We quilters have too much stuff!! We love it all and can’t resist when we see wonderful fabric or great embellishments or a handy gadget, but it SO adds up, and the problem becomes where to put it?
I am lucky because when my children grew up and left home, I inherited the family room as my sewing studio. However, the room does not have a lot of storage, so I had to create some by using inexpensive bookshelves I already had. Making the open shelves look neat was a challenge. These 12″ x 13″ baskets from IKEA turned out to fit perfectly on the shelves. The smaller ones stack together 2 high and the larger ones fit just right.
I tied on tags to easily identify what is in each basket.
The baskets hold everything from yarn, to fabric, to stabilizer, to small embellishments and ribbon, to templates, etc. All that stuff is now neatly stored in baskets, making the shelves look neat and serene, rather than jumbled and junky. It works well and didn’t cost a fortune!
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Ooh! Looks nice – but we need to see the rest of the room!
Great idea…looks wonderful…always looking for storage ideas!
Yes, let’s see the rest of the room! If you’ve done such wonders with all that, give us some ideas from the rest of your room.
I think I’m probably the only one left who’s never been to IKEA but for this kind of idea, I need to go! Your storage solution is so nice and uncluttered. I love the look.