Office Clean up... Finally!

Merry belated Christmas!  The holidays have been a blur, lots of eating, watching classic holiday programs and family gatherings.  I'm so grateful we could all be together another year.  I hope you got to slow down and enjoy the season.

3 days until the new year. I can't believe it.  Before I know it I'll be knee deep in wedding season.  This year will be different as I'm comfortably caught up and plan on staying that way.  I took the Christmas break to start an office clean up and overhaul.

Remember this?.....

 It now looks like this......

The shelf on the wall is from closet maid available at Target

How about this disaster?

I moved the bookcase to the little nook in the room where Ms Zoey's bed

used to be.  Added fabric bins also from closet maid.  They house 

lots of little wood dolls ready to be painted.

How about this closet?

Ta da.... Neat and Clean.  I added a closet maid cubical with 9 cubbies

to hold more wood.

The other side of the closet.... It's now home to my ribbon obsession

and back up paints.  It was actually a food storage rack! 

The blue storage bin on the floor (if you can see it) is holding shipping supplies

This is the wall the bookcase was on. 

 I moved the folding table to this wall.

This is where I place finished orders ready to be sealed and ship.

The bag on top of the printer is holding felt that will eventually be sorted and housed

in the rolling cart underneath the table.  Also under that table is my light box.  

Not positive about leaving it there.

Of course Ms. Zoey had to get in the picture.  It's still a work in progress but it's 10x's better than the mess I was working in.  I want to sand and paint my desk white.  Add artwork and another table to make my desk a bit bigger or replace the folding table.

I couldn't believe how much stuff I was hoarding.  I threw a ton of stuff out and found a lot of stuff I didn't know I had.  Hopefully I can keep it neat and organized.

My next organization job is to take on our garage and storage closet.......

XO,

K

Office Space

Nope not the movie (although a great movie) I'm talking my office space.  I'm lucky to live in a 3 bedroom home.  One of those rooms has become my creative office space.  It however has been a disaster area since I began The Pretty Pixie full time.  Let me share.....

This is the view from the doorway.

My desk where I paint (it has the war wounds to prove it)

computer always next to me.  Old school tv.  Near the window a folding table

with orders in process.  I usually have 6-10 toppers going at all times

under that table is my light box where I take photos and boxes that I think

are empty?

 

Step deeper in to view the desk area.  I have sticky's all over.

I need a cork board. I really need some type of shelving for my paint

It sits on the floor in a clear bin next to the desk.

Swing around and you have a view of closet. 

That's if you can get to it.  More boxes and supplies block

it's way.  The side of the closet that is closed has boxes

from floor to top full of supplies most of which I have no use for

We need a major purge in this corner.

Once a topper is done and I've photographed it I move it to an

open space on the floor to seal and get ready for shipping

Next on the wish list is an area dedicated to shipping.

Turn again and you have the last wall in the office.

An awful bookcase from our last apartment before buying our house

It is part home to our many books (thank goodness for the B&N Nook)

and finished dolls looking for a good home!  Again more boxes and supplies

sit in front of it.  Next to the tired bookcase is a filing cabinet with holding

office paper work.  It doubles as a home for the printer on top.

December will not only be a time to rest and relax after a busy year

it will also be the start of an office renovation.

I would LOVE for it to look like this...

I'll settle for any of these....

I'll be sharing the complete overhaul so stay tuned!  

XO,

K