The craft room is coming along....

I don't recommend stripping a craft room and rebuilding it.  It will take two weeks longer than you thought and be five times harder than you imagined.  I haven't reached the end yet.  Most of the furniture is in place, I'm just waiting on a large shelf in the closet for paper and for my husband to hang the towel racks for my punches.  At this moment, it's bright and airy and I can actually walk normally in it instead of passing by stuff sideways.  When I'm in the room, I'm encouraged with the way things look - the organization, the way I can see so many of my supplies (as opposed to having them tucked away in a drawer somewhere).  When I leave my room and go downstairs, I see the piles of stuff in the living room, dining room and spare bedroom.  And going through each shoebox, photobox and drawer is a slow process.  So much I want to hang on to but have absolutely no use for.  Hi, my name is Cindy and I'm a hoarder.  I have thrown away three large garbage cans full of junk and I've just gotten started.

I have machines I can't use:  Electric Big Shot, Dreamkutz, Grand Calibur.  I'm keeping my Big Shot Pro and my Cuttlebug.  I have markers up the wazoo - a whole set of Noir Spectrum markers that I don't even like.  So many materials I purchased with the hope that they would make spectacular cards and by the time I actually got around to using them (sometimes years later), I had forgotten just what I was going to do with them.  No more...  I'm on a buying diet, so vendors beware.  When I get excited about a new product, I'm going to wait a whole week before I think about buying and if I still want it then, maybe.... or maybe not.

Here's the progress:

Only some of the drawers and pull out trays are filled.  And I have several plastic storage containers that haven't come up yet, so it will take another week or so.  My husband thought I wouldn't have enough supplies to fill three medicine cabinets - boy was he wrong.  I still have Flower Soft and glitter that I couldn't fit up there.  AND, my embossing powder is in two drawers.

I have actually had bluebirds in the crab apple tree for the last two days.  They don't seem to be eating so I'm not sure what they're doing there; however, I am thrilled that they are.  I hope where ever you are, there are bluebirds for you.