We have plastic in one large drawer, glass & Corningware in another. I purchased a lid organizer which is in a corner of the drawer. As each item went into the drawer, I matched it with a lid, & discarded any "orphans".

Here is a link that might be useful: Storage organizer

I have a drawer full of stacked small plastic lunch box containers. Next to that drawer I have 2 drawers for pyrex dishes. Round ones are stacked according to size (different stacks for each size--as little nesting of sizes as possible) in one drawer and rectangular ones are stacked in the other. I have three narrow shallow drawers above these deep drawers for the lunch box container lids and round pyrex lids. I'm able to stand the rectangular lids next to those containers.

I use glass storage containers for any food storage that stays at home. But I have a selection of plastic containers (for stuff leaving the home) stacked according to size on a super susan. Lids are kept in a rectangular basket, on end and sorted according to size. I don't keep misc. plastic containers (i.e. yogurt anddeli containers) and try to limit the sizes of the containers so that they'll stack.

I'm really happy with this setup. I don't have any pictures (will take some later if I have a chance.)

I had a whole corner cupboard full of plastic: I donated it all to DH's garage/race car hobby. Then I bought one package of the size I need most, in plastic, and I'm working on a set of glass with covers. When the plastic becomes dingy or I've given them away, I replace them but only with a few, and I try to get the same size so they still stack. When it's getting messy the losers go out to the garage. I realized I'm a plastic junkie, and that I really don't need more than a couple of days' worth of storage containers. If the containers are all in the fridge, I start tossing leftovers. It was quite liberating to get rid of all that mismatched plastic.

Well I didn't hit send on this last night (distracted by kids!) so I hope some part of this is still relevant.

Good to know I"m not the only plastic storage container junkie! :)

I need to go through and toss some of it. But even so, I'm still very limited in storage in my current kitchen. I probably just need to throw alot of it and just keep the bare minimum needed!

I got rid of all my "odd" sizes and purchased all new stuff in just three different sizes. I like the rubbermaid Premier containers. I was able to stick to three different sizes, each size having two different capacity containers. So in other words, with only three nested stacks, I can store six different sizes. The lids work for both capacities for each size so stacks of containers and three stacks of lids does it for me, and takes up much less room than the myriad of sizes and shapes I used to have.

This also keeps me from having orphans, because if one of the containers gets lost or damage, its lid still fits the other containers. I figure an extra lid doesn't cost me much space, and if a lid gets lost or damaged later, it all evens out.

I can't send any pics b/c I'm displaced during reno, but in my old kitchen I used a couple of stackable plastic drawers under the sink -one drawer for round containers & one for square containers. It was basically "tupperware" for my "tupperware". It was the best, inexpensive solution for my pre-reno kitchen that I ever did. In fact, I put them under the bathroom sinks too!

I have piles and piles of this stuff! The only ones I use regularly are those that are sorta rectangular, about 2.5" tall, generally come with sandwich meat in them, and hold about 2 cups. The lids are in a drawer and are not interchangeable among the different brands, but the different brands do stack decently.

I also less frequently use larger containers. Those are on a high shelf and are stored with lids on (because otherwise they would have to be washed again before using!).

I think what I'm telling myself here is that I need to throw away a lot of 'tupper'ware, but the general idea is that you probably don't need a ton of different sizes and shapes, and they're more manageable if you don't have so many to deal with. (In my situation, I've gotten to the point of not dealing with all the others I have. They're just taking up room. This forum can be so therapeutic!)

I'm still in the old kitchen so they're in a cupboard. After having a horrid time with them, I got some rectangular plastic baskets and sorted all the lids by size and shape into them, stacked and nested all the containers, and prioritized them so that the ones that get most use are in the front. I figured it was another stopgap, live without drawers, solution, but it works remarkably well, and I'll be organizing the new container drawer the same way.

Wow! I'm in good company! I'm probably most like TimberFrame4us. In our new kitchen, I've devoted TWO deep 33" drawers to the plastic containers AND the glass ones are in two 30" drawers in the baking area (along w/mixing bowls, casserole dishes, & soup tureens...by shape) as I can bake in them as well as use them for storage.

The glass ones are all Pyrex; but in the plastic, I have a selection of Tupperware, Rubbermaid, and those disposable ones (Ziploc, Glad, etc.) in all sorts of shapes & sizes...rectangular, square, round and little condiment sizes, kiddie snack size, all the way to those big rectangular (great for Christmas cookies). Like Zelmar, I did get rid of all those "misc containers" when I packed up the kitchen for the remodel (a year ago...wow!)

I use the disposable ones when I go places so I don't have to worry about getting my containers back.

I have noticed that probably 75% of the others have not been used since we moved back into the kitchen...hmmmm...I guess that's telling me something! Time to get ruthless and get rid of (or maybe pack away for awhile) all those I don't use....I bet I can free up one drawer...

As to the lids, I took one of the long rectangular Rubbermaid containers and stored all the small-to-medium sized lids. The larger lids that didn't fit sit underneath or stand next to their "mates".

You also might want to check out the Organization forum. I think there was a thread recently on pantries (search for pantry) that might have some pictures.