I always organise my chests so that I know where to put and find what. I have a wall lined with chests containing crafting stuff next to my forge and workbench, and a smaller wall of chests containing food stuff in my kitchen/bedroom area.

Two crafting chests for wood, next to it a shared one for core and fine wood. One crafting chest for flint and feathers (= arrow supplies), another for bones and leftover antlers. Trophy chests next to each other, two chests for backup gear next to each other. A chest for metals and nails. And so on.

One food chest for each berry type (cloudberries are in the distant future though), another for honey. A shared one for cauldron-made foods, another for vegetables and meat. One for swamp food items, one for greydwarf eyes (eyescream later on). And so on.

Several empty chests remain on both chest walls, which I will need later.

A treasure chest at the foot of my bed, for gold and valuables.

A chest for farming things (hoe, cultivator, seeds, cones) by the front door.
If I put something away temporarily, I use this chest as it is never full on its own.