My thing with the yarn is I have many projects in progress at the same time, I like to switch around as I go. And we have an ottoman in front of the couch so I always stack up short boxes of yarn behind it where H can't see them from his side of the couch (or from the front door if anyone comes over, not that anyone does during covid but...) there were 4 count 'em four small boxes sitting there full of yarn /different projects. I put 3 of them in my office closet and left only the one with the slipper projects in it out. The room looks so much neater now.