I've been slowly renovating my studio, going from the horrible plastic storage drawers I've always had to the beautiful all-white Crop-In-Style Store-In-Style cubes. So many people have asked for pictures, so here goes:
My studio is in the basement of my home. I've designed it so that one wall is a half wall of cubes that looks over onto my daughter's playroom. I can keep an eye on her, yet the shelving keeps her out of my "toys".
I call this rounded shelf the "Jardin". I'm in love with paper flowers and I use them on a ton of projects. I had a number of flowers from Making Memories and Paper Source, but no cute bottles for them (and we all know how important packaging is!). However, IKEA sells these adorable condiment containers in their kitchen section. Attach a sample flower to the lid with a glue dot & you're ready to go!
All of my embellishments are stored in black & white boxes from IKEA (one insert inside an accessorizer cube allows me to store 4 boxes). If you're interested, they also come in pink & red! I organize my embellishments by theme, so I can quickly access my notions. For example, I'm currently finishing up my honeymoon scrapbook. When I work on the album, I only need to pull out the beach and travel boxes (rather than my old system of digging through boxes and bins trying to cull the appropriate stuff).
I used a two drawer cube (with dividers) to create 32 individual sections for chipboard & metal alphabets. Each letter of the alphabet (and numbers) has it's own section. It is so much easier for me to find what I'm looking for now!
My fiber & ribbon section is anchored by fibers on these fantastic vintage spools my friend Marirosa picked up on E-Bay (thanks M1!). I love having the mix of the old & the new.
My cardstock is stored (in ROYGBIV) in Cropper Hopper vertical paper holders. I have a cube filled with 12" x 12" and a cube filled with 8.5" x 11". I've been building my collection of these holders by hitting up AC Moore & Michaels with my handy dandy coupons every week. I've attached my Bazzill color wheel to the front of the middle paper holder with velcro, so I can pull it off as I need it.
My specialty patterned papers are stored in Cropper Hopper paper pouches inside the paper holders. I've divided them up according to vendor. Inside each paper pouch, plastic dividers are used to group papers by style. For example, in my Basic Grey pouches, I have dividers for Lollipop Shoppe, Motifica, etc. It makes it easy to keep my coordinating papers together.
My lesser known papers (for example, I don't have a lot of KI Memories) are divided in paper pouches by color. I also have paper holders for my 3+ years of Club Scrap papers and my paper scraps.
In total, I have 10 cubes filled with paper. I'm slowly buying doors for the cubes, so that I can close them and not be blinded by the excess!
Oh yeah... buttons. Lots o' buttons. I'm a sucker for those Foo Fa La button packs! That turquoise tin on the bottom shelf is crammed full of 7 Gypsies elastic bands. The cute French ceramic canister (from Ballard Designs) is filled with cotton balls. The large black clothespin (from The Container Store) is there because it just makes me smile. I'm looking for some ways to dress this section up a bit. Any ideas?
I'm going to continue building these shelves/cubes around my studio. It will eventually include a computer nook and a sewing nook. Next week I'm going to work on decorating and "artsying up" the existing cubes and labeling EVERYTHING.
Thanks for looking! It's kind of fun to share my hard work!
I can't breathe. OMG....you have done a beautiful job!! Can I move in??
Posted by: CarrieB | Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 11:23 PM
Wow - all that organization looks fabulous!!! What about ribbon on some of the jars, or paper trim on the shelves?
Oh, and I wanted to get the web addres to you of that photo software. It is called virtual photographer from http://www.optikvervelabs.com/
Good to meet you finally!
Posted by: Jennifer Sizemore | Monday, January 22, 2007 at 01:26 AM
Hey--Carrie we are moving in--next month---and we never have to leave!! Great job Korie! Your studio looks great--love all the flowers (of course) and I can't wait to see it in person.
Posted by: karen | Monday, January 22, 2007 at 10:58 AM
What a phenomenal space you've created for yourself! I LOVE it. You've inspired me to reorganize my alpha chipboard letters into the CIS drawers with the dividers. Such a great idea!
BTW, I'm sorry I missed you and everyone else Saturday. I heard you all had a blast. Looking forward to the GC event next month.
Posted by: Jeanette | Monday, January 22, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Korie, please forgive my audacity, but as a teacher, you have such a great personality that I felt you would be a prime candidate for an enjoyable take on the blog-tag game of “6 weird things” — please see my blog to find out what I’ve dumped you into (http://pamelajanes.blogspot.com/) and, if you choose, to play the game! Pam
Posted by: pamela | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 01:57 PM
Wow - simply amazing! Would you like to help me RE-organize my craft room??
Posted by: Carol | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 01:11 PM
Wow. It looks great. I still have the plastic drawers. I hate them, but decided they will have to do for a couple more years and then I will invest in nice furniture for my crop area and you all can help me set it up. I really like how clean and easy it is to see everything in your room.
Posted by: Jen Harkema | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Came on over from CarrieB's blog LOVE the organization!!
Posted by: Carrie | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 03:56 PM
forgot to ask..can I see the inside of the embellishment box if you don't mind:)
Posted by: Carrie | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 04:03 PM
OK Korie, I don't scrap, but now I want to. All those beautifully organized trinkets make me want to have the same!
Posted by: Kathy Bliss | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Hi! I love your newly organized room! I just have a quick question - on the shelving that has the corner shelves visible - what do you have in the corner? Is that wasted space or do you have more cubes there? I have a corner that needs help and I can't seem to find anything that will work to keep me from wasting the space that is there. In other words...I am looking for ideas and your space is the closest I have seen to what I am trying to do. Thanks!
Posted by: Katherine McKamey | Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 09:53 PM
Pretty ribbons tied on the top of each jar in the same color scheme as the buttons in the jar. Decoupodge some pretty pattern paper to the top of the giant clothespin.... Maybe top it then with a rub on word that is inspiring to you and use the pin to hold a family photo.
Posted by: Rockester | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 05:32 PM
OMG!!!Can you come over to my place and design my room,I don't have a clue where to start.Your space looks awesome!!!TFS!
Posted by: Diane Lapointe | Sunday, March 02, 2008 at 11:35 AM
wow..I lovwe it.. Iam in the process of doing the same thing with the cubes..Very nice!
Posted by: April Allen | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Hey there! WOW! This is great! I would love to post some of your pics on my blog:
http://WhatsinYourDrawers.blogspot.com
I saw this link to your blog on a Yahoo group, Organized Studio.
Great pics of a great room!
Posted by: Mary's Madness | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 09:34 AM
Great Job!!!! You have really motivated me to organize my space better. It looks so nice :) I get really freterated with my area :( your flowers expecially look beautiful and ready to use!! once again AMAZING job!!
Posted by: Briana | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 09:58 AM
Can you come do this at my house?? You did an amazing job!
Posted by: Melissa | Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Thank you for sharing your organization style. I am two steps away from being on the show "Hoarders" due to lack of space and the "I don't know where to begin" syndrome.
Posted by: Susi | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 03:54 PM