The New Craft Room
I usually have 2 New Year’s Resolutions:
#1 is always the same: Weigh less than I did the previous year 🙂
And #2 changes. This year’s main resolution: TAKE CONTROL OF MY CRAFT SUPPLIES… sounds easy, but as you can imagine, I have a LOT of stuff.
The back story: I had my things stored, but not a “work room,” so my projects could be found all over our house. It took a while for Jason to give me a room for my stuff, but he finally agreed to our sunroom. I had it neatly organized for about 2 months. I would get something out, put it back, look out the windows, enjoy life, and craft…. and then Vada started walking. So my enjoyable crafting turned into me starting a project, Vada would come in, I would hurry to get done, and then I would see her “making it rain” with glittery confetti. No joke. She actually opened a bag and dumped it over her head… slowly. That did not stop me, I still tried to do some projects, but then Vada evolved and started sneaking off with jars of beads and spilling them around the house. In a very short period of time, my nice little room turned into a shithole. I don’t even want to go into the sunroom because it’s overwhelmingly messy. Due to the fact that every wall is floor to ceiling windows, there really isn’t a spot to put cabinets. My stuff started piling up all over, and my helpers (Vada and Evy) just add to the mess. OH, and it’s also home to all of the legos. Yeah, not pretty. I even purchase duplicate supplies because I didn’t even want to try to look for the same thing I knew I had… somewhere 🙁
So back to my resolution. My basement is big. I mean like 2,000 sf big. And the ceilings are about 12′ tall, which is super weird for a basement, but I didn’t build it, I just bought it 🙂 There is a back portion that is not finished, and we basically sit old big toys, some random Christmas stuff, and just junk. Stuff we probably should have thrown out years ago, but haven’t. I’m moving in! I have measured this part, and it’s about 18’x27′. Here’s a pic of it. The pile of stuff in the bottom right of the picture is goodwill, and we’re not sure about the stuff on the left.
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I have big plans that I’m sketching out currently. The first step will be to create a 12’x10′ divider, and place it about 8′ in front of the back wall. We have stuff that we actually do need to store in this picture, so we’re planning on putting it behind there… Then the rest of the space will be a LOT of storage and workspace areas (aka, tables).
Stay tuned. I am about to build A LOT of stuff this winter!
And here’s some of my inspiration… but I’m not allowed to paint the block, so hopefully adding many new lights and painting the cabinets will brighten it up like the pics below. (They are screenshots, so sorry about the blurry-ness.)
shelley - Nice!!