Craft Room Organizing and Purging

A week ago, I started cleaning my craft room. Lately this room has become my "catch all" for everything. I haven't done any crafting since before Christmas! While I was straightening up, it started evolving into organizing and purging. I have way too much stuff! Stuff that I haven't looked at in years, and will probably never use. The closet was crammed with junk as well.

I started the project with one area at a time. I did this in between doing my regular housework stuff. I've got a box of paper, and other stuff that I'm going to take to church for the teachers to use. I made up a couple of containers with paper, stickers, etc for each of my granddaughters to have at home. They like to draw and make cards. Gabby will be starting high school next fall, and I'm hoping  she will also want to start scrapbooking her high school memories.

I organized all my paper containers; I have a lot of paper!!! The solid cardstock is organized by color hues. I used two paper holders for my printed paper, one that is themed (boy, holiday, season, etc) and the other, just a mish mash of prints. I'm giving away about half my paper, and I still have a lot!

Cedric put up some wire shelving in the closet so that I can keep the closet more organized. I had him put them on half the closet, leaving the other side to hold my cart that holds my sewing stuff. My idea behind that is, that if someday the room needs to become a bedroom again, the closet will not have to re-done. One side will hold hanging clothes and the shelves can be used like a dresser.



My clean craft room, it doesn't stay this way for long! This is the view from the doorway.

This is the other side of the room.

I'm toying with the idea of re-painting the room, again. When we moved in, it was white, I painted it a neutral tan, now it's a light shade of green, and I would really like to paint it a light pink. I think that would look better with the black and white theme. What's holding me back? I have vinyl on the walls that I would have to remove, then remake. Not to mention all the stuff I would have to move out of the room.