After carefully maneuvering over and around the stacks of tubs and projects on the floor and looking for fabrics I knew I owned but couldn't find, I decided that I'd come to the last straw; the end of my rope. This room had become a stress point instead of a DE-STRESS area. Some things HAD to change.
Number one - I have decided that I HATE STORAGE TUBS. At least - I greatly dislike storing things I need to find again in them. It requires - removing said tub(s) from the closet, going through them and then replacing the tubs - which are often heavy and stacked on each other. All of this to find some fabric that I may or may not use and thus may or may not have to replace into the tubs again to put away. So I have been brainstorming some solutions - to keep my fabrics and often used items handy and visible but neatly stored. My room, at this writing, is still a work in progress but I am sharing "the journey" ! Enjoy!
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| I organized all of my one-yard + lengths of fabric onto 7.5 x 11.5 pieces of cardboard that I cut from boxes and then stored them on the bookshelf. Between the Bookshelf and the closet I hung a hanging shoe rack on a dowel I installed and all my half yard cuts are stacked here. |
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| On the left of the bookcase (for now) is an old CD tower that the kids had - into which I placed a fat quarter in each of the CD slots. A bit time more time consuming than just stacking the fq's but still easily accessible! |
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| This is a CD storage rack I ordered online and then we mounted a shelf to hold it on the wall. I LOVE this! It easly holds about 850 fat quarters! |
Holy cow, you have a lot of fabric! I'm glad you've found a way to reorganize your sewing room! It looks great so far!
ReplyDeleteI know - I should be ashamed! I have figured that I have over 1000 fat quarters alone. Now that the fat quarters and the fabric are all organized and I have the closet reorganized and usable - holding all my kits and batting etc., NOW I have to figure out how to deal with my 10 tons of scraps. No more room to store them .... hmmm .... or is there....? mwahahahah...
ReplyDeleteI saw a cute storage on Pinterest for scraps. Big clear jars that you just throw the scraps in by color. :)
DeleteActually - I posted that to Pinterest and you repinned it :)
DeleteBut I have to find something more space saving than the jars, which would require more shelving which I don't have room for. I'm working on it....
so is the bed back in there or out still?
ReplyDeleteIt looks awesome so far!!!
No - I think the bed is out of there for good now. However, I did put the bed in the grandkid's room - so we have 2 beds in there now. If I can eventually actually clear the floor in my sewing room - we can put up temporary sleeping in there when needed!
DeleteCan you tell me where you purchased the CD holder, I've have been searching for one.
ReplyDeleteI bought it at Home Decorators homedecorators.com which has been taken over by Home Depot now. That was a few years ago. Try searching the internet. I’ve gotten another cd rack of a different style from a yard sale
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