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| Lanna |
Posted - Dec 17 2008 : 12:56:26 PM
I need to figure out how to organize my sewing and craft stuff, and sometime soon. I have bags or half-boxes of stuff randomly stuffed into empty spots in the basement, but there's no rhyme or reason right now. So show me what you've got to give me ideas! 
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
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| City Chick |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 04:39:58 AM
Such inspiration! I've been cleaning out my girls playroom in the basement to make room for a studio.
I have craft supplies in just about every room of the house. I can't wait to contain them in 1 room!
Your rooms are lovely ladies!!!
http://www.xanga.com/My_Pondering_Place |
| Bonne |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 11:53:23 AM
This is such a fabulous thread~I love all the colorful walls going on.
 http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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| soapmommy60543 |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 11:15:09 AM
Sorry, this is the view out my window...
Ann in Oswego
http://suburbanprairiehouse.wordpress.com
Times may be tough, but farmgirls are tougher!
Craft Fasting since October 21, 2008 |
| soapmommy60543 |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 11:11:56 AM
Green wall part 1:
This wall has cubbies and a faux window seat. The cubbies are @2 ft. square and 2 ft. deep, and they hold quite a bit let me tell you. I got the idea for this from one of my mom's books from the '70's.
A better view of the window seat:
Green wall part 2:
I repurposed a shoe holder to organize my little paint bottles. Also, the cubbies are deep enough to hold several small storage boxes, and even a medium sized one (that's what's left of my yarn stash). Also, the bottom ones on the floor on this side hold a larger container and a few smaller underbed boxes.
Continuing to the left...
Window wall - book area. I repurposed a piece of leftover shelving and put it up on some storage drawers. It holds most of my craft books and paper patterns. The drawers have fabric sorted by color and/or project.
A repurposed dresser from my personal closet organizer from our master bedroom - holds all my sewing supplies, more fabric, and my cake decorating stuff.
The view out my window:
Dark purple wall (and yes, I have 2 shades of purple):
holds my sewing machine on my grandparents' desk. In the drawers are scissors, pins, rotary cutter (right below the sewing machine), and the drawers on the left hold knitting needles, crochet hooks, and a few sewing patterns.
The fourth wall is a regular size closet. It contains my grandparents' dresser, and storage boxes of the kids' stuff I can't seem to part with. It also holds quilt batting and my mother's wedding dress.
If I had it to do over again... I would have had the cubbies put in when we had the basement finished while building the house. Then, the window seat would be a real window seat! I would also have put a counter across what is the green wall, with either cabinets or drawers underneath. I'd also put my sewing machine on that wall because the lighting is better over there.
Anyway, it's been fun having a tour of everyone's spaces! They are all great!
Ann in Oswego
http://suburbanprairiehouse.wordpress.com
Times may be tough, but farmgirls are tougher!
Craft Fasting since October 21, 2008 |
| britchickny |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 04:01:07 AM
This is where I do all my crafting. sewing and reading. (The curtain covers goodness knows what!  )
  
  
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
http://www.pinkroomponderings.blogspot.com/ |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 02:40:15 AM
wowsers, all of your studios are class acts! Love seeing them and their nearby windows giving us a little peek at what your world looks like!
Nancy Jo, before you refinish the trunk, find out if it would devalue it. It may be better to leave the original insides if they are in pretty good condition.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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| happydaze |
Posted - Dec 19 2008 : 5:51:54 PM
I have plastic drawers with lots of small drawers, each labled with what goes into it. A bulletin board on the wall holds scissors and things I use alot and want to be able to see right away, closet is all shelves and drawers, It can be very tidy and organized. BUT usually I need the space for orphened or sick animals, or right now I have an incubator and a brooder in there.. last year I raised ducks and goats in there all winter....so it doesnt stay nice and tidy long. but would be just a mess without the drawers and spaces labeled. Yes farming in Northern Mich can mean making do and doing without , sometimes I give a quilt and the person who gets it gets a laugh out of finding a chick feather in it. |
| nitere |
Posted - Dec 19 2008 : 08:19:59 AM
Here is one shot of my room. I wish it was this clean right now. But with the Christmas gift making frenzy right now, it is far from this clean :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buraellen/429532307/in/set-72157600024793700/
farmgirl sister #37
http://www.buraellen.blogspot.com |
| kim9365 |
Posted - Dec 19 2008 : 07:41:04 AM
my sewing room pics are in my house on the hill blog.
http://thehouseonthehill-kim.blogspot.com
http://www.dealingwithic.blogspot.com |
| HeathersStitches |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 7:23:19 PM
Everyone's Welcome
On Mondays I'm holding a light lunch and Sewing group here at my house starting in Jan.
Still trying to work out all the details, should it be once a month or just every week.
