Diamond Paintings

Now everyone has a different view on how many diamond paintings in your stash is too many, and that’s OK. We all have varying amounts of space, time or budget. We also have different levels of clutter allowance; for that I mean we all have a level in which the amount of things we own becomes overwhelming. Sometimes that can be remedied with how it’s stored or how easy it is to access, but more often than not, it requires a good declutter. You, and only you can answer that question. You just need to be truthful with yourself.

That being said, I have too many diamond paintings in my stash for my comfort level. Does that mean I did a deep purge - no. Should I have done - probably.

My main focus during this craft room sort out has been to get my craft room to become an organised space that makes me smile again. I love organisation and I love being able to put things away because I know where they go. All decisions I’ve made so far have been relatively easy, pairing down my storage (coming up in a future blog post) was probably one of the hardest, but focusing on the usefulness of my storage options made that easier.

Where it became hard, was my diamond paintings. I like having variety, but not the space it takes up in my room. I love having diamond paintings that are blocky, or ones that are confetti, some even being both. I love having round and square ones, big and small ones. I also adore all the paintings that I have to choose from, and pairing these down would have been HARD!

So, instead, I found more space for them. Cheating - maybe, but I’m happy with the fact that my craft room is looking the way I want it to, and I haven’t had to make any REALLY hard decisions. I may focus on purging my diamond paintings in the future, but for now I’m going to keep being mindful about what gets added into my stash and enjoy the process of getting some of them completed. But, I also know where to start if my room begins to overwhelm me again.

For my big paintings, I have now split them up to be either side of my Kallax unit that is under my desk. To the left, is all my Diamond Art Studio UK (DAS) paintings, with the bamboo box on the floor holding boxes for paintings that are currently being worked on by me or Megan. To the right, is all the others.

Underneath my Kallax has also been cleared out and is holding all my completed paintings for 2025 (of which I have a few), so that I can do a video at the end of the year.

My smaller paintings that are hung on trouser hangers are fine, and I’m not changing any organisation system that works. Oh, but I did move my PaintGem mini sets (more on that in the future too).