It's so refreshing to see someone who does this for a living with a craft room that looks used and a bit crazy! There are so many fully matchy matchy pretty white craft rooms that are completely unachievable for lots of people. Yours shows a real 'make do and mend' type aesthetic which is so much more sustainable and better for our planet! Thanks Lindsay xx
Just look what good condition those supplies are in, even the older stock! This is so important for artists to see, because not only is a clean, organized space a nicer place to work, it also avoids waste and spoilage! We won't pretend this video doesn't make us feel like the pressure's on to tidy up our own studios, but it's the kind of coaching we need for starting out the New Year!
Wow. So much stuff and so well organized. Thanks for sharing how you store your supplies. Lots of good storage ideas in the video. And I love how you reuse containers to store supplies. Little wastage which is great for the environment. 👍
Next on TheFrugalCrafter. Lindsay tries to remember where she moved all her things. 😂 I do have to admit, your organization skills are next level. Thank you for sharing the process. Hoping to put some of your ideas to use.
Button, button, whose got the button??? Did my little eye spy a big jar of buttons? There's gotta be a story about those. Your whole area is a thing of beauty, it must be so nice to have a special place where you can go to create and be wild. 🎨🖌🖍😺
Lindsay If you are afraid of getting things splashed when you are using the pottery wheel may I suggest you install a ring shower curtain rod over the area that way you can protect your other supplies.
I redesigned and and built our kitchen back in 2019 and now that I'm thinking about creating an art space I'm reusing some of the same ideas because they can work for both spaces. In the kitchen I separated different functions into different zones and then put the items I needed to use into the zone that I'd use them in. So depending on what was used in a particular zone, they either got drawer or cupboard storage. I must say that I prefer drawers over cupboards, especially the low cupboards that you always seem to end up down on your hands and knees exploring the back of lol. In the drawers, the cutlery or utensil trays or the partitions you get to sort out your socks, come in really handy for sorting out paint tubes or other bits like washi tapes. I've learned to keep the water based activities away from the computer or anything electrical and if I am doing a painting from a reference photo I keep the tablet or monitor up on a stand above the bench in case my paint water tries to escape again 😂 My daughter likes to sew so I'm planning out a separate area for her to work in and we've found some plastic drawers that she can store her fabric in where she can see it. I'm okay with my supplies tucked away out of sight but she needs to be able to see hers to help her create so our different work styles call for different storage solutions too. It's turning out to be quite a fun project.
Congratulations, that "defrag, declutter, reorg" project is quite the accomplishment. As for follow up vids, your mission, if you choose to accept it: I would love your input on how to plan and set up a craft room from scratch (or reorg from the bottom up) with emphases on space (work & storage), varieties of disciplines (how to determine what is a necessity, what to invest in, and best utilization of space), and of course costs.(what to invest in, what you can skimp on, and what you can reasonably skip,). Advice on unusual or often overlooked resources would be appreciated, too. That’s probably fodder for a whole series! Thanks for the tour!
I love that your studio is organized but not crazy. I, too, often keep interesting segmented food things, and I love dollar store containers. If it works, who cares where it came from? I'm not as organized as you - I either over-organize with too many sub-categories to the point of madness, or I toss every size plastic/metal/wood container into a bunch of disorganized bins. Like you, I have many hobbies and ways of making art, so a LOT of supplies in a bazillion categories (including a disused kiln in the garage and fancy woodworking equipment!). Having watched your video, however, I now feel that there's hope for me to organize in a way that works for me. I have a hodge-podge of furniture and industrial shelving and other storage stuff acquired over time. But I now feel waaay better about not wanting to deal with the limits of wrestling all my stuff into a wall of perfection in the form of stacked IKEA cubes (although I surely appreciate looking at such walls!). Thanks again for another fab video! 😊
W. O. W. !!!! I plan to show my husband this video!!! That way when he tells me I have enough yarn, fabrics, color/art supplies, I can be like....see! I have soooo FEW craft supplies!! LOL!! (Honestly, he rarely says anything...unfortunately??…we’re very supportive of each other’s hobbies/addictions, lol. I think we each secretly think...’if I say it’s fine for you to get ‘x’, then that mean it’s fine if I get ‘y’ that I’ve been wanting for months and have tried to justify my ‘want’ as a ‘need’.’ Lol! )
Organizing storage bins,, trays, and containers always come in handy, so I would keep many, too. You cracked me up when you asked yourself why you have such a Maine accent today. Uhh, maybe cuz your in/from Maine! Lol!
