My house is tiny with VERY minimal storage areas so when I got into scrapbooking and sewing (and other crafty things like that) I had no where to do it and ended up just doing whatever on the dining room table. THEN I upgraded and my mother in law gave me a spare table she had laying around and I popped that in the corner of my bedroom (behind the door actually, pretty awkward place for a table...) and since then its been a pretty big mess of craft junk, think lots of 'stuff' and no storage. Yeah, big mess! However, today was the last day I was going to stare at it wishing it would sort its self out.
See, told you. Not pretty!
What I did: I went down to Howards Storage World and picked up an Everloc Bathroom/kitchen shelf ( http://hsw.com.au/index.php?product&id_prod=1289&id_cat=&id_dept= ), I chose a non drill shelf because our walls are plasterboard and its too much hassle to drill in hooks, the Everloc range is AMAZING! Pricey but well worth it for us :)
When I got home we set up our new shelf and then I pulled EVERYTHING out from the drawers and cleared off the top surface. Now because the table isn't actually mine I have to keep it as is, its one of those world map tables, its about 30 years old and covered in kids stickers so the best I could do was chuck an old bed sheet over the top and call it covered. Then I sorted out all of my craft things and started to pack them away into their new homes. I found some old jars laying around and now they're being used as pen and stamp holders! I thought the wall looked a bit blank so I quickly made up a wall hanger from left over fabric (with help from my little prince and princess!) This is how it ended up:
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| New shelf that holds organised jars and some scrapbooks |
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| jar of textas and pens, bucket of stamps and ink! |
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| top draw with chipboard, labels and embellishments |
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Scrap paper, boarders and little nicknack's
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Better, right? I actually know where everything is and I can easily REACH everything now too! Yay! Now I'll have many hours of crafty goodness and ill NEVER stare at my craft table wishing for it to get organised again :)
