Before & After Studio

In my last post, I was beginning to sort through and re-arrange the studio. I'm pleased to say that the job is now complete.

Let's take a before and after tour.

BEFORE
The Sewing Corner

The two layers of tubs atop the left shelves are mostly full of yarn with the exception of a few. They need to be moved. All that fabric on the four shelves on the right will be moved as well. I'll show you where they end up later.

A closer look at the sewing corner

 

AFTER

Sewing Corner

All the shelves were sorted through, and some 

items were relocated, others were tossed.

With the yarn relocated, this shelf 

mostly houses ribbon and fat quarters--mostly!

My wonderful hubby made this peg board so I could hang all of those embroidery hoops (and more). They have been begging for a home ever since I got my embroidery machine and now they have one. I heard them whisper a happy sigh when they were gently placed on their designated pegs!

BEFORE

Drawing and journaling corner.

Hubby extended the bottom two shelves 

so that the electronics could be moved

and for more space in general.

AFTER

The electronics are directly under the TV now
and out of the way. There's a lot more space.

BEFORE

The painting area next to the door.

And the messy worktable!

AFTER
The worktable was moved out from in front 

of the window, turned, and moved to the corner.

It's much cleaner too.

Take a good gander because it 

may not stay that way for long!

We moved these white shelves to the right to 

make room for the table on that corner wall. 

It made the entire area more spacious.

Oh, and that's sweet Chewy passing through!

The tubs of yarn I mentioned earlier 

are on top the white cabinets.

BEFORE

Inside the cabinets.

The paint & collage cabinet.

 That paint caddy on the 

second shelf has got to go!

The sewing cabinet.

The containers on the top shelves are out of 

there and so is everything on the second shelf!

BEFORE

Both cabinets.

AFTER

I love the change!

The paint caddy (left) is gone and everything 

has been rearranged and pared down. 

The fabric I showed you earlier in the sewing area was moved to the top two shelves in the sewing cabinet (right). Those fabrics are all bigger than fat quarters. The containers that were on those shelves are now on top next to the yarn.

Finally, the desk.

There's no before and after 

because they look similar!

When I finished with getting the room together, 

I was still faced with this mess!

 This pile consists of unfinished projects, new projects and some completed projects. It all amounts to sewing, mending, sanding, painting, collaging, a little of everything.

Here's a broader view.

Some of the items in those plastic 

drawers should be in that pile!

I did get all that stuff sorted.

Here's the evidence--a clean sewing table!

 When I said the room was completed, I lied! 

Can you ever forgive me?

I do have to work on projects 
from the sewing table pile.
In addition, see the file cabinets 
below the sewing table?

They need to be cleaned out.
 So do these top two drawers below!

I'm in no rush to do the file cabinets and 
these drawers but I won't put it off too long.

These plastic drawers are going away too!

As you might imagine, I'm a happy woman! 

May Your Day Be Blessed with Creativity,

D~~~~