yo what's happening DNA fam issue boy DJ
here back at you with another one this
is another very commonly asked question
that I get in my DMS and as you see from
the title this is telling you how to
store your collection and keep
everything very very organized so in
this video I'm gonna tell you and break
down the processes of what I've learned
over the years and then hopefully you
can use this for your collection and get
a little bit more organized so let's
start it off with how I started
collecting and just give you guys a
little bit of history of what I've
learned over the years so it started in
2007 is when I really started heavily
collecting and I started to stack my
shoes and slowly stack and I was a
sophomore in high school by the time I
got to junior senior years when I got to
a hundred pairs of shoes so I had got a
hundred pair of shoes and I was like I
had kicks everywhere but I always kept
them organized I had all my Air Force
Ones all my Nikes on my J's different
things like that and here's a picture
showing you just my Jordan walk um you
could see the difference between the
areas with the face boxes and in the
black and silver boxes the CDP's
different things like that just to show
you how I kind of kept things organized
in my room to allow me to know where my
stuff was that the next thing I did was
put pictures on the boxes I know this is
a step that was done a long time ago
because back then they didn't have these
clear boxes like they do now so we had
to take pictures from the internet or
take a photo and put it on the front of
the box it made life so much easier
having that on the box oh my gosh it was
amazing but now we got this oh we don't
even have to worry about that if you're
still into that hey go ahead and do it
cuz it links to open it's easy way to
find your shoes first things first
organization I'm gonna keep saying that
over and over again because that's how I
like to keep my stuff organized to the
tee I know where it's at I know where to
go to find it I could send somebody into
my room and say hey go to the third row
look down right there and it's gonna be
right there especially when you have a
lot of shoes it gets hard because you
kind of forget about what you own
where things are at and sometimes you
want to just be in the rush come in grab
a shoe and go but you don't want to
spend all day looking all around for the
shoe or do I put it within a card I
hover over here stay organized so for
those that I have in troubles keeping
things organized in life this is a great
way to practice that discipline because
I'm telling you it will relay to other
things in life
so first what I'll do is go buy Nikes
Jordans adidas and other which is you
know different designer brands
timberlands you name or whatever all
that stuff falls in that category within
that then I go by the era of the box so
I will take any shoe that comes out in
that era or has the same type of box I
put all those boxes together so that way
I can make sure that everything is
together and I know hey I remember this
shoe came out around this time so I know
it comes in this type of box it's easy
to find and locate right here there's my
options ok cool read the tag boom I got
my shoe it looks aesthetically pleasing
when you see a bunch of orange boxes
together a bunch of Jordan boxes
together and different things like that
Instagram everybody wants to dope photo
for Instagram it's always gonna look
dope when you have everything organized
it's in in tact and everything is just
where it's supposed to be it's a clean
photo for the beginners for the people
that don't have the money to afford
shelves racks clear containers these are
the essentials that you need to know
make sure that you stack the boxes very
neatly and get the corners to match each
other and stack them all the way up keep
everything very organized along the wall
and as you notice the boxes won't lean
to the side I know a lot of people have
the problem with the shoeboxes leaning
you have to strategically kind of place
the boxes in the right spots the box
does that have weaker sides or weaker
tops always put the weak boxes on the
top and put the stronger sturdy boxes at
the bottom it creates no lean and it
allows it to look a lot nicer I see a
lot of people make their mistake on they
take a box and they just stick it in
there and then they realize all my whole
collections leaning to the side well
yeah look at the bottom box is broken in
go ahead and put that bottom box down up
to the top and then it won't lean in any
more and you won't have that problem
that's the easy simple fix that you can
make here's another one people always
wonder why do my shoes get messed up if
they're in the box and they're still
brand new would you throw the boxes
around so that's an easy way to mess up
the shoes because the shoes are always
tumbling around in the box
don't throw the boxes around be careful
with the stuff take the boxes move them
gently do those things and do not do not
do not make the rookie mistake of
pulling the bottom box out real fast
thinking that all the shoes aren't gonna
crumble and come down come on right you
got to move the ones from the top first
and then take the bottom box out don't
just try to pull the box out real fast
each box roughly weighs about four to
five pounds right so now you have 5 10
15 20 25 30 35 40 pounds 50 pounds of
pressure on those boxes landing down
each and every time you don't realize it
but that's what's damaging the boxes and
this what's making the shoes shake
around inside the box that could
potentially mess up the suede make the
back of the shoe look bad whatever you
may be so those are some quick tips on
just simply just taking care of your
stuff and now let's talk more about
organization and different options for
those people that want to venture into
the shelves or the racks or the clear
containers so the first thing let's talk
about shelves a lot of people see it
online on Instagram you go to Ikea you
get the little shelves it's like six
shelves or something like that and you
put the shoes on there you line them up
on the wall it looks great
that's a dope option it's the dope look
I think it's something that could go
well for somebody's room me personally I
don't like the style because I don't
like the shoes to be sitting out and
exposed like that to the dust and all
those different things but that's just
me that's my preference is it a great
look yes if you want to try it and do it
take go do it because I'm still like I
said I'm a fan of it so go ahead and try
