Walliver 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 As I've probably mentioned elsewhere, I'm moving house at the moment. Previously I've had all my CDs, books and DVDs organised alphabetically (CDs and books by author, DVD by titles) but I want a bit of a change. So far, I've begun by putting my clothes and DVDs in by colour, my books in by height and I think I'm going to do my CDs by title. How does everyone else organise things? Any hot tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 You could organise your CDs chronologically by decade. That'd be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I do my CDs by genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 DVD's by director. CD's by date purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 books by topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I have over 1400 dvds so the only i can manage them is by strict alpha order. cds are piled up in my wardrobe having put them onto my pc last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 I was thinking about doing CDs by date but I've got a few problems. If I do them by date purchased, what is the second qualifying factor? Sometimes I buy a few CDs at the same time - in that case which goes higher? Also, a lot of the CDs I can't remember exactly when I bought them. If I did them by date released I'd have to check each/nearly every CD and find out when it was released. I think that could be very time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31660 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 You could seek help for your OCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 You could seek help for your OCD. You could do something far more exciting Walliver like counting the raindrops on your window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 You could seek help for your OCD. You could do something far more exciting Walliver like counting the raindrops on your window What about when it's sunny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 You could seek help for your OCD. You could do something far more exciting Walliver like counting the raindrops on your window What about when it's sunny? Count the hairs on your lasses back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Do what I did and hire Bottom Price Removals to shift all your gear for you, they pay you for the pleasure when you have to send your goods to be repaired/replaced! I scored for £200 and a new bookcase and dining room table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Don't think books by height is very good. You might have a hardback and a paper back of the same novel and they would be at different ends. Alphabetical by artist/writer/film name, then chronological for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Books by author, CD's in massive piles in about 4 different locations around the house, in no particular order, many not even in the right cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 Don't think books by height is very good. You might have a hardback and a paper back of the same novel and they would be at different ends. Alphabetical by artist/writer/film name, then chronological for me. I don't think I own two copies of the same book. But if I did, I don't see why having it in two places would be a bad idea. If I have two copies of it I must like it a lot so having it at separate ends would make it more likely to be spotted when I browse for something to read. I don't have a lass to count hairs on. But I have noticed that my back is starting to get hairy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe not so much the same novel then, just think height is no way to sort books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31660 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe not so much the same novel then, just think height is no way to sort books. About as useful as him sorting DVDs by colour, ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Cheese on Toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe not so much the same novel then, just think height is no way to sort books. About as useful as him sorting DVDs by colour, ffs. Or CDs by shape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe not so much the same novel then, just think height is no way to sort books. About as useful as him sorting DVDs by colour, ffs. I did that once Makes the shelf look a lot nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31660 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Aye but surely it must be a nightmare trying to find the DVD you're looking for unless you remember the colour of every one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Aye but surely it must be a nightmare trying to find the DVD you're looking for unless you remember the colour of every one? I'm not Lazurus, I don't need a dewey decimal system for thousands upon thousands of DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walliver 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 See, Happy face has the right idea; it's all about presentation. My various collections aren't huge so it wouldn't take me long to find something and normally when I want something to watch/read/listen to I would scan my collection until something jumped out at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 See, Happy face has the right idea; it's all about presentation. My various collections aren't huge so it wouldn't take me long to find something and normally when I want something to watch/read/listen to I would scan my collection until something jumped out at me. I must know the colour of the spine of 99% of my books, cd's and dvds' so it wasn't hard to find anything. The whole effect is ruined by the Simpsons DVD's which are different colours every season. I also went through a period of splitting my DVD's into foreign and English speaking. The rules are that a bedtime DVD must be English speaking (or Amelie) so there's no point even looking through a couple of hundred of them to make a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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