Okay, worst thing you can do is probably organizing by color.

It's easier to find a red 3x3 quarter-circle in a pile of quarter-circles than it is to find a red quarter circle in a pile of other red parts.

All of my pieces are sorted into small plastic drawers according to shape. For example, all the 2x2 bricks go stacked with each other in one drawer, all the 2x3 roof pieces get their own, etc. I arrange the drawers according to how their content relates. So all the slant piecesare by each other, all the bricks are by each other, all the 1/3 plates are by each other, etc. Of course, not every single shape gets its own drawer; some of the related ones share. I have three sets of drawers, too. So all of the more basic pieces like bricks, slants, plates, etc. are collected in their own drawer. Another drawer contains more "particle" pieces like the one-stud cylinder pieces, those little clasp connectors, stuff like that. And the third drawer has more functioning things like hinges and wheels. So there's structure, aesthetic, and functionality.

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Okay, worst thing you can do is probably organizing by color.

 

It's easier to find a red 3x3 quarter-circle in a pile of quarter-circles than it is to find a red quarter circle in a pile of other red parts.

All of my pieces are sorted into small plastic drawers according to shape. For example, all the 2x2 bricks go stacked with each other in one drawer, all the 2x3 roof pieces get their own, etc. I arrange the drawers according to how their content relates. So all the slant piecesare by each other, all the bricks are by each other, all the 1/3 plates are by each other, etc. Of course, not every single shape gets its own drawer; some of the related ones share. I have three sets of drawers, too. So all of the more basic pieces like bricks, slants, plates, etc. are collected in their own drawer. Another drawer contains more "particle" pieces like the one-stud cylinder pieces, those little clasp connectors, stuff like that. And the third drawer has more functioning things like hinges and wheels. So there's structure, aesthetic, and functionality.