A New Challenge - Part II

OK - so after a bazillion hours (ok - maybe about 15), I have purged, organized and re-filled my closet in the scrapbook/craft room. Everything is sorted and in a proper place. I have labels on all drawers. Party supplies are together, wrapping supplies are together, kids' craft supplies are organized and easily accessible. I even cleaned, re-organized and moved around a lot of my supplies out in the room. The best part is that I made room in my closet for a lot of stuff that was out in the room. Everything looks de-cluttered and I LOVE IT!!!!!
If it wasn't already 11 pm and I had not sat down all day, I would seriously be working on some scrapbook pages!

Here are the pictures of my makeover. The previous post shows all the "BEFORE" pictures. These are the "AFTER" pictures!

Right side of the closet. Note the "wrapping section", the stackable trays hold ongoing projects and I still have "open" space! Up above I used two paper boxes to hold my stash of presents. One is for adults and one is for kids.



These are the outside doors. I have magnets on there for my 2 year old to play with if he is in there with me while I work.



This is my sewing area. I have a large tub under the table with items that need mending. The stack of fabric on the table beside the sewing machine is a variety of baby blankets I am working on for my sister to sell with her creations!



This is a view of the entire closet.



This is a view of the left side of the closet. Along the far left side I have placed various craft projects, buckets of coloring tools, glue, etc. for the kids' crafts. The top left shelf has stamps and inks. The plastic drawers are clearly labeled and organized. The top three drawers of the wider shelves are all fabric. The bottom five are a variety of items, including tissue paper and large gift bags.




This is our desk area. I love having a computer in my scrap room. We use our laptop for everyday computer use, but I still have the desktop for digital scrapbooking, printing photos and working on various craft projects. I still want to get all the 2010 papers filed away, but I at least tackled some of the clutter!



My work area table is turned in the other direction. I cleared off a TON of the table top and made better use of some of my space. One thing I really love about having a craft room is that I can leave work in progress out. Right now I have scrapbooks for each of the boys laid out with stacks of pictures ready to go. When I am in the mood or more realistically - when I have time, I can get to work on a page immediately. I have my tools that I utilize the most - pens, adhesive, scissors, hole punch, etc. in a tool caddy on the table. I have a crate full of stickers, rub-ons and small embellishments on the table as well. I can turn around and have all of my cardstock and patterned paper in a second. My punches, stamps and paper trimmer are all in easy view and access.



You cannot fully appreciate the differences here, but there is WHITE tabletop showing. I organize papers and filed a TON. I still have a stack there to put away. I moved things around and created room to have some work space at the ready. I also organized all of my card making supplies neatly on the shelf above.



For some reason, the picture of my sons' art area and my Cricut is not uploading. My 7 1/2 year old was trying to do what I was doing on Sunday and completely re-organized their area. He threw away scraps and unnecessary items. He cleaned off the top of the desk area and made sure everything was in its' place. I didn't even ask him to do this!!

Now I am ready to host a scrapbook crop party. Anyone want to scrap?

CB