I've gone through a slump in my crafting and I haven't seen any of your videos in a while. Thanks for the boost. By the way, the red hair is stunning on you, really.
You have sooooo much but amazingly you know where everything is located! I save nice boxes too-so hard to get rid of. Basements are such a dream. No basements in California 🥲
I always learn something from your workspace/craftroom tours so bring on the tours! And thanks for the inspiration, too, as I need some help getting going on my workspace clean up this year! :)
Here is my idea for identifying your wheel stamps. Cut out a circle the diameter of the stamp and cut out a center hole just larger than the wooden post. Stamp the pattern and hang along with the stamp. Just a thought.
It all looks beautiful and crafty and easy to find and logical. I have always loved your wall of rubber stamps. You gave me several great ideas. I only remember one, the big jar of feathers. I have an empty one gallon pickle jar that I have hoarded (lets be honest) and just can't though out. Thank you!! I will watch again to catch the others.
I loved this! I always wonder what your studio and room of hoard looks like. I would love to see more of this now, or throughout the year, if you make any changes or have any "aha" storage moments!
You think that's a room of hoard? It's beautifully organized and looks great to me. I have metal racks in my craft room, but they are wonderful for the purpose. Meant for garages or workshops, they aren't furniture, they are galvanised steel, but look shiny and clean in my craft room. They are deep enough for 12 x 12 papers, about 30" wide, (so two stacks of pads with space between) and five foot tall, with five shelves if you use the top (which of course I do) and they are strong! Each shelf holds 175 kg or 385 pounds and believe me, some of mine are tested with paper and card! They hold a vast amount, they cost £35 each now, which I think is a snip, and I recommend them to anyone who has a suitable space and wants to keep their things compact, clean, tidy and accessible. Of course you need somewhere you don't mind a metal rack, but they can be made to look pretty-ish. I love the miscellany of super cupboards and shelves you've acquired, but in the absence of those, these racks are superb, and why should the men have all the best storage gear? Thank you for your good advice.
Looks like you made allot of room. I am worried about clay "dust" getting all over the open supplies. As always I'm so jelly of your hoard especially your peg stamps. And your a super organized person.!!! Also love your birdcage full of lace.
It's not too bad. I vaccuum regularily and im neaywrcthan I was when I first started. I can add curtains on shelves 8f I feel it is a problem but nothing is too precious to get a bit of clay dust on it.
Thanks for sharing your storage and sorting ideas. It has motivated me to get my areas organized! How do you shore up those carts that you keep the rubber stamping supplies in? I have 2 and the drawers are a pain! They come out of their slots like they are too narrow for the sliders.
What a great walk through. I do love the pink cubby. What brand of cube storage do you use? I purchased a couple from Michaels (I think) and the thin material is poor quality. Not very strong between the spaces. Anyways o love your space.
The paper/ribbon storage cubes are crop in style and I've had them about 15 years I think. They're no longer in business sadly. The 9 cube units are better homes and garden I think. They are very standard. I've got them at Wal-Mart, home depot and target.
My art studio, aka apartment, is in need of defragging. Oh yea. I haven't gotten my stamps and dies put away since the great bed bug fiasco. I was so exhausted trying to get things out of here that were damaged by the heat. Not entirely successful. I had a huge pile of stamps and dies on the floor next to the shelf where it has set for almost a year. It was just exhausting to think about them. I used to have a folder that I stamped off a copy of every stamp and the mfg. and cost. After getting rid of things to go into the camper and then the realization that I couldn't do it, I just started buying and not putting them into the book. I am totally staying away from SMS because when I watch her she somehow convinces me I want whatever she has to sell and I need the whole set. Ack. The pile grows. The other day I was looking for sticky paper and found 3 sets of dies for Christmas cards that were still in the package. So far I have made a full trash bag of just cheep packaging and putting them into nice storage pkgs. I very much miss my old storage cabinets that got sold. they were the first thing sold.
