Originally posted by sarteck:

Then again, I play with mods that allow me to craft from chests and allow me to auto-store items in chests, and would probably organize quite differently if I didn't use those. (FOr example, instead of storing wood, stone, marble, etc., I'd just make stacks.)

No you wouldn't, stacks are ridiculously stupid as a storage mechanism.

It takes 1 full stack of wood (50 pieces) to make a wood pile... and you can fit 2 chests in the same space without even trying... which can store 1200 wood.

The only reason to make stacks is if you like the way they look... in which case you're not using those materials in the first place (or you already did, depending on your perspective).