I'm so excited!
we recently moved from a teeny 2 bedroom house to a bigger 3 bedroom apartment. The best part about moving into our new 3 bedroom place is that our 'master' bedroom is huge! We've never experienced a room so huge just for us, so, we switched out our big computer desk to be my 'craft desk' and took my little sewing desk and turned it into the computer desk (that lives out in the living room).
Anyway, even with our ginormous L-shaped desk in our bedroom, our King-sized bed, dresser, nightstands etc, we still had a big ole blank wall of nothing.
You can imagine that by living a in a 2-bedroom place, we didn't have room for a 'craft room', or really even much of a craft area, so, for 4 years (ish) my supplies have been stuffed under my bed in tubs, out in the garage in drawers, etc.
Not Anymore!
I've been sort of looking for a cute old china hutch to redo to store all of my craft stuff (like Lolly Jane has). But with no such china hutches showing up on the streets near our house (where I find most of my random stuff) I decided that an IKEA shelf was a great option, so we got one!
So, I emptied out the craft supplies from out in the garage, and got rid of the broken sterilite drawer systems that was storing my stuff, AND pulled all of my craft stuff out of my closet and out from under my bed. It's so fun to have a one-stop shop, all organized for me to go to grab the things I need for any project!
Anyway, I just thought I'd fill you in on what I've been doing this week: filling tubs & re-organizing stuff! I'm totally not done...and after I fill all of the holes, I have plans to make labels on each bin and clothespin them on (that's why there's a clothespin on the 'paint' bin.
I'll update you when I'm done!
I know not everyone is able to have a super cute and organized room just devoted to crafting/sewing...I'm jealous of those of you who do, but for those of you who have to just find space,
how do you organize your craft & sewing stuff?
The labels with pegs will be so cute. Awesome that you're going to get a little more space.
ReplyDeleteWe live in the UK so not so much space generally, so my craft desk is in the kitchen. I blogged about organising it here:
http://myhandcraftedhome.blogspot.com/2011/07/getting-my-organise-on.html
sigh, so much better! IKEA is such a great place to get organizational stuff!
DeleteI actually have quite a large space to sew & craft in. It's in our half-finished basement. But I have to say you are SO much more organized than I am! I'm trying to organize and get some kind of storage thing going but I'm having a hard time, I don't know where to start. Oh, and funding is a bit of a problem right now and I haven't seen anything on the side of the road to help me out either.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous of your huge space! Keep looking on the side of the road, but I will say, I was surprised at how inexpensive our shelf was...We've had the half-sized one for 4 or 5 years, but this one wasn't so bad!
DeleteYou look plenty organized with that shelf. I have a room upstairs - kids are grown. But I'm still working on getting everything organized and then actually using it! That's one of my plans for this winter. Enjoy your new space.
ReplyDeleteHooray! So excited you guys have more space. I'm still trying to figure out how to get my sewing machine off the kitchen table and organize my fabric. I really want an armoire so I can fold all the fabric up and have it in one visible place (and also only limited to that space) rather than digging through a bunch of bins/under the bed. We'll see if it happens though.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling! I didn't have a good place to sew for a long time, and hated dragging out all of my stuff every time I wanted to do a project (and then clean it up when nap time was over!) My fabric is still in a dresser in the garage...and some in a bin...an armoire or china hutch is still on my 'to-look-for-on-the-side-of-the-road' list!
DeleteWhere did you get the bins that you are using?? I have a similar unit for my sewing stuff, but I don't like the canvas cube things that they sell to go with them. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my blog that has my(somewhat)organized sewing stuff!
Deletehttp://thefoodwarandothertales.blogspot.com/2012/01/getting-it-together-part-ii.html
I'm very new to blogging, but I love it, and it's fun!!
Thanks for being inspiring!