The bags and boxes came with the marker sets. The display in my filming room with Lots of brands is a display I bought from a scrapbook store when it was going out of business.
@@juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051 True! Doesn't really work for things that yellow or spoil, but I did stock up on needles and sewing thread. Not even for the price, but I got into sewing when everyone was making facemasks and my local sewing supply store actually ran out of universal machine needles. Not even any janky off brand ones.😑. I always keep an emergency stash now.
I love this video for two reasons: 1) This is continuing proof that most of us artists don't have uncluttered, designer studios like you see in magazines and Pinterest photos. The vast majority of us utilize found assortments of furniture, shelving, containers, etc to store and keep our supplies and we typically Tetris it all together to maximize space as much as possible. Functionality and practicality takes priority over aesthetics. 2) You narrate what is basically the artist's stream of consciousness when redoing/reorganizing/purging an art studio and it makes me so happy that I'm not the only one who has these same conversations with myself when I'm going through all of my stuff. I think your work spaces turned out amazing!
Ah! U said this so well. Makes me feel better about saving "trash" 🤣 my husband says I hoard too many random containers so now I just sneak them into my studio.
I keep mine in the shed and I can go out and look thru it for the perfect container when I’m trying to reorganize without new purchases. Hate to throw storage away. 🤷🏽♀️
This video inspired me, and I'm going to start this week. And yes, I save useful boxes, containers and baskets too! I have the fourth and smallest bedroom as a craft room, but I do calligraphy, paint, make jewelry, do machine embroidery and sew all in my limited space. How I love being retired! I can use the space better, however so here I go 😁
Your kitty! What a cute little hairball that is. ❤ Your studio looks super cozy, and the amount of stuff that you have gathered in phenomenal. You're inspiring me to finally get around to organizing my stuff. I already wanted to get on that over a week ago, but I keep putting it off. No more excuses, I want to be organized like you! And since you asked about seeing more stuff: I would absolutely love it if one of these days you would do another one of your color pencil or watercolor palette tours. You've surely gotten so many new things since the last tour, keep us updated on your collections!
I LOVE TALLEY!!!!! She looks like a cat that was my very favorite kitty when I lived in Brooklyn NY, my POOKIE had only three legs, but she got around just fine and was so sweet! I had to give her away when I moved to Ohio, my Mom and sister are allergic to cats, so It broke my heart to give her up, and I hope that she had a good life where ever she wound up!
Speaking of art books...I have a huge selection of wildlife, etc reference books. Seriously, how many bird books do I need? This is the year I'm going to rehome (or toss) everything I know I haven't touched in a year. But I am absolutely not tossing any of my box and tin collection.
You gave me good reorganizing ideas for my art room. I use a spare bedroom on the main level of my home and it has served me well for my watercolor art. However in the last year or so I have expanded into charcoal, soft and oil pastels and color pencils. I'm in the process of getting my ( generally unused) basement into an art space. It's a great fully finished basement and only used for guests so excited to utilize it better for my expanding art.
I don't think you can call that the room of hoard anymore; it's too neat and organized! Now it looks like TWO studios. I wish I could think in organized terms. I think I'm gonna need more shelves or a bigger boat.😉 Thanks Lindsay 💜
The declutter/organization of my craft space has been on my todo list for a few weeks now. I'm just having to balance it with work and family obligations. This video is keeping the desire going and I will get it done!! I also appreciate that you have an eclectic space. It keeps me in check to use what I have and what works for me and not worry that it's not all "matchy-matchy". TFS!!
