Aaah. It took me almost two whole days, but it feels great. Now, I can actually relax when I sew. With some last minute Christmas crafts, it was getting really messy.
Do you ever thing you can craft your way out of a mess? Even though I know better, sometimes I think if I just make everything I have planned, all the patterns, all the fabric, all the thread, all the scraps - everything will just disappear.
That didn't happen, so I started cleaning first thing yesterday morning. I had grand plans to build a window seat, but I made the mistake of taking my husband with me to Home Depot, and he talked me into a much less time-consuming little bench with some storage. It works, but one of these days . . .
I finished at around 5:00 this afternoon. I could still organize the closet, my desk drawers, and the drawers in what used to be Addie's changing table and is now a craft room cabinet, but that's a project for another day. I've already started messing it up again by starting the last of my Quilting Bee blocks. I have four more sets to go. I have one more day off tomorrow, and the kids will all be at school/day care, so I can't decide if I should work on that obligation or do something a little more fun with my day to myself. Hmm. Decisions, decisions.
Happy New Year! Coincidentally, this is my hundredth post. Woo hoo. What better way to celebrate than with a clean craft room, don't you think?
I am inspired! I took down that same kind of white shelving from my kitchen and while it sits in the garage, I've been trying to decide what do do with it. And here on your blog is the answer! I'm so excited! Now also, what is that fabulous black/white patterned treatment on the bookcase? I am in love with it! Your room looks fantastic - just the perfect place to create. And lastly, congrats on 100 posts!
Posted by: Joanna | 01/03/2011 at 12:12 AM
I was cleaning my craft room today as well! Though an outsider may not exactly recognize mine as "clean"...it's all realtive, right? I will call it and improvement from "utter chaos" to "organized mess."
Happy 100th :-)
Posted by: Kristie at OCD | 01/03/2011 at 12:23 AM
Congratulations on 100 posts! You have soo many pretty things in your craft room, and it's so bright and cheery! I love seeing other people's craft rooms.
Posted by: Rissa | 01/04/2011 at 05:02 AM
Thanks, Rissa. I keep thinking, Ill paint it some other color, but youre right it is bright and cheery.
Posted by: Katie | 01/05/2011 at 06:50 AM
Thanks, Kristie. And I love your ideas for the Sherbet Pips. Youve definitely convinced me to add some solids.
Posted by: Katie | 01/05/2011 at 06:52 AM
Thanks, Joanna. Im glad you were inspired to do the shelves. They work great. I do wish that I had skipped the top shelf though. Its really too high for me to reach easily, and I could have used the space to hang more pictures. The good side of it is that I can put junk up there that I know I wont use for a while but cant bear to part with yet - like yarn. I wish I could say I had done the black shelves myself, but they actually came that way from Ikea. I bought them a few years ago. Theyre the Billy bookcases. I dont know if they still have them, but did you know theres an Ikea now in Stoughton, MA? Makes a good day trip.
Posted by: Katie | 01/05/2011 at 06:56 AM