I have organized, cleaned and de-cluttered my work room. It was a Herculean effort, I must say. What a nightmare! I had no idea such a small room could hold so much stuff. What a mess! Here are some photos, so you can enjoy the nightmare too. We start partway through the process, as I forgot to take pictures at the beginning when I first started. These are actually a few days into the sorting and dumping stage of the game...
I went through everything. I separated the crafts into separated totes, made sure everything that was needed to make that craft was included, scissors, thread, adhesives, whatever in necessary to complete that project is in the storage container. This way I can pull out what I want to work on, jump right to it, then pack it all back up until the next time I'm in the mood for that. I bought several pair of scissors and put some in each tote. Here are some more pictures as the days progressed:
Well, there is the tour of my newly cleaned and organized workroom. My paint area is not in this room, so all that stuff-along with my miniature workshop-is in the large room on the other side of the stairwell. The two large bookcases have a third one which will go in between them. And they will be covered with a cloth of some sort to give me a solid area for my eyes to rest. Right now the room is quite chaotic looking in these pictures. It is not that bad in person. However, I would like a bit less stuff on display and more solid color. This gives my brain space to visualize my work without all the distractions of a million colors bombarding me.