THANK YOU so much for sharing this video!!! I can't even get in my studio anymore!!! I have lots of shopping bags with all kinds of goodies that I haven't even put away. Watching you, gives me ENERGY and hope. 😂 Thanks again!! I WILL ORGANIZE, 💯💯,.....I WILL... i will... 🤔 😉
Love seeing your room of hoard. Question: how big are these rooms (room of hoard and filming room), I have always wondered that. Been watching you reorganize for years now.
For your stamp wheels: have you considered making sample swatches from them? A binder ring hung on a hook full of numbered tags with corresponding numbers written on the inner barrel from a paint pen would help you to quickly locate which one makes which design. I love your spaces & can’t wait to see your pottery! Your easel will get so much more use now that you are able to access it better. I Love your wall mural! Maybe you should update/refresh your mural so it will pull you in & inspire you now?
As soon as I saw that you put your ribbon in drawers, I paused your video and reorganized my ribbon in drawers. Simple solution but I never thought to do that. I had a massive mess of ribbon in a cabinet but now I can see what I have because the spools are being stored in the drawers. Thank you for the idea! Also, Lindsey, what is the gadget clamped to the table that your die cutting machine is on?
Love the mural! Love the flouff, Talia! So sweet. I've put reorganizing on my crafting goals again this year, so thank you for the inspiration. Oh, you're a box/container hoarder, too? I think that this goes inherently with crafting.🥰
Awesome job Lindsay , your inspiring me to make a craft room in my basement , I don’t have many supplies but I can make a space for what I have , thank you for sharing ❤
Hiya future Lindsay and past Lindsay and Calli too. I'd love to get some cigar boxes and wooden boxes cause a lot of my storage is cardboard boxes and some plastic, anywho it's all coming together for you. I'd love to see a detailed tour of the spaces you mentioned. Makes me wish I had my own craft space finished, yep got a small building that was just for that purpose, but isn't finished yet and I don't see it happening unless I win the lottery and hire it done. I enjoy seeing your inventiveness. Thanks for sharing your time and inspirations. I pray that your slumped feelings are gone. God bless you young lady. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
I have an evil twin I can loan. Then my bank account will have some respite ❤️. I have all my things stowed away, but it's like playing Jenga , you start pulling at a bag or box and hope and pray that the whole lot doesn't come cascading down in one big craft related avalanche.
PS - do I want to see a tour of the room of hoard and everywhere else? Well I'll ask you one question - Does it snow in Maine in the winter ? Of course I and I'm guessing the whole community want to see everything.
Yup, we can get a lot of snow as early as October and as late as April. We have only had a few dusting this winter tho. February and march are usually the worst snowy months.
Speaking of “hoarding adventures” 😂 I took the dive and bought the petty excellent pallette to treat myself because I recently fell in Love with the Paul Ruben’s watercolors, and got the 48 pan set for Christmas. When I was on Amazon they showed in the pictures that the Pretty excellent palette now has half pans instead of the plastic casing! Well alas when it arrived today in the mail it did not ! 😂 needless to say I left a colorful review for Amazon shortly afterwards, but really love the paint 😂thanks for recommending them Lindsay ! There as great as you say! 😂
You got an old palette then. The version with pans is pretty new, a German youtuber had one shipped by the company and said that the 48 half pans is a new thing that just came out recently and it's apparently not even available everywhere yet.
@@justacatwhocantype so weird. I wonder why they’re still selling the old ones though ! Like why wouldn’t they like have a major sell or something 😅 at least I’m over here all entitled over a $20 watercolor palette
@@jessieg4901 I guess the sellers are just clearing out what they got until it's gone, hoping that people aren't going to even notice that there is a newer version. I agree though, nomally they should be selling the older version for cheaper. But hey, it's still great paint and well worth the money even at full price. 😃
I have pastels wrapped in glassine and in their own portfolio. Then it's random. Large works in portfolios and small works in the cabinet in my filming studio. It's random but the work is protected.
