Very interesting post and comments; this is one of my issues too. I was able to downsize a bit when I bought my house, even as I was thinking to myself "But now you have an attic and a basement you can fill with more stuff!!" Ack. But the problem there is that I constantly worry about a sudden attic fire or basement flood, so I still don't use them to store really emotionally important items. (I have two closets full of Star Wars & Muppet collectibles, when I should be putting clothes or other things in there! Sigh.) I use notebooks and bins too, sort of, but I have a lot of paper stuff in envelopes and boxes that I should do something better with. Sigh. Good luck on your decluttering and keep those ideas coming, we can all use new ideas for archiving our stuff. Or getting rid of it...