Cleaning Up My Craft Area

Thanks to October Overhauling, I have reorganized my craft supplies.

The real miracle here is that you can actually see the tile countertop again.

I tend to craft with reckless abandon.  In the process, I can't be bothered with things like cleaning and organizing. 

Instead, I stack and throw and jumble.

But, this often leads to me wasting a lot of time and energy looking for the most random of things. 

I'll admit, organized is probably a more efficient way to go.

That basket, on the top shelf, needs to find a new home because...

In 2 short weeks, we are having our vintage library ladder installed in our pantry.  When it finally gets installed, I'll be showing off the rest of the pantry.

I even cleaned the stack of crafts and supplies that have found a home next to my sofa.  

I purged down to the bare essentials.  The only thing you'll find next to my sofa {besides for cords} a small bag with some of my basic sewing necessities. 

Getting everything organized was actually the easy part.  Keeping it all organized is going to be the real challenge.

100 Year Old Home - Craft Room

Down in my basement, I have a nook.

A nook that is mine...all mine.

A nook filled with things that inspire me to create.

A nook that at one time was my husband's.

A nook where *we* compromised as a suitable location for his bachelor decor.  By compromising *we* agreed his mask collection was best out of sight.

And, out of sight, we happily compromised until the beautiful Parson Tower Desk he made me was placed in this nook.

Believe it or not, he willingly compromised {again} by donating his masks in honor of my nook.

I am positive, one day, I'll see a spray painted makeover of these masks on a blog.  Maybe one day, you'll see them hanging in Sherry Petersik's house :)

So, the masks came down and a TV went up because, this is still just a nook.  

A beautiful little nook I share with some workout equipment...

and my husband :)