I can't seem to help myself -- I like to organize. So, from time to time, I reorganize something that I have already reorganized. Honestly though, it's usually because it's just not working for me anymore, and I have a new idea of what might work better.
My craft room, of course, is no exception to this tendency of mine. Heck -- it is probably the epitome of this tendency. I have even reorganized my tiny craft room (it's 35 square feet) as a tackle before.
Here is my messy craft room as it looked a couple of weeks ago when Eric was playing around with our new camera.
You may not notice, but I couldn't even put my legs under my desk, because of so much stuff under it. Plus, I didn't have enough room to do a two page layout, because there wasn't even open desk space. How annoying!
Enter my reorganization of the craft room...
Not only do I now have plenty of room to work (I can work on two 12x12 pages at the same time, and tonight even had a 16x20 canvas sitting out that I was working on), but I can now put my legs under the desk. (I'm moving up in the world, apparently.)
16 comments:
Oh, I'm dying for this space. It looks fantastic. I'm so jealous. One day...
It looks great! I bet you're loving being able to sit a little more comfortable now!
That looks fantastic! I need to get shelves put up on my walls to help get things off the floor!
When are you coming over to organize me?
I am SO jealous of this space!!!!!
That is one heck of a crafting space!! Awesome tackle:-)
I would be happy with the "before"! Where do you get an Iris drawer cart?
What a great craft room!
Awesome! I'm slowly converting my closet into a crafting room also. You have given me some ideas - love the shelves and drawers!
Elizabeth -- I got the carts at Michaels. They come with wheels, but we've never had them on there. Each tower (there are two side by side) is made up of one 6 drawer set and one 4 drawer set.
Here is a link: http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/StaplesSearch?searchkey=iris+drawer&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&fromUrl=home
They look pricey, but at least back when I bought them, Staples frequently would put them on sale for $14.99. I only bought mine when they were on sale.
@ Mimi -- You'd have to watch out though. My organization included a whole lot of purging. ;)
@ One Mom -- Since this is such a small room, you could probably have a similar set up. The one cool thing that you can't see is that I actually also have a shelf on the wall with the door on it -- but it is just really high. It is for things that I want to keep, but just don't need very often. :)
I know what you mean about re-tackling. Sometimes you just need to do it. It looks great though. The nice thing about your small space is that everything is at your fingertips.
@ Jill -- When I re-organized the Iris carts, I actually made sure that the things that I use the most were all in the drawers that are closest to the desk.
That's a great point about everything being close by. :)
It looks great, yeah, I'll never be able to fit my feet under my desk, there's too much stuff under there! LOL!
Oh, a beautiful crafting area.
It's SO nice ... I'm jealous, too! ; )
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