Well done! It makes me happy to see I’m not the only one who does many different crafts,! I was told “choose one or two and get rid of the rest” but oddly enough, i do go back and re do old crafts. And i also find i manage to incorporate different types into one project. So now it’s a question of re-organizing into same stuff rather than same craft.like you said same with same makes more sense! Thank you so much for this I don’t know if you have done this already but I’d like to see how you organize your paint brushes.
Same! What I've done is put everything in the same nestable clear containers. Some of them go on the "active" shelf above my desk, the rest go in my "hibernation" bookcase. Whenever I rotate my current hobby, I just have to switch containers.
@@thaliacrafts407 hi, what about the “stuff” that is used in more than one craft? I’ve started to do leather “burning “ and use the same tool as when i do pyrog on wood? At the moment i have those tools in a separate box, and don’t want to duplicate tools! And the stamps that i use as “stencils” …. It gets complicated🤔 i keep thinking there must be a better way! Thankfully there are labels! But i still would not give up creating ,just wish i had a little elf to put things away after the project is done!😀
Lordy Women! I have just as much room as you and CAN NOT figure out to organize as beautiful as you! I am a multi media artist.. sewing, painting, stamping, jewelry making, stain glass arts, journaling, papermaking, (secret poultry lover) ..Mix media to say the least,, I keep everything catagorized and labeled. I just cant seem to be as organized as you... THUMBS UP! I've been "de-stashing" but still am NOT as organized and awesome as your studio.. Do you have a magic wand?? I keep all my paints, inks, paper and every thing else you can think of catagorized... any other words of wisdom?
PLEASE keep your cigar boxes! I store mine until I need a certain size. They're also useful as the base for altered art dioramas and decorated boxes for gifts.😊 That said, I wish I could organize my stuff! Your "before" areas look like my craft room after hours of "decluttering"...😐 Oh! And I LOVE your cat!
I love your organizing videos, Lindsay! My only question, or concern, is that, as is, there's no space for your legs under the sewing machine table -- without moving, I think, two possibly heavy items each time you want to sew. That would (does!) hinder me. Lovelovelove your stamp display! Thanks for filming your process!
LOVE THIS!! I really want to be Lindsay's neighbor and knock on her door and say...."can I borrow a blue marker?" and see how she chooses just one! I also want to sit and create in those rooms for a week.... Like a mental health retreat spot! Thanks for sharing all your hard work 😍
About your acrylic paint storage dilemma: all of us fall into the trap of thinking it’s always best to store all like-things together but it seems like you actually answered this for yourself since you use them now where they are in part because they are not stored far away with their brethren. Like you, I used to think I needed to store all my stamps in the same place but some are planner stamps so they would never be used if they aren’t with my planner supplies. Hope this helps! I think your storage room needs some piece of inspirational happiness to personalize it for you. Maybe a painting on a storage cabinet? Something to make you feel happy about going in there. The makeup table could be a treasured hand-me-down for one of your daughters. Those are back in style now. Enjoy your space. You inspire us so much & are very a very talented artist and art teacher. Your STUDIO is an awesome resource & you are a gifted lady! Enjoy.
Suggestion for your roller stamps: Roll them across a sheet of paper, label by row #. Easy to access and view. I put my stamped pages in a small 3 ring binder. Or you could tape them in front of the roll they represent. Just flip up and pull off roll. I enjoyed your video. I am needing to get my room in order.
Great work! 🤩 Would you consider making a video on products that are safe for the environment, but are perceived as harmful? If you do, please include acrylic paints. Thank you!
If I may make one suggestion. Thrown pottery sprays beyond the wheel & bowl. I would move the alcohol inks and drop down a shower curtain rod & put a clear shower curtain in front of my binders. You can still see the binders, but A shower is much easier to take down & hose off than wiping down those shelves & binders. I have your same “container addiction “. Safely in downsizing I had to be severe. But did keep a few.
An idea for the stamp wheels: stamp out a sample on cardstock, use a circle punch the size of wheel side and also punch a center hole so it can slip over the nail/reel center. Boom, a wall of pretty samples and easily identify your rollers!
