Putting Things In Order

Posted on by Karen

As we look casually at houses, I’ve been thinking about new sewing room storage and furniture. Then I realized I could probably do something about what I don’t like NOW instead of waiting for a future that may or may not happen any time soon.

For example, this was the current state of my Kallax unit:
An IKEA 4-shelf unit with an overflowing storage box in each unit. On top, there are baskets and piles of fabric.

The serger thread lived in one of those broken down boxes and it was an ORDEAL to dig out 4 cones of a matching color:
A large storage box full of a tangled pile of serger thread cones in different colors.

 

So I got a base for the Kallax and two drawer inserts and some fresh storage boxes for the top and it’s so much nicer now.
The same IKEA 4 shelf unit. The top 2 boxes have been replaced with drawers. The bottom boxes are no longer overflowing. The clutter on the top has been cleaned up and put into 2 boxes.

Just look at this serger thread!
Serger thread cones organized into rainbow order and put into 2 pulluot drawers.

I also got some fresh inserts for the rest of the existing drawer units and sorted and rearranged all the different supplies:
Two desk drawers pulled out to see the organizers inside. In the top drawer are neat bundles of lingerie elastic. The bottom drawer holds bias tape cards organized by color.

the inside of a desk drawer with a desk organizer in it. There are spools of thread, pens, and post it notes put neatly into the organizer compartmetns.

This kept me busy all weekend and got me out of the house to IKEA (twice) so I think it’s a net win for my mental health, even if it is giving a little bit of, “Could a depressed person organize this?”