You have to walk thru the nasty part of the basement to get to my nice sewing cave though...lol..
http://heathersheartfeltstitches.blogspot.com/ |
| jumpingjuliet |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 4:45:20 PM
Wow Linda you wanna come organize my stuff. I love your studio. Your trash to treasure storage looks great. I love getting freebies and fixing them up. Right now I have to get a lot of them fixed up. They seemed to catch up to me. Ladies why don't we work on our craft spaces and report back here any progress we have made. This might motivate us to get organized. Even if we do not have a designated space find something that works in the space you have to keep the clutter to a minimum. I just got my craft room but it is all in stacks and piles so far. I want to get a wall shelf with cubbies to keep my stuff in so I can see it.
After Christmas I am going to crack down on this room. I want to have space to craft. Right now I am in the kitchen, dining room. Anywhere there is a surface.
Good Luck
Merry Christmas
Becky
I am one with my inner farm girl! |
| Bonne |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 11:47:47 AM
Oh, I "hate" you Diana... hahahahaha!!! That's just way too organized~a person could actually get something accomplished in there.
Look at that snow! Having that view is creative inspiration!
http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 11:27:51 AM
Here is my fun area. Diana
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| Bonne |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 11:08:57 AM
Ok, I'll show you the 1 organized thing in my crafting space. It's a spool tree to hold all
my cone yarns~hubs built it.
http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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| homemom |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 11:06:53 AM
Bonne~The pictures you shared are rooms to die for.
Heather~You have a nice room to work in.
Linda~I loved your rooms!!!
Right now I have a room in the basement but it ends up being a catch all. It is such a mess. No matter how many times I try to organize it it becomes a mess. I am going to try buying organizing cabinets. One at a time won't be so expensive. I need to do something to that room.
Ruth
Living the farm life in my heart.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Ruth
http://farmgirlinmyheart.blogspot.com/ |
| Bonne |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 10:59:54 AM
They used wallpaper originally, to line those trunks, I believe, so you could scrape off the old and re-wallpaper it if you so desired.
The old stuff gives it a charm all itself though too.
http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 10:41:14 AM
Do you think I should re finish the inside of that trunk in the picture on my site? I have seen some done that are really pretty.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Lanna |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 10:33:32 AM
Linda ~ I have 3 young kids (5yo, 2.5yo, 6mo). I guarantee anything you've got, even if it's an organized mess, is better than what I have. Or don't have.
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 08:15:02 AM
Linda,
Even if its last years picture, it looks good to me.
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 07:30:56 AM
I love seeing everyones craft area. Heather yours is so nice. I don't know how to post here, so I posted a few pictures on my site. I also took a picture of that old trunk I cleaned out the other day. Now I have to go see the other girls craft areas.
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| LindaEllen |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 06:51:24 AM
Hey, hey farmgirls hold your sewing needles, those were last years pictures , I will not show this years pic :(. Yep I got a mess to clean up. It will be my New Years job , maybe this New Years ;). But thanks for the comments. My art room does stay neat b/c I haven't played in it for a while :(. Messes means your being creative and working on those projects.
Jessie, thank you. hey I stopped by your blog, its a good one. You got your DH working side by side with you, how cool is that and a super nice gift he made for you.
Marian I love white cabinets/closets and you can't have to many baskets. Great way to store your stash.
Heather ok it looks like you got room for all of us, gather your sewing baskets farmgirls and load on the buss to Heathers. Very nice workroom. I love yellow.
Monica I need help now!!!
Lanna I know you would like to see some bad workroom picture but I just can't bring myself to send one :P
Linda
Farmgirl Sister #343
Locust Trail Homestead
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/walkabout/
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| oldfashioned girl |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 06:26:48 AM
Lanna, I am with Bonne because showing you my craft area would more be a lesson in what not to do! I have 2 large desks in the corner of my front room and one of them is supposed to be for cutting fabric on and it's being taken over with fabric and wool for spinning! I have a sewing machine in a cabinet that I can't even get to because there is stuff piled on it!
Linda, Your pics are beautiful! How organized you are! If you ever make it to Arizona, please stop by and help, okay!
I am going to work on getting stuff organized after the 1st of the year! Maybe I will take before and after pics!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
| HeathersStitches |
Posted - Dec 18 2008 : 06:19:37 AM
This is my new finished room in the basement, DH built a wall/door and painted it a nice yellow and put down carpet tiles. I have a futon for over night guests and a small TV so I can watch my fav. shows while Stitching!
http://heathersheartfeltstitches.blogspot.com/ |
| dutchy |
Posted - Dec 17 2008 : 11:18:57 PM
That sure IS awesome Linda! I have my stash in a big white closet, filled with baskets and carrier bags and in those collapsible grocery boxes. It looks a mess right now, lol.
i NEED a few of those things you found Linda, YAY!!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Again new creations added, too cute lol. Come and check it out!!
http://princess-of-pink-creations.blogspot.com/
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 17 2008 : 7:05:42 PM
That is awesome,Linda!!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work You don't give up.
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