Busting at the Seams..a Craft Room

So my craft room is located directly off of my living room and has no doors...can you see where this is going?? Yea..not a pretty sight. I am a spur of the moment, may only have 10 minutes before I have to leave the house, but I'm starting a project kinda girl. This usually results in a craft room that looks like an F5 tornado has just passed through...I think one of the reasons it's so hard to keep clean and organized is because the space is used for too many things. I had ALL my scrapbook stuff crammed in there, ebay shipping supplies, crafts of all kinds, sewing machine & supplies, things that need to be sold, donated, etc..the list could go on, you get the point.
My solution was to create a 2nd space for me & some of my {stuff}. Here is what I came up with, without spending any money and doing almost all the work myself.

I took about half of the stuff from my upstairs craft room & put it in my "new" basement space. **{this is an unfinished basement}

I had this big shelving unit in the basement already, just moved it & filled it up.

I have everything organized & in plain sight :)

This is a view looking the other direction. It's my little guy's playroom. He was so kind to share with his momma ♥

I love this sweet little rusty utility cart my sister found me at a yard sale this summer. I found that pretty lampshade at Lowe's for $3 :)

I am so happy with the way it all came together. My upstairs space is now uncluttered and clean and I have this nice new space to make a mess in!!

Linking Up:
Nifty Thrifty Things

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Re-purposed Wine Rack

I came across this old wooden thing at goodwill that I am assuming is a wine rack. A couple quick coats of spray paint and it sure is cute. I stuck glass Kerr jars filled with colored pencils, paints, ribbons and rulers in it for some super cute storage.

I sold this thing and now I miss it terribly!! I hope I run across another one. I will snatch it up and keep it for myself this time :)

Linking Up:

Nifty Thrifty Things

Here Comes the Sun

DIY Home Sweet Home
Someday Crafts

Laundry Room Closet Reveal

I have already shared with you all our coat closet makeover. Now I want to share the other closet makeover we have been working on. Both of the closets are in our laundry room & were basically wasted space before. I am so happy with my new organization!!

My sweet husband had already taken all of the clutter out before I got a photo, so here it is empty.

Gave it a fresh coat of white paint. Bought $0.33 sticky tiles for the floor.

He put up lots of shelves for me which I LOVE!! I also am excited that I have hooks to hang the broom & mop now :)

I took measurements so I would be sure and get the right size of storage bins.

I have plans to make cute labels for each & every bin & basket in here. I have a bin for extra bags, hats, donations & newspapers (that I save for crafts). I bought 2 shallow bins for cleaning rags & light bulbs because they always seem to get shoved to the back. I will use the 2 wire baskets for important school papers & bills.

A place for everything!!

This was a very inexpensive project. I totalled up my Lowe's receipt and for the lumber it was right around $60. We carefully planned & measured & bought the least amount of wood (and the cheapest we could find). We used all paint we already had on hand. The big bins were $4.97 each & the small ones were $3.97 each. The wire baskets were found at the thrift store.

Linking Up:
Here Comes the Sun
Cherished Treasures

I {heart} Naptime
Flamingo Toes
Sisters of the Wild West

Fun Fabric Organization

I have a craft room. It is {bursting} at the seams, full, full, full. Kids' craft supplies, cricut, scrapbook stuff, sewing machine & sewing materials, storage spot for all of the things I want to donate or sell...and the list goes on...

So, an itty bitty place that is ORGANIZED makes me feel much better!! It's a start right!?!

Fabric all folded nicely.

No more pulling wrinkly fabric out of a messy drawer :)

Contained in one spot.

Kinda cute too!!

A little bit of organizing goes a long way in the {feel good} department!!

Linking Up:

Cherished Treasures

I {heart} Naptime
Sisters of the Wild West
Keeping it Simple
The DIY Home Sweet Home Project
Not Just a Housewife
Craft O Maniac

What to do with 1600 LEGOS

My little boy loves LEGOS. For Christmas he got a huge box of them. 1600 of them to be exact.

 I wish I would have gotten a picture of his bedroom after he was left alone with them......I knew something had to be done!! We went to walmart & picked up some small sterilite containers for 96 cents a piece. They are usually just clear, but they had some in blue so we got those. When we got home little man set to work sorting & organizing :)

{love it}

We forgot to count how many we would need. So, 3 more of these are on the list for the next walmart trip.

