Exciting news… this weekend, I hung the last picture and unpacked our last box from our move! So… do you want to see my finished studio?
Okie dokie! Come in and have a look around!
I’ve set up one of my favorite pieces of furniture: an old icebox from my grandmother’s house (yes! it’s really a wooden box that you used to put ice inside!). I’m using it to store the yarn for my kits:
The next piece that I’m particularly pleased with is an old ladder that I bought while we were in Lancaster County. I’ve used it to store my ‘fancy’ skeins of yarn:
And do you remember my story about my grandfather’s deer head? Well, now dearie has a home! He’s keeping watch over my dry sink which stores already-packaged kits, and has my yarn meter & winder fastened on top:
Moving around the room, I’ve got an open shelving unit that holds all of my boxes for shipping kits, books & finished animals (and keeps my tv and printer on top!):
You can’t have a stuffed-animal studio without keeping some stuffed animals, right? I’m keeping mine in the crib that my uncle made for me when I was an infant:
I’m very lucky to have a closet where I can store all of my stuffing and bulky items. Phew! Then I’ve got another furniture piece where I keep the projects I’m working on, sewing supplies and smaller materials (like eyes and buttons):
And my desk lives in the middle!
Unfortunately, one shelf got pushed out into the hallway (outside my studio door)… my yarn shelf!
Can you tell that I love organizing my yarn by color?
I’m so relieved that my studio is finished, and it’s a great place to work. The only downside is that the lighting isn’t great… so I take all of my photos in another room of the house. That’s not bad going, though!
I love your studio! I love what you did with the ladder and the crib. Adorable :-)
And, I couldn’t help but notice the tiny monster on your “current project” table. He is just too cute!
Awww! Thanks for sharing your craft & design studio, Stacey!! It gives me ideas on how to arrange mine when we get to our new place in Texas this fall. I’ll have to arrange my yarn by project though. I have several to work on, but not much undesignated yarn, so it would be more difficult for me to organize by color and effectively use space.
OH, I love your amigurumi play pin! So cute!!!!
I just love your room. It’s so neat (cool and clean). My room is just packed to the gills and has to be moved around to do any work. I need to work on this!
Thank you for sharing a peek around your studio, you did a wonderful job, and your amigurumi gives it a nice cozy-happy look.
LOVED the tour of your studio! Thank you for sharing! Congratulations on being all unpacked! I love how you’ve incorporated so many special things into your space! It *almost* gives me enough inspiration to clean up an organize our spare room which could now be my craft room! *Almost*, but then that would take away from crocheting time… and then everything wouldn’t be hidden away in a closet. :)
I love what you did! It inspires me to do something like that with my daughter’s old room. I have a ladder and someother old peices. My ladder is even painted green. Thanks!
The ladder is genius :-) I’m a big fan of arranging by color, and the skeins looped around look so good! I’m thinking of repurposing Nate’s old crib to store his toys….
All I can say is it’s a good thing you don’t have kids! I keep picturing my girls tearing through that office- yarn flying everywhere. I have to keep mine hidden away in the bottom of my closet. But that doesn’t keep them from getting ahold of my knitting needles and having sword fights (and then losing them!). haha
What a dream of mine. I emptied an armoire that held a myriad of purses and non essentials and filled it with my yarn. Hoping one day I can have the space that you have. Just being organized helps so much with the WIPS. You can actually see and find what you’re doing. I really like your ladder too. Now it’s time to scour garage sales, SA and thrift shops with a clear goal in mind. BTW, making one of your monsters for my g-niece for Christmas.
Congratulations! I share your excitement. Hope you have many happy hours of crafting!