My scrap space

When I started scrapping, all my stuff fitted into one of those underbed storage plastic containers. When we built the house we live in, it had a separate office. I was under no delusion that would be my scrap space. My DH didnt quite realise the implication of this. LOL. We had been in the house about 4 days when Simon (then 2) went into the office / scraproom and picked up the biggest, fatest, inkiest marker, took the top off and ran. I ran after him but he dropped it nib down right in front of the entrance way. A nasty black mark resulted which you can still see today if you look hard enough. The event meant that Ricky went straight out (after he tried cleaning the blob) and bought a childs gate to go in the doorway. And I think that was the transition of the office into MY SCRAPROOM. LOL. That gate was such a handy thing to have and it trained the kids and visiting kids well.

Now I do have a system or should I say systems for storage but half the time I forget what they are! After a recent clean out I instituted 2 things which are working well for me. I got a small tote that holds all my pens and tools and swivels. It lives on my desk and everything can be found quickly! The other thing I did, was borrow from unused glassware from the kitchen and use these for buttons, small bits of ribbon, left over alphas and left over stamped, cut out bits and bobs. They used to mound up on my desk after layouts but not anymore and whats more I tend to use those containers to find that xtra thing I need for a current layout! Oh and I just put a corkboard up so I can pin inspiration and stuff to.

My basic storage are metal cabinets (one with doors and one without) and a 12x12 metal drawer set (cardstock). I still have a lot of stuff in this room which needs a home elsewhere and it will happen one day!

I love my scrap space, it is my creative zone.