Personly i prefer having 2 black chest as it has the same amount of slots as your inventory.
One for Materials for my workbenches and one for ingredients nearby my cauldron.
I do also have a organized storage room with ordinary chests and in my kitchen. But when I want to cook or make an item I do not want to run around and open several chests. It's more convinient to just have one chest to take what you need.
Reinforced chest can be useful in that way also btw. :)