ORGANIZING YOUR GUEST BEDROOM/CRAFT ROOM

Usually the guest bedroom is a multi-purpose room – a craft/guest room. October is the perfect month for organizing this room. Not only are the guests coming for Thanksgiving, but Halloween is approaching and the need for making costumes is near. That is why it is essential that this room be organized. The list below will help you organize the room area by area. First, take the time to clear off the floor, then, continue onto the closet.

❇ Closet:
Take everything out onto your nice clean floor. Now that the closet is emptied you can begin deciding what you want to keep and toss or donate. The things that you are keeping should go into piles of likes, such as all of the fabric together. As you start to pull out more and more crafting supplies continue putting likes with likes together, even if they are the exact same thing. For example, you may put tape and glue together or all coloring supplies together if space is an issue. Just for now, place the organized piles into the closet to get them out of the way.

❇ Pick another corner of the room:
Begin sorting that area. This may be a crafting table with drawers, baskets filled with random items, boxes filled with crafting supplies, or some other kind of storage device that is plumb full of crafting items. Continue sorting as you did before. Like with like, things to toss and give away, etc. If you have any other areas in the room to sort do so, if not, this means the first part of the process is done.

❇ Clean up:
Take out the boxes for donation, as well as the trash bags.

❇ Take stock:
Look at all the piles of items you are keeping and take an inventory. See what you would like to put into the closet. Would you like it to hold only guest items and bedding, or can half of it hold your crafts? Is there room for a piece of storage furniture that can hold all of your crafting supplies? When a guest comes to stay, it is nice if they don’t have to look at your stuff, so I suggest getting something that can be stored away for when they come.❇ Your storage needs:
Don’t just buy a system because it is on sale, or you think it might work. Really sit down and think about whether clear bins or just labels would work better for you. Do you have other systems set up in your house that do work, if so what? Can you mimic them with this room? Be sure to keep this in mind when you are shopping for your supplies!

You might consider choosing a storage solution that's mobile,
http://tinyurl.com/lvhj7 so that when you are in the middle of an actual project you can put it away with ease. You will also want to make sure to put your craft supplies away in a matter in which you will be able to keep it up. When you are to the point of purchasing the organizing tools to keep up the newly organized room, really think of what will make you keep the system up and running. Here are another few options. You could purchase a couple of these and stack them or place them side by side, http://tinyurl.com/r6pmf. And for heavy duty crafters
http://tinyurl.com/ocpgz.