Craft Room Organisation
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 9:14
I currently have an ongoing project of organising my sewing room, it’s slow progress, very slow progress. I can’t do it whilst my son is awake as he can destroy things faster than I can tidy them, and I can’t do it whilst he’s asleep as a butterfly flapping its wings seems to wake him up, let alone me crashing and banging in the room next door to his. It also doesn’t help that everytime I make something new I seem to undo all of my work so far!
I have been following Lisa of The Domestic Diva‘s craft room challenge down to the letter, and, in my opinion, there’s not a better guide for organising your sewing room out there. She’s also made me aware of so many excellent storage tools that I would have never heard of before – I found a bobbin storage ring at Spotlight for $5 and now wouldn’t be without it.
Tami of Lemon Tree Tales has an excellent post on how to make your space work for you, looking at the ergonomics behind setting up your space to reduce back pain and sore muscles. Previously this didn’t affect me much, but as I’ve moved to bigger quilts it’s something I’m having to pay attention to a lot more.
Karen Booy also writes on organising your work space, there’s a great deal of common sense here – “put things away when you’re done”, but it’s nice to have a list that breaks down what seems like a daunting task into a few simple rules.
What tips do you have for keeping your workspace tidy and organised? Is there any storage tool you couldn’t do without?
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Rebekah says:
December 10th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
thanks for sharing all these sites!! I hope your organisation is coming along nicely
Fern says:
December 10th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Lol, Rebekah, it looks great for a week, and then gets trashed the next week, I don’t think I will ever be organised!
Sue Miller says:
January 28th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
have enjoyed looking through your websites & it has spured me on to try & finnish my craft room so I can get back to my first love sewing …thanks
el says:
August 7th, 2010 at 11:29 am
what great ideas on organizing, i need all the suggestion i can get. my craft room/ wood shop is always in disarray
thanks for the tips!