that I think his dope okay so the next
one I want to talk about is the clear
containers not obviously you see these
on Instagram all the time you see these
everywhere
if you have any questions on where to
buy these check out the link above I
have a specific video that tells you
every where to go to buy the clear
containers and how to get them for a
really good deal and save money over
time the number one thing that I love
about the current containers is
obviously it looks dope for Instagram
it's easy to get to your shoes all you
have to do is pull down the front and
then pull out the shoe put the front
back on and it's just perfect like it's
so convenient you're not ruining
anything around the boxes everything is
on point crispy and clean so now let's
go into the racks now this is something
that I definitely want to talk about now
you have two different options you have
the plastic and you have the metal I
mean personally I went with the plastic
because I got mine for free but I do
have options that are very similar to
the ones that I have linked down below
in the description go check those out
they're available
I think these are something that you
should definitely use me personally I
still use these to this day and I think
it's well well worth it to have these
racks the reason why I like the plastic
racks more than a metal racks I'm gonna
tell you right now is because the
plastic racks detach a lot faster
they're easier to break down with the
legs and then the top the metal racks
you have to pull all of them together
put the corners in and then slide the
rack down have it all standing up and
it's just too much work for these ones
you can get more versatile with it you
can stack one two racks put two next to
it go one down two over you know it can
be kind of like a little Tetris vibe you
know making it all fill out working
around with whatever that you're working
with with the metal racks you just got a
straight up metal rack stands up in one
spot doesn't move you can't adjust it
and you know it's just I'm not really a
fan of it but it is a good option for
those people that have it fitting in the
certain spot that they need everybody
has different things that they need I'm
just telling you my preferences and what
options I do think are the best but like
I said it all depends on how the room is
how you want the aesthetics to look how
you want the collection like all these
different things like it's up to you so
these are like I said I'm just giving
you guys options there's no right or
wrong so let's just keep going so with
the plastic racks you can put usually
two two three boxes hi and in two two
three boxes wide usually is three by
three so let's just say three by three
will use the Jordan ones for example so
you can see on here you have one two
three across one two three high and if
you fill it up that's nine shoes in one
pocket now each level obviously is nine
different shoes so I have remaining
pairs of shoes you have do the math you
figured out how many racks you'll need I
wear a size 13
so my boxes are huge and sometimes I
can't fit three boxes across I have
smaller I have to put two boxes across
two high stuff like that just because of
certain boxes and that's that's the
issue that I have but people have
smaller feet yo its clutch definitely be
able to fit nine pairs of shoes in there
and it saves the boxes and it saves the
shoes because you don't ever have to
worry about pulling out the stack
anymore because now you just have two
boxes hi easy to access way better than
having the shoeboxes all stacked up
because now you're protecting the boxes
and it's a dope loop so when it comes to
the metal racks I want to talk about one
thing I would say get the metal rack
with wheels on it because it's a lot
easier to move and people some people
don't like it with the wheels I know
they have the wheels with the locks on
them and everything but I think it's
better with the wheels on it because
then you could take the whole rack move
it over to a different wall compared to
having to try to take everything down
and move it over here and then put it
all back together and do all it no it's
just a lot easier that way go ahead and
get the one with the wheels on it I
think it's a lot better but like I said
I don't use the metal racks I just think
that's a better option and it just
sounds more functional and proper to use
to me in my mind I don't know maybe I'm
wrong if I'm wrong comment down below
what you think is the best I'm not sure
so most of this stuff that I'm talking
about today will be linked down below if
you have any questions on where to get
it go check it out go purchase it and
the next thing is please show me your
collection I want to see your style your
your aesthetics the things that you add
to the collection to the supreme around
it the the arts the paints the bear
breaks the the things that you add to it
show me your collection give me some
inspiration show me something that I
should do to my wall how I can change
change my style of my look at my room
because I as you can see the collection
has evolved over the years
so please tag me on instagram bj sinker
and tag me on instagram shoot me a DM
say hey I saw the video I want to show
you my collection tag me in a photo send
me the photo whatever it is I would love
to see it I'm very excited to see
people's collections images I think it's
adult thing to see how other people
store their stuff as you guys remember
423 is back like I wanted to be on that
website so bad like I had I had a few
hundred pairs of shoes and I was like yo
I should be on this site and I never
made it to the site so let's let's
create that new environment now and let
people share their collections I think
it's really really dope I remember when
I got close to 700 pairs of shoes I was
like I need to be showing all this off
and I never really did and I never
really took pictures because there were
shoes everywhere and now I'm doing it
because I'm I'm down to a lower number
now but I'm like I got to do this I got
to show people so don't be scared to
show people show you a collection show
what you got I mean that's the point
right like we want to want to share this
dope love for the sneakers in the
community go ahead drop a commie you
guys got any questions if I missed
anything please let me know and I think
that's it r.i.p nip you guys already
know what's up what's happening in these
streets
stay safe I love y'all let's have
another great day I'll see y'all later
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