Here's an overall vew with the doors open:
On top are boxes I got for free at the local Aldi Foods. I covered the boxes and lids with adhesive paper I had laying around. These boxes store (top row) aida, linens/evenweaves-small pieces, linens/evenweaves-large pieces, (bottom row) stitchables, kits-small & medium, kits-large.
Inside the armoire on the left side, I put my fabric tubes and boxes. I've labeled the ends of everything so I can easily see what I have. Fray check and Tacky Bob is in the little basket. The purple can is spray super adhesive. Sticky stuff! Way in the back are bottles of sewing machine oil.
On the right side, the gray thing is a nut & bolt cabinet with various size drawers. It stores glue sticks, beads, buttons, etc. On top of it are containers of glitter, paint, ink, and brads. To the right of the cabinet are various large kits (mostly asian themed and dimensions gold) organized in plastic magazine holders. There's also T-pins (in a prescription pill container), glitter glue, regular white glue, tacky glue, and clear adhesive glue. LOL, that's a lot of glue! The ribbons are from past fair entries.
I wanted to be able to put hooks on the inside of the armoire without damaging the wood or making them permanent. 3M has wonderful removeable hooks for this. They're great for lightweight items. (I tried the ones for picture frames and the pictures fell off the wall... not good!)
Specialty Floss, JP Floss, plastic jar lids, and RIT dyes.
Full size glue gun, various tins and wood boxes.
Surprisingly, none of the drawers are packed full or overflowing with coveted stitchy stuff!
Even though it's not part of the armoire, I wanted to show what I did with the various rulers I use for crafting:
Again, I used the 3M removeable (small) hooks. They're perfect for the little holes at the end of yardstitcks and quilting rulers.
Edited: Melinda asked if the filing cabinet has charts in it. The answer is noooo. There is no stash whatsoever in it.
38 comments:
It feels good to be organised and you have done a great job.Congratulations
I have just recently organised all my stitching and was pleased to have it sorted.
Take care.
It all looks great Meari! I'll be doing the same thing when I get that far in the craft room! I was hoping this week but that doesn't look to be happening!
Thanks for sharing your organization ideas!
It looks fantastic Maeri. What a great job done. And the cabinet is a beauty.
Fantastic job. Love the armoir and it is perfect for craft supplis while looking great.
WOW Meari! You are really getting organized.
Meari,
You are some organizer! It looks great and it's a perfect place to put all of your stash!
Meari,
You have been one busy lady with the organizing of your all your stash. I love the armoire idea and it is very pretty. Good job!
Nice Job!!!! I'm so jealous!
You are getting so much done Meari! So. When are you coming over to my house to help me? LOL
Send some of your organising mojo this way, I could use it this week.
Everything looks great :-)
That is just awesome Meari! :)
wonderful!!! It has to feel good to have that done and know where everything is now. So, how many boxes did you have?
Wonderful! It looks beautiful on the outside and is oh so neat and organized on the inside! Let the inspiration to craft and stitch flow!
Sabine
Looks wonderful !
Meari...I LOVE your craft armoire...simply brilliant how you have it arranged.
I just ready your last three entries and all I can say is "Wow, you have allot of stash." I am in awe. Doesn't if feel good to be organized. It all looks good. Take it easy and take care of those bruises.
CJ
Absolutely gorgeous. I'm so jealous.
And it's funny that your jukebox plug-in started playing Kryptonite, because seeing your organization madskillz definitely have me thinking you're Superman!!
Woo hoo! Looks great.
What a beautiful piece of furniture, very nicely refinished. Have been following your tale of picking it up for such a bargain, bet your glad its finished and organized.
Nice job!! I have to ask, is the 4drawer file cabinet full of CHARTS? I have an armoir I use for my cross stitch items as well. Mine just has 2 huge doors and a small shelf at top inside (like hat box) I bought the rolling plastic drawers and placed them inside...I would post pics, but it needs to be organized again really bad!!
Such a beautiful piece of furniture and a very good job of refinishing. What a bargain you found, why would anyone get rid of it. Enjoy
WOW....I'm impressed. Do you hire out, I sure could use your help getting organized.
Great organizing job, Meari. I need to get into my room and get the extra stuff re-organized and put away. Oh, how quickly it can stack up.
your stash storage all looks wonderful!!! You did a great job with it all!!!!
How organised you are! A beautiful armoire and put to a wonderful use!
Looks great! I'm in the middle of trying to organize my stitchy stuff as well.
Woo! Awesome organization, Meari!
OMG, I am so insanely jealous Meari. That is truly fabulous!
Great job organizing your new stash cabinet. Your stash is soooo organized. I hope I can get even close to being organized like that someday. I still have stuff all over the two upstairs rooms... one being my bedroom....lol.
Congrats!
I'm in awe at the amount of stash that you have :) Great organisation - it all looks great.
I've been to a few antique stores looking for a buy like this. I'll still have hope that I will find something. It must feel good to get things out of boxes and so well organized. You've accomplished a lot on vacation this week.
You know what comes in my dreams now:) I love organising. Hope i get to put all my xs stuff in neat order pretty soon
Wow, it looks awesome. I love how your cabinet turned out, and your closet earlier. Your stash organization is amazing.
Sue
That cabinet is beautiful and what a great job you did! Organizing always makes me do a happy dance!
Wow Meari...I just love your Armoire...that is so neat and I just love how you have everything so well organized...LOL....
That is a good idea for your rulers and things like that...those hooks.
Take care & Happy Organizing...
Looks great, wish I had something like that for my stash but I don't even have room! LOL
This armoire is so impressive. I love what you've done with it both outside and in!!
All I can say is...wow!
You are so organized!!! My stuff is all so scattered right now. My goal is to get it all into the closet under the stairs. It will be convenient there and I can separate my scrapbooking supplies from my stitching supplies!
Pam K. :o)
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