Now the house is on the market, and the estate agent has keys to the house, we have to keep the house spick and span at all times and we also had to de-clutter the house within an inch of its life. My craft area in the front room was one of the bigger de-clutter jobs. I was dreading it because it meant putting away the majority of my craft supplies and equipment.
Part of the house de-clutter meant that I had to move the storage unit which I had by my bed for make-up/hair styling stuff. This storage seemed perfect for these select craft items and I knew it would fit discreetly under the craft table. The unit is a shoe rack from Homebase with 6 white baskets. I started by picking out the projects that I wanted to have to hand.
I stashed my embroidery threads jar and sundry notions jar in the first basket, the Halloween fabric I bought at the rag market last year (I still haven’t made anything but I will. Probably.) in the second basket. The third has my button jars and my crochet blanket squares and wool for the blanket I am making with my mum.
On the bottom shelf, I put the (unfinished) mini-quilt and some other Tilda fabric and pink felt for as-yet undecided nursery projects in one basket, the fabric / squares for Baby Girl’s quilt in another and then some pretty stationery and other gubbins in the last basket.
I also tidied up the shelf, inspiration board and desk top plus I finally put up the whatever clock. The funny thing is that I have done more crafting at my desk since the tidy up and I really love the easy access to my most important projects and supplies.
When (if) we move, I am definitely keep my craft area simple. All the bigger items like wadding can be stored in the fitted wardrobe or linen cupboard whilst the rest of my stash is in the garage and it can stay there until I need a new project. I can only make one or two things at the same time anyway so there is really no need to have everything to hand and the best thing is, it’s super easy to keep everything tidy. For more pictures, check out my Flickr.
You may have noticed that things have been getting a bit baby-heavy here lately. It’s not that I don’t still like to read, watch TV and films, generally geek out or make things (although the things I have been making are largely baby-related at the mo), but all I want to talk about on the journal front seems to be this small matter of a human being that I am currently making.
