LIQUIDKITTIES

I am calling this an experiment because I am dubious that the first iteration of this craft room will be *perfect*.  I had shiny, happy notions that my current space would be functional and pretty.  Hah.  I present the evidence.

Exhibit A

There are several things wrong with this view.  First, i have tons of baskets around, with either nothing in them, a hodge-podge in them, or things I don’t really touch in them.  So why are they front-and-center?  And the chest of drawers, well, those drawers are full of random.  Also, there are two seating options: the futon, and the red chair.  Both are comfortable, but the red chair is mainly for desk use, and the futon…. well, the futon.  It was made with it’s “slats” running up-and-down instead of side-to-side, so the mattress is bad about slipping down so that it is no longer comfy.  And it’s metal to boot, which makes the problem a daily one.

I have done some research on this… there is a product called “futon grip” that is made to tackle this problem.  It looks *exactly* like that stuff you put under your rug to keep it from slipping, so I’m going to acquire some of that at the local Ollie’s or Ross or some other discount store and fix that problem.  Also, I’m going to get a new cover (read: fitted sheet) for the mattress that is white, cream, or some other color like that.  The green-ish blanket isn’t doing it for me anymore.  (The cover that came with the futon is yellow.  While I don’t hate yellow, I don’t think it will work with the new feel I am hoping I’ll have.)

Exhibit B.

So here we are looking back at where I was just standing.  I hung the fiber on the door to make a fun background for my video podcast (weareyarn.com), but I am beginning to feel it’s just….messy.  Fiber needs better organization.  Also, I loved the bookcase when we started; I had x-slats in them on most of the shelves stuffed with my yarn, but I am no good at organizing it so it’s pretty, so I moved to baskets with my special yarn in them.  Now, they are overflowing and it’s just chaotic.

And that’s the inside of the closet.  I really don’t think I need to go into detail here.  Chaos, mess, crazy.  Not organized, calming, inspiring.

So, step one is to visualize a new organization system.

Well, step one is to clean out the room I’m moving into.  The hubby has convinced me (mostly) that I should switch with what is now the guest room.  It’s a bigger space, hardwood floors, and is on the side of the house where afternoon light is the best.   So, once that furniture is out….

I will be shifting my stuff into the new space.  I have some sketches.  And my pinterest board (which is here) for inspiration.  I am imagining mostly white furniture/shelving/etc, and plan to paint the chest of drawers white. (for those of you that will be flipping out because I’m painting an old perfectly good chest, you need to know that the front of the drawers are plastic.  This is not high-quality heirloom furniture.)  The walls are tan/brown with a blue accent wall… I am considering stenciling the blue wall, or putting some of those fun stick-up decals on it.  (I would paint the room, but I don’t want to spend all my enthusiasm on painting then just throw stuff in the room hap-hazardly.  I know me.)

I am imagining a wall full of shelving with the little cloth-drawer-basket things on most of it for yarn and fiber storage with one of the bottom shelves tall enough to store my spinning wheels, and one shelf reserved for the little tv and some dvds.  On the front of my little basket/drawer things I want to put little plaques made of dry-erase board or painted with chalk-board paint so I can easily label what’s in each basket.  I plan to put one to several projects in each basket, or only yarn of one kind or weight.

I want to have a display for my “special” yarns, but I will probably put them on the wall in some clever display thing instead of on the shelf.

And I want a clock made out of a doily.

And I want a doily rug.

But those last two things will have to come later, since I’ll have to make them!