I've converted all my wooden stamps to EZ Foam so I can use them on my stamping platform. But the graphics on some of the wooden blocks were so beautiful that I set them around my craft room shelves as "art" accents.
It's so refreshing to see someone who does this for a living with a craft room that looks used and a bit crazy! There are so many fully matchy matchy pretty white craft rooms that are completely unachievable for lots of people. Yours shows a real 'make do and mend' type aesthetic which is so much more sustainable and better for our planet! Thanks Lindsay xx
Just look what good condition those supplies are in, even the older stock! This is so important for artists to see, because not only is a clean, organized space a nicer place to work, it also avoids waste and spoilage! We won't pretend this video doesn't make us feel like the pressure's on to tidy up our own studios, but it's the kind of coaching we need for starting out the New Year!
Thanks! You won't use your supplies if you don't know what you have!
I so agree !
@@thefrugalcrafter Too true!
Wow. So much stuff and so well organized. Thanks for sharing how you store your supplies. Lots of good storage ideas in the video. And I love how you reuse containers to store supplies. Little wastage which is great for the environment. 👍
Yep!!! I totally need to declutter. Motivation is what I needed
Next on TheFrugalCrafter. Lindsay tries to remember where she moved all her things. 😂 I do have to admit, your organization skills are next level. Thank you for sharing the process. Hoping to put some of your ideas to use.
😆 I didn't move that much, I just kinda consolidated
You can always put a paper or card stock disk on end of your wheels that you print an example on. Then you'll know what it is
Button, button, whose got the button??? Did my little eye spy a big jar of buttons? There's gotta be a story about those.
Your whole area is a thing of beauty, it must be so nice to have a special place where you can go to create and be wild.
🎨🖌🖍😺
So many buttons....
Lindsay If you are afraid of getting things splashed when you are using the pottery wheel may I suggest you install a ring shower curtain rod over the area that way you can protect your other supplies.
I love the tape storage. When I view the craft room storage I'm looking for unique ways to store supplies. Best tape storage I've seen.
Thanks!
Awesome. Thank you.
I redesigned and and built our kitchen back in 2019 and now that I'm thinking about creating an art space I'm reusing some of the same ideas because they can work for both spaces. In the kitchen I separated different functions into different zones and then put the items I needed to use into the zone that I'd use them in. So depending on what was used in a particular zone, they either got drawer or cupboard storage. I must say that I prefer drawers over cupboards, especially the low cupboards that you always seem to end up down on your hands and knees exploring the back of lol. In the drawers, the cutlery or utensil trays or the partitions you get to sort out your socks, come in really handy for sorting out paint tubes or other bits like washi tapes. I've learned to keep the water based activities away from the computer or anything electrical and if I am doing a painting from a reference photo I keep the tablet or monitor up on a stand above the bench in case my paint water tries to escape again 😂 My daughter likes to sew so I'm planning out a separate area for her to work in and we've found some plastic drawers that she can store her fabric in where she can see it. I'm okay with my supplies tucked away out of sight but she needs to be able to see hers to help her create so our different work styles call for different storage solutions too. It's turning out to be quite a fun project.
I love to organize craft supplies!
Congratulations, that "defrag, declutter, reorg" project is quite the accomplishment. As for follow up vids, your mission, if you choose to accept it: I would love your input on how to plan and set up a craft room from scratch (or reorg from the bottom up) with emphases on space (work & storage), varieties of disciplines (how to determine what is a necessity, what to invest in, and best utilization of space), and of course costs.(what to invest in, what you can skimp on, and what you can reasonably skip,). Advice on unusual or often overlooked resources would be appreciated, too. That’s probably fodder for a whole series! Thanks for the tour!
I love that your studio is organized but not crazy. I, too, often keep interesting segmented food things, and I love dollar store containers. If it works, who cares where it came from? I'm not as organized as you - I either over-organize with too many sub-categories to the point of madness, or I toss every size plastic/metal/wood container into a bunch of disorganized bins.
