Sorting out my Space!! (part 2)

Right - so here is some pics from before we moved everything around:

- this is my desk. I don't know if you can see it bending in the middle and leaning forward, but it is!! :)

...and this is the OH's desk, on the opposite wall to mine.

...and this is the OH and my soon to be Father in Law setting things up after swapping the desks over.

Well, we went shopping for project craft room last week. A quick trip to B&Q and we were kitted out with all we needed. My desk had been reinforced and remodelled to fit the new space, the filing cabinet was in place and we had a general idea of what we wanted.

Initially there was going to be a built in shelving unit above the filing cabinet, but after considering this I decided it would make the shelves dark and would close my desk in massively. I decided that extending the shelving straight to the wall would be a better idea.

I came home from work earlier on in the week and found that my OHs dad had been hard at work in our study – the shelves had gone up and everything was looking a lot more finished! In fact  the only thing left to do now is decide on some under desk storage!! 

I spent a good few days putting everything back into the study... I am completely in love with my new craft space!!! I LOVE the silver racking – it’s SOOOOO useful!! and it makes me feel like I own a shop!! lol!! 

It’s going to take a few months of using things and re-organising things to get it into perfect order but I think it looks pretty darn good. I think I even have space to store my sewing machine in here - I might actually get round to using it!!!

Thats it for now - Im off to reorganise my stuff!!
Speak soon!xxxx

Sorting out my Space!! (part 1)

I am super excited at the moment – me and the OH are having a sort out in the study.

My desk has been a problem since we moved into this house – we had to take 7cm off the depth to make sure we could get the 2 desks in with enough space for the chair in-between them.....

HOWEVER – the desk isn’t solid wood – it’s full of corrugated cardboard. By cutting the edge off we weakened the structure and the desk bowed in the middle.

We also have a huge table top shelving system on it which makes the desk lean; like a very leany thing in a gale force wind!! With the amount of craft stuff I have precariously balanced on the top the desk is actually quite dangerous!!

So, after talking about what we could do we have agreed to get me some decent storage. I am moving from the right-hand side to the left-hand side, swapping my desk for a wall to wall work bench and gaining more surface space. I am searching the internet for pics of craft rooms and ideas on how to make the space as usable as possible!

It’s amazing how big a room becomes when you take all your stuff out of it! LOL!

Will keep you updated on the project! If you have any crafty storage ideas or tips – please let me know!!

Speak soon.xxx