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10/12/2011 5:08:13 PM

tdub loves some organizing

Anyone ever seen a good setup for a crafting desk? Right now my crafting supplies are all over the place and I don't even have a proper desk

10/12/2011 5:10:47 PM

ask Martha...she knows everything

I have a woman crush on her so hard.

10/12/2011 5:14:51 PM

haha yeah I love me some Martha Stewart. I always browse her magazine when in a bookshop.

10/12/2011 5:15:46 PM

SUBSCRIBE

the digital edition is just as good

10/12/2011 5:16:15 PM

OMG I'M IN LOVE





I have no idea where I would fit something like that though

10/12/2011 5:18:54 PM

its not that big!

just two bookshelves put together

10/12/2011 5:20:45 PM

lol yeah but the way my house is configured I can't really think of an area where something like that would fit well. I guess it would work in the guest bedroom.

10/12/2011 5:23:11 PM

I don't know if Ikea still sells these but I got:



and attached two to the inside my closet wall and i hang all my scarves and a few long shoulder purses off them.

I've got one more too i love the hooks. you can use them to hang jewelry off of too, and the hooks swivel.

I also have for all my belts, esp. the skinny ones.

10/12/2011 6:01:00 PM

GODDAMMIT!

I needed some materials for a recruitment fair I have to man today and of course they're not where they've been for the past damn year because occamsrezr decided to move them and not remember where he put them This is why he needs to man up and buy us a bookcase

10/13/2011 9:59:44 AM

Quote :

"I try to tell my organized friends, they can come practice in my apartment before they set up their business Wolfy...you can do this when you come home for the holidays"

Quote :

"I know that Triangle's Other Woman does in home organization. They had a ZSpot Deal for 4 hours of organization, but I don't know what their normal prices would be. Wolfy, you could probably get a quote from a few places like that to see what you could charge."

ya'll seriously!! i would totally do it.

when i was a kid i would spend the night at a friends house and spend the whole evening organizing their room. weird i know but lemmie tell you what, i was ALWAYS invited back

i'm no martha but i consider myself good at knowing what to get rid of and what to keep and more importantly USING and ENJOYING the things you keep. its not worth having if its shoved in the back of a closet.

a quick tip for figuring out what to get rid of in your closet (takes some setting up but it will work)

- put all your clothes in the closet with the hanger the OPPOSITE way (so it's harder to get out) and every time you wear something you put it back normal. after 6 months, look at see what has not been worn (besides seasonal items of course but this can apply to those too)

take out the clothes you haven't worn in 6 months and put them in a box for goodwill & store it (don't donate yet)

in another 6 months, open the box & decide if you're ready to get these items go. you've basically gone a year without using them and you likely don't remember missing them

this works wonders for me and i usually end up rescuing 1-2 things every so often. also if you end up donating something you miss, oh well. just hope someone else is enjoying it as much as you used to

crafting table.... this is my personal ideal craft table!



ok im going to be late for my lunch date. i will be back later

10/13/2011 12:11:07 PM

^that's what I need for my sewing room! (when I get a sewing room)

saw this on pinterest

10/13/2011 12:41:36 PM

magnetic tins for spices

10/13/2011 12:47:28 PM

^^^ That is super cool! I would need it to have space for a chair though for when I'm sewing and what not.

10/14/2011 2:16:32 PM

from Martha Stewart (I like this because it keeps the shape of your boots)

10/14/2011 2:22:08 PM

^ a lot- I like the two bookcases together idea but I have way too much stuff for it to work! But I probably have way more than i actually need

^4 I think the two dressers put together is a cute idea for a craft table- but wouldnt be that great for sitting at and i sit doing most of my crafts so I dont know how much i would use it as a table top. Looks like theres more stuff to the right on the picture so there might be a table top over there.

I just finished my craft room at my house this summer and I love it- pictures are in my photo gallery but i dont know how to upload to this thread. I mostly sew and scrapbook and it works great for both.

I got the table from ikea- I wanted it bigger but with the dimensions of the room i couldnt get it any longer. The stuff on the left side of the table is the scrapbooking- right side is for sewing.

As far as orginizing, I like have things away but not too away. I actually like how the shelves and closet are open so i can see what i have. I also didnt care about the bins matching or anything so I just bought what worked best for each thing.

Only downside is I cant have all three of my machines out at one time and i end up using at least two with every project (I have a single needle, serger and an embroidery machine) so theres a lot of moving machines around when i work. I need to mount my thread holders on the wall for more table space but i havnt gottend around to that yet.

10/14/2011 3:58:30 PM

All my organizing ideas come from

http://www.realsimple.com

10/14/2011 5:13:03 PM

Ordered most of the stuff to redo our pantry in the Elfa stuff. Costing us $300 so far. Better be worth it

10/17/2011 8:52:21 PM

Can you guys post some new pics in this thread? It's like porn to me.

10/22/2011 1:40:01 PM

10/22/2011 2:50:49 PM

bought this on reddit

10/22/2011 2:51:11 PM

occamsrezr and I finally got around to installing that Elfa shelving we bought during their sale. Sadly I forgot to take a before picture of our ridiculous pantry. We measure the shelves after taking them out and they were 24" deep No wonder we could never find anything in there.

