My craft room was a disaster. It was spilling out into the loft. Things were everywhere. Not everything had homes. I had duplicates because I couldn’t find the original or I forgot that I already owned one. It was chaos and emotionally making me ill, which eventually made me avoid the room altogether. As such, the dining room table was taken over with crafts. Then the side tables. Then the coffee table. My house was madness and everyone was feeling the effects.
I worked with a absolute gem of an organizer, Jill from S.O.S., to whip my craft room(s) into shape.
I was beside myself with anxiety the day she came over to do the initial walk-through. I thought I would be judged for my messiness, for my random collections of items, for my lack of simple household maintenance. This craft space is entirely mine. I don’t share it with anyone else. It is a reflection of me. I explained how my mental health disorders may make this a difficult process for me. She was incredibly understanding, radiated positivity, and explained clearly the steps we were going to take together. I could stop any time I feel like it. Each item would be given care and thought. Each floor sequin, each bag of cat whiskers, none of it would be tossed without my attention.
My apprehensiveness left me. I felt ready.
The process was methodical. It became a zen-like experience going through my crafts, collections, and other random items. We laughed together. We shared. We bonded.
At the end of each session, we celebrated with high fives and hugs.
I feel both sad that I won’t be seeing Jill again until my next project (storage room? garage? my ridiculous collection of vintage and reproduction Halloween decorations?) and thrilled that I have a clean, well-organized room in which to make magic.
These photos do not show the stuff in the loft or the rest of the house that was gathered and sorted.
Before and after pics!
I was unable to implement the design I wanted for the closet because my cat needed all his teeth extracted. Probably next year.
I like the way that she organized my diecuts and embossing folders! They were previously all in a drawer.
Here’s another angle of my main desk area.
My Halloween drawers no longer have stuff hanging out of them. I have separate bins for larger 3D elements, fabric, and paper. Add my three or four bins of rubber and cling stamps that I already had and it’s a lot of Halloween, but it’s been meticulously combed through. 
My last project for the room is purchasing frames and hanging up artwork!
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