Bookcase Organisation
We’re nearly there with the craft room sort out!
Where things go on my bookcases has always been determined by two different factors; usefulness, and prettiness. As my bookcases are open (ie not drawers), I want my often used items in an easy to reach place. BUT, I also want it to look pretty, after all it’s what I see when I walk into my craft room.
The middle couple of shelves are prime real estate, they’re eye level (at least for me, as I’m short) and they’re easy to grab. Before, I had a lot of space taken up here by my tray storage, luckily these are now up on the wall, so I have gained quite a bit of room.
The Top Half
PaintGem completed books
PaintGem stash, Zestie Mail, PaintGem in progress & older Logbooks
Special Diamonds and space for ‘To Film’ items
My diamond painting pens
In an ideal world, I would have had my ‘To Film’ shelf lower down; however, the middle shelf is fixed and it didn’t work out right with the spacing to switch things around. When the shelf is empty (like now) it does give somewhere for the eyes to rest that is clean and clear.
I love that the shelf for my pens now allows me to see in the clear lids and open them for easy access. They also hold all my pens with a couple of slots spare, so that’s good.
The Bottom Half
Diamond Dust drills, AB drills, Cover Paper
Spare drill storage
More spare drill storage
Quilting bits & pieces
This section looks really pretty and while I could possibly move some of my spare drill storage up to the top, I would increase the risk of them falling when getting them down, (as I said I’m short). Also, my PaintGem stash has been taken into consideration as my completed book shelf is FULL and they’ll start to creep onto the next shelf as soon as my next set is finished.
Over all I’m happy with the free space on my shelves and the room for growing items to grow as they need to over the next year or so. As with anything, I’ll have to revisit the space in the future, but not for a while.