Like you, I have many hobbies and ways of making art, so a LOT of supplies in a bazillion categories (including a disused kiln in the garage and fancy woodworking equipment!). Having watched your video, however, I now feel that there's hope for me to organize in a way that works for me. I have a hodge-podge of furniture and industrial shelving and other storage stuff acquired over time. But I now feel waaay better about not wanting to deal with the limits of wrestling all my stuff into a wall of perfection in the form of stacked IKEA cubes (although I surely appreciate looking at such walls!).
Thanks again for another fab video! 😊
You got this!
@@thefrugalcrafter Awww...thanks! 😊
Reality. I love watching your re-org videos. It gives me hope.
Thanks!
Yes to in depth tour
W. O. W. !!!! I plan to show my husband this video!!! That way when he tells me I have enough yarn, fabrics, color/art supplies, I can be like....see! I have soooo FEW craft supplies!! LOL!! (Honestly, he rarely says anything...unfortunately??…we’re very supportive of each other’s hobbies/addictions, lol. I think we each secretly think...’if I say it’s fine for you to get ‘x’, then that mean it’s fine if I get ‘y’ that I’ve been wanting for months and have tried to justify my ‘want’ as a ‘need’.’ Lol! )
The struggle is real! Thanks for sharing, Lindsay. ❤
You are so welcome!
Organizing storage bins,, trays, and containers always come in handy, so I would keep many, too.
You cracked me up when you asked yourself why you have such a Maine accent today. Uhh, maybe cuz your in/from Maine! Lol!
So true!
Great job on your annual de-frag! More Tally-Girl, please!
I've gone through a slump in my crafting and I haven't seen any of your videos in a while. Thanks for the boost.
By the way, the red hair is stunning on you, really.
Welcome back! I've posted a lot if you want to catch up!
A tour? Why, yes please!
I’d like to see what’s in your bookshelf!
😀🎉great job. You did a lot. Organizing is always a work I progress.
So true!
Thanks for the tour! I have been trying to organize my craft room for 6 months. I guess I had better get moving. Great ideas and encouragement. Thanks
You can do it!
You have sooooo much but amazingly you know where everything is located! I save nice boxes too-so hard to get rid of. Basements are such a dream. No basements in California 🥲
Oh wow! We are lucky in Maine I guess.
I always learn something from your workspace/craftroom tours so bring on the tours! And thanks for the inspiration, too, as I need some help getting going on my workspace clean up this year! :)
I'm so glad!
All those peg stamps!!!!😍 thank you for the video! Love the mural.
Glad you like them!
WoW! I’m really impressed!Thank you for some wonderful ideas for my organization!
Glad it was helpful!
Great ideas, Lindsay. You have inspired me and I'm starting on my own craft room tomorrow! I am just amazed at the variety of crafts you can do.❤
You can do it!
very inspiring!
Thank you!
watching this has inspired me to clean lol...my biggest block is i have no idea how to store items. tfs:)
See if you can get rid of anything first and then see what you have left to store.
Here is my idea for identifying your wheel stamps. Cut out a circle the diameter of the stamp and cut out a center hole just larger than the wooden post. Stamp the pattern and hang along with the stamp. Just a thought.
I might do that! Thanks!
❤ Absolutely brilliant yet again Lindsay! Love your storage ideas and solutions. And the use of a timer when doing these jobs is a great idea xXx
Inspiring! : D
It all looks beautiful and crafty and easy to find and logical. I have always loved your wall of rubber stamps. You gave me several great ideas. I only remember one, the big jar of feathers. I have an empty one gallon pickle jar that I have hoarded (lets be honest) and just can't though out. Thank you!! I will watch again to catch the others.
Thank you so much!
That was fun, seeing all your goodies. I love the mural too, very cheerful. 😃
I have a headache, how can one person use all this stuff oh I mean crafting supplies lol Oh my oh my too much!! Looks so well organized good job
Wow that wall of wood rubber stamps is amazing!! Thanks for sharing your space!
You are so welcome!
