I just finished building a chest room, even though it's a temporary base, and I only (currently) have 6 chests. I started out with each chest having a category, but they all fill up at some point, then you put stuff in other chests to just get it out of your inventory, which causes a mess. It also causes duplication, which exacerbates the problem.

You really need (at least) twice the number of chests over the minimum to hold all your stuff so you can keep stuff organized and not keep filling up chests. Fortunately I'm at the intersection of plains and swamp (and a strip of mistlands), so I have easy access to iron and fine wood. I also just remembered that I can build black metal chests, which is even better!