These are "Before" and "After" pictures - a small bureau and stack of plastic boxes (a lot more plastic boxes throughout the house). I don't have a working room and work in the kitchen - light coming from two sides, water always at hand and wooden (not carpet!) floor. I like it there but I didn't like running through the house collecting all wool I need at the moment. So my husband decided to organise my stuff a little bit. Now it's a large unit with variety of boxes. The thing is IKEA. I am not a great fan of IKEA's stuff but we could get all boxes in matching sizes and many colours. Now all my wool is in one place.
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I even have a few drawers! And some holes to put my papers and smaller boxes in.
If you look carefully you can see that one of the top boxes stores a lot of juice cartons! All my Kap merino wool colours are in them:
Not very glamorous but very convenient if you (like myself) need a lot of colours at the same time and amounts are small.
Wow - I am really envious, it looks great and must be so convenient to have everything close to hand, my equipment is stored in 2 different rooms and my wools are in a third room, it takes a good 10 min just to gather everything I need for a felting session. I dream of having my own studio but what you have looks like a great alternative!
ReplyDeleteThank you Teri! It really works for me. The blue boxes are especially convenient - they are made of strong fabric and there is a pull. But I wanted a mix of colours to make it more cheerful and less "warehouse" look.
DeleteLooks Fabulous.
ReplyDeleteNice and neat and tidy, yet oh so pretty.
My wool is stored in large plastic clip-lock bags on a bookshelf.
Yes, it's very much the same shelf just a little bit deeper! And it's not always tidy I'm afraid!
DeleteI keep my quilting cottons on an IKEA shelf unit, separated by colors, in a spare bedroom. My poor wool is stored in plastic bins in my cellar, wish I had a dedicated studio to store everything in!
ReplyDeleteWe do have a spare bedroom but I can't use it for my purposes entirely because we have family coming and staying there. So important thing was to put everything together and save me time!
DeleteI'm jealous too! I love IKEA, and have always wanted a wall unit like that. It looks really nice :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! It doesn't take up too much room but accommodates practically all my wool supplies. Not fabrics thought... My fabrics are not in rolls, but in pieces so it's just a mess in bags!
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