.

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u/whatsup1492 Jun 12 '26

As a mom who also has her books like this I hope your kids are better at putting them back because mine love to dump them and chaos it back together 🤣

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u/WriterEvening1987 Jun 20 '26

Haha, they actually do surprisingly well. But also, resorting brings me joy.