Who knows how long they will stay this way, but for right now, it's PERFECT!!  :)

I am looking forward to a day at home today cleaning and organizing.

Linking Up:

Vintage Wanna Bee
Not Just a Housewife
Mommy by Day Crafter by Night
Here Comes the Sun

Baby Room Redo: Before & After

My husband was gone for a week so I needed to keep my self busy. My sister needed help with her baby room that looked like this:

 She lives in a fairly small 2 bedroom apartment.

We had to figure out where to put all of this stuff!!

The closet wasn't too bad to begin with, but did need some reorganizing.

AFTER

She plans to put a rocking chair in the corner where the swing is. The swing will go to the living room.

We painted the walls & assembled the crib & changing table all in one day.

This was a 2 day project. The little rocking horse in the corner was ours when we were little.

Reorganized the top of the closet using stackable storage. The bins are so nice. We have them filled with bibs, burp cloths, onesies, socks, hats, etc. We used a hanging shoe organizer to store receiving blankets & blankets.

We have since added a nice big rug (to cover the sad carpet). Found a 6' x 9' rug at Big Lots for only $30!!

What have you organized this summer??

**UPDATE**

WE HAVE CONTINUED WORKING ON THE NURSERY & FINAL AFTER PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN HERE.

I'm partying with Sisters of the Wild West :)

Camera Card & Photo Cd Organization

I don't know about you all, but for me keeping track of all my SD camera cards & photo CDs has been a disaster!! Anytime I am looking for specific photos I would have to look and look through cards/CDs to find what I need. Well, NO MORE!!

This little box has made a BIG difference in my life :) It is just an index card box that I got at Big Lots for $1.00.

I labeled each card with a letter that corresponds w/ the SD card & the SD card case.

I then

put the date & a list of everything that is on each card.

Same idea for photo CDs. Label CD & envelope with a letter.

And on the back of the envelope the date & list of what is on each CD.

I always enjoy a good inexpensive way to organize.

This method has worked well for me. I hope you find it helpful!!

Linking up over at Keeping it Simple for her Motivate Me Monday party :)

Also at Tales from Bloggeritaville for Thrifty Thursday.

Purging & Organizing

We have been on a roll cleaning out & purging closets, drawers & cabinets trying to get ready for our garage sale. This closet that is right outside of our main bathroom has been organize before, but always ends up looking like this after a while...

BEFORE

You can see all the little baskets from when I organized last time. Somehow things just don't make it back in to them.

This ended up being a 2 part process. My daughter & I started cleaning out one evening & ended up finishing the organizing the following morning.

AFTER

We still have a lot of stuff, but it looks much better :)

In my baskets I have things organized by catergory. Sun block & sunburn spray in one, nail polish in one, tummy medicine in one, etc. I think this makes it easier to find what we are looking for.

I LOVE lazy susans. I think they are a great way to keep things tidy & save space.

I also LOVE that I did not buy a single thing to complete this organizing project :)

I always feel so good when I am done with a project. What projects have you tackled lately??

I am linking up at Organize & Decorate Everything. Head over and grab some motivation!!



Garage Sale 101

This is what we've been up to.

We have been purging for 2 days now and this is our pile so far.

Here is a list of things we have gone through:

• We started with clothes. I had the kids try on all of their fall/winter clothes & if they were too small or close to being too small we tossed them in the pile.
• Shoes
• Belts
• Scarves
• Hats
• Headbands, hairties, hair bows
• Stuffed animals
• We sorted  through all of the bathroom drawers & cabinets.
• Movies

And we are not done yet! We are planning on having our sale in a little over 2 weeks so we are busy, busy :)

Do you have any garage sale preparation tips??

30 Minutes of Organizing

I got motivated today to organize something. This drawer needed a change!!

BEFORE

Everytime we would go to pull one cord out, we would get a ball of about 50 cords all tangled up. The end was never to be found!!

This is the tub of all the things I took out of the drawer that we don't even use anymore. Every cord is now nicely wrapped up with a rubberband.

Neatly labeled and down to the basement it will go!!

AFTER

So organized, clean and nearly empty :)

I love a nice easy organizing project!!