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space | A blogger at stretcher.com, an online resource for “simple living,” offers this idea for storing games and puzzles: Instead of stacking them in their original cardboard boxes, which will likely tatter over time anyway, buy a plastic storage bin. Then, consolidate each game along with its instructions and parts in that one storage bin, separated by recloseable bags.
