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Large objects that don't fit in file folders

I have some old magazines that don't belong on the bookshelf, and some paper things I'd really like to archive are printed design projects, among other things, that are too big to fit in a standard letter-size file, and I don't want to fold them in half to make them fit. What do you do with such things?

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I don't get how those...

Berko;6906 wrote:
I don't get how those are supposed to work. :confused: They look like a terrible product; I can't imagine who would need one of those!

I think they were invented by architects to store blueprints and other large items that don't survive well stored upright.

Paintings are meant to be hung on walls - that's really the best way to store them. If you can't do that, store them upright anyway, not flat.

Drawings on paper, unless they're framed, should be stored flat. Stored upright, they start to curl.
I suppose I could roll the paper items, but I don't like what that does to paper, either.

 
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