We also repainted the walls from this 70s cream color to grey. Next weekend I'll paint the trim and doors white. Too tired to do it today.


Our cat testing the strength of the shelves





I was impressed with how easy it was to install. So far it hasn't ripped out of the walls lol. When the pull-out baskets go on sale next month we're going to get some to install below the lowest shelf.

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11/13/2011 5:29:10 PM

So jealous - they look great!

I wish we had a pantry

11/13/2011 5:43:55 PM

Having a pantry is one of the best things ever in a kitchen for sure. If we didn't have one I'd probably get one of those pull-out pantry thingies they make for cabinet renovations these days.

11/13/2011 5:47:02 PM

We have like eleventy billion cabinets in our kitchen (including corner cabinets). We use one of those as our pantry but it's still annoying. Eventually I would like to reorganize our kitchen but I think it's better to wait and see what cool stuff we get off the registry so I can just do it all at once and get rid of old stuff we don't need anymore.

11/13/2011 5:49:52 PM

That's how my parents' kitchen used to be too. When they renovated they got one of these things: http://www.kraftmaid.com/products/storage-solutions/kitchen/food/tall-pantry-pull-out.html#/n:/p:3

except their's goes from the floor to almost the ceiling. It definitely helped a lot with being able to actually find stuff. Before it would all get piled into the corner cabinet and never seen again

11/13/2011 6:18:50 PM

Oh thanks for the link. I'm on my iPhone now and if I click the link it just takes me to the homepage.

I'll have to investigate this tomorrow.

11/13/2011 6:58:05 PM

since I'm homeless, all my stuff is carried in my kifaru pack. different pouches (labeled with colored zipper pulls) for tools, food prep/ cooking, survival gear, water purifier, toiletries, etc. clothing in a compression stuff sack, sleeping bag at bottom of pack with tarp thing, laptop in a sleeve, cell phone/ ipod in a waterproof bag. knives (for sale in classifieds) in bottom of pack. I'm something of a gear whore, and I like everything to be real organized in my pack, so I can get it if I need it.
on me I have a folder, fixed blade on the belt, flashlight, wallet (empty of course) notebook, pens and other first line gear in case I leave my pack in the woods or something.

11/13/2011 8:16:02 PM

So on Black Friday, Michael's is going to have a bunch of their craft organizing stuff for 50% off, and then an additional 30% off your entire purchase. So 80% all the stuff You can see the pic of the stuff here: http://bfads.net/Ad/Michaels-2011

I'm going to go check it out sometime this week and see if it's the sort of stuff worth dealing with Black Friday to get.

Anyone know if The Container Store does any Black Friday deals?

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11/15/2011 12:02:44 PM

^ from the ad it looks like its only scrapbooking storage

im sure some of it can be multi purpose though

im so ready to set up a craft/sewing room but i know it will lead to me buying more machines... serger, embroidery etc

and oh yeah i want to upgrade my current machine. we'll see though

11/15/2011 3:21:28 PM

how did I know I would find NCSUWolfy in this thread...

11/15/2011 4:13:48 PM

^^ Yeah a lot of it is just general crafting storage that they call scrapbooking storage. I want to get the wall mounted thingy because it would be perfect for storing all of my gift wrapping stuff that currently gets thrown in a box and fucked up by the time I get around to using it again.

11/15/2011 5:42:02 PM

Quote :

"So on Black Friday, Michael's is going to have a bunch of their craft organizing stuff for 50% off, and then an additional 30% off your entire purchase. So 80% all the stuff "

ITT we see who doesn't understand math.

11/16/2011 11:08:40 AM

^ Actually it did work out to 80% off when I checked my receipt. They took the 30% from the full price rather than the sale price. I ended up only getting one of the smaller things they had one sale though since they sold out of most of the big stuff.

Anyhoo, got an email today from The Container Store. All their Elfa stuff is 30% right now. Can't seem to find on their website when the sale ends though.

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/elfa/

12/24/2011 9:23:58 PM

ttt

6/20/2012 10:34:23 AM

Wow, that was fast. Thanks!!

I never know how to organize cleaning supplies. They just end up getting cluttered under my sink. I love this though:

6/20/2012 10:35:02 AM

nice, looks easy enough to do.

6/20/2012 10:57:19 AM

^^ We have those hangers on the door of our pantry. It's great when we actually use it

6/20/2012 1:34:45 PM

Where did you find them? I have had the hardest time finding broom/mop racks.

6/20/2012 1:39:24 PM

i wish we had the proper closet space downstairs to designate an area for cleaning and household supplies. the downstairs part of our house severely lacks in any sort of closet space (we have 1 small hall closet for coats and that's it) but the upstairs is brimming with tons of space. which is good but i would prefer to keep most of the cleaning stuff in one place downstairs. i also wish we had a pantry - or even one floor to ceiling long cabinet.

6/20/2012 1:41:32 PM

^^ The Container Store has a bunch of different ones. They stick them in the back right corner of the store on Glenwood.

6/20/2012 1:59:54 PM

Awesome. Thanks!

6/20/2012 2:51:47 PM