It’s that time of year again! Time to get our act together and shape up the workspace! My big motivation is making room for my pottery wheel in the Room of Hoard. Do you think I can do it?
Do, you remember defragmenting your computer back in the day? It’s when you would push all the files together in one big brick so you have a big chink of free space? Well, that is the same concept as the art room defrag. I will be defragging (cleaning, decluttering, and consolidating) my art supplies so I can see what I’ve used up and what I have an excess of. It’s eye-opening and I do it every January to keep the hoard under control.
*Please note I use the term “hoard” in a loving way, I do not mean to downplay anyone with hoarding disorder.
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30 Comments
Thanks for the tour! I have been trying to organize my craft room for 6 months. I guess I had better get moving. Great ideas and encouragement. Thanks
Did you mace the color wheel circles ? Is there a tutorial ?
I had to watch this twice. Amazing! I know that was a TON of work and I bet you feel really good about what you accomplished. I totally LOVE your wall of rubber stamps! I have to tell you that I had a few good chuckles as I thought bad to the time you moved into the studio and said ‘I’m not going to bring too much in here’. 😊 it all looks wonderful. I say keep what you use frequently close by. So keep your set of acrylic set by you!
Your Punky Brewster reference made me smile. I would love a Punky wall 😀
I’d like to see what’s in your bookshelf!
😀🎉great job. You did a lot. Organizing is always a work I progress.
What a great walk through. I do love the pink cubby. What brand of cube storage do you use? I purchased a couple from Michaels (I think) and the thin material is poor quality. Not very strong between the spaces. Anyways o love your space.
Great to see your rooms. It's like continual a-ha moments that make so much sense and make it easier to find stuff. A more detailed video would be fun, too. Thanks so much for sharing this.
You think that's a room of hoard? It's beautifully organized and looks great to me. I have metal racks in my craft room, but they are wonderful for the purpose. Meant for garages or workshops, they aren't furniture, they are galvanised steel, but look shiny and clean in my craft room. They are deep enough for 12 x 12 papers, about 30" wide, (so two stacks of pads with space between) and five foot tall, with five shelves if you use the top (which of course I do) and they are strong! Each shelf holds 175 kg or 385 pounds and believe me, some of mine are tested with paper and card! They hold a vast amount, they cost £35 each now, which I think is a snip, and I recommend them to anyone who has a suitable space and wants to keep their things compact, clean, tidy and accessible. Of course you need somewhere you don't mind a metal rack, but they can be made to look pretty-ish. I love the miscellany of super cupboards and shelves you've acquired, but in the absence of those, these racks are superb, and why should the men have all the best storage gear? Thank you for your good advice.
This was so relaxing to watch, meanwhile I’m looking around my office 👀🤣
Reality. I love watching your re-org videos. It gives me hope.
Everything looks awesome 🤩
On my wheels to help me locate easier I rolled each on a cardstock cut them so they form a sleeve that fits over the rubber I slide off easily and back on I can easily see the image as I have a hard time making out the images in just the rubber. Hope that makes sense. Yes I would love to see what you mentioned earlier
That's a REALLY nice quilt that you have on the wall! At least, it LOOKS like a quilt….
I love the tape storage. When I view the craft room storage I'm looking for unique ways to store supplies. Best tape storage I've seen.
we dont do messy. Just dont have enough SPACE 😛
I love craft/art room organization videos & especially when a cute floffy kitty is involved.
A great way to start the year. It’s like a beautiful store down there. I wish I was your neighbour. Instead of borrowing a cup of flour…. 😂
1:25 Me me I’m interested in in depth tours!!!!
Awesome job! I’ve been in my forever home for 12 months and am now blessed enough to have a dedicated craft room. However, boxes aren’t t unpacked and it’s become a ‘dumping room’. I have a mobility problem & just haven’t been physically able to do it. I need a crafty Lindsay professional organiser. I’ve thought about getting a regular pro organiser, but I need them to know about crafty stuff so they can put like things together & label so I can find them. What amazing craft rooms you have evolved into. Want to come to Australia? Lol 🇦🇺❤️
I love your space. I feel its so real. Lol I want a crafting room. Love to ideas I got from this video. Thanks
I want to learn pottery. Any suggestions on where to start and what to buy
Great ideas, Lindsay. You have inspired me and I'm starting on my own craft room tomorrow! I am just amazed at the variety of crafts you can do.❤
Your speech is so pressured as a testimony to your current stress levels on this topic. Calm down, all is well and you don’t have to do this in a day!
Hi Lyndsey use glass shards on top of pottery. It melts beautifully in the kiln…
Not having too big a container for storage also helps a lot. Finally put 2 years worth of artworks out of my room and sealed in 50L tubs.
I love when you do these videos. People tend to think organizing is a "one and done" activity, but it is a constantly evolving process as you learn what works best, decide what's important to you now, and gain new interests. I used to feel like such a failure because my organizing didn't last, but now I'm grateful for the assessment process – seeing what I have accomplished and learned. Keep being real, Lindsay!
Organizing craft supplies when you do many different crafts is so hard, because so many things make sense in different categories. I use so many supplies in ways they weren't intended, so unless I have multiple copies to store with each craft, it makes more sense to group by what type of item it is, but if I do that, then when I do a craft, I have to grab supplies from 10 different areas lol. Adding to the confusion is that I also do nail art and home repair – my glitters, rhinestones, striping tapes also work well on cards, my dremel fixes acrylic nails and does sculpting, needle nose pliers do everything lol.
Beautiful job!! When I reorganize sometimes I forget where I put them.
Horizontal or vertical for alcohol marker storage? Thanks.
I think I would number my stamp wheels. Then make a sample of each wheel and hang them on a ring beside the wheels. Just a thought
Thanks for sharing your storage and sorting ideas. It has motivated me to get my areas organized! How do you shore up those carts that you keep the rubber stamping supplies in? I have 2 and the drawers are a pain! They come out of their slots like they are too narrow for the sliders.