I loved this! I always wonder what your studio and room of hoard looks like. I would love to see more of this now, or throughout the year, if you make any changes or have any "aha" storage moments!
Will do!!
I plan on doing the same thing this week in my studio, I like the idea of setting a timer so that it doesn’t seem like an endless task.
Good for you!
You think that's a room of hoard? It's beautifully organized and looks great to me. I have metal racks in my craft room, but they are wonderful for the purpose. Meant for garages or workshops, they aren't furniture, they are galvanised steel, but look shiny and clean in my craft room. They are deep enough for 12 x 12 papers, about 30" wide, (so two stacks of pads with space between) and five foot tall, with five shelves if you use the top (which of course I do) and they are strong! Each shelf holds 175 kg or 385 pounds and believe me, some of mine are tested with paper and card! They hold a vast amount, they cost £35 each now, which I think is a snip, and I recommend them to anyone who has a suitable space and wants to keep their things compact, clean, tidy and accessible. Of course you need somewhere you don't mind a metal rack, but they can be made to look pretty-ish. I love the miscellany of super cupboards and shelves you've acquired, but in the absence of those, these racks are superb, and why should the men have all the best storage gear? Thank you for your good advice.
Those sound great! Some crafter storage is so flimsy and as expensive!
your studio looks awesome!!
Great job! I can tell you made a LOT of organizing & decluttering!
Yes! Thank you!
Looks like you made allot of room. I am worried about clay "dust" getting all over the open supplies. As always I'm so jelly of your hoard especially your peg stamps. And your a super organized person.!!! Also love your birdcage full of lace.
It's not too bad. I vaccuum regularily and im neaywrcthan I was when I first started. I can add curtains on shelves 8f I feel it is a problem but nothing is too precious to get a bit of clay dust on it.
Thanks for sharing your storage and sorting ideas. It has motivated me to get my areas organized! How do you shore up those carts that you keep the rubber stamping supplies in? I have 2 and the drawers are a pain! They come out of their slots like they are too narrow for the sliders.
They slide off the tracks on me too
What a great walk through. I do love the pink cubby. What brand of cube storage do you use? I purchased a couple from Michaels (I think) and the thin material is poor quality. Not very strong between the spaces. Anyways o love your space.
The paper/ribbon storage cubes are crop in style and I've had them about 15 years I think. They're no longer in business sadly. The 9 cube units are better homes and garden I think. They are very standard. I've got them at Wal-Mart, home depot and target.
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My art studio, aka apartment, is in need of defragging. Oh yea. I haven't gotten my stamps and dies put away since the great bed bug fiasco. I was so exhausted trying to get things out of here that were damaged by the heat. Not entirely successful. I had a huge pile of stamps and dies on the floor next to the shelf where it has set for almost a year. It was just exhausting to think about them. I used to have a folder that I stamped off a copy of every stamp and the mfg. and cost. After getting rid of things to go into the camper and then the realization that I couldn't do it, I just started buying and not putting them into the book. I am totally staying away from SMS because when I watch her she somehow convinces me I want whatever she has to sell and I need the whole set. Ack. The pile grows. The other day I was looking for sticky paper and found 3 sets of dies for Christmas cards that were still in the package. So far I have made a full trash bag of just cheep packaging and putting them into nice storage pkgs. I very much miss my old storage cabinets that got sold. they were the first thing sold.
This is absolutely off topic but may I ask which haircolor you're using? I really like that shade!
Cherry red by Revlon Colorsilk
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you, I'll save this for the next time I need to color my hair. Have a nice day!
we dont do messy. Just dont have enough SPACE :P
Horizontal or vertical for alcohol marker storage? Thanks.
Horizontal is best.
Did you mace the color wheel circles ? Is there a tutorial ?
It's a wooden puzzle
How to organized colored pencils video when you have time
Wow, where did you get the cases for storaging your markers?
The bags and boxes came with the marker sets. The display in my filming room with Lots of brands is a display I bought from a scrapbook store when it was going out of business.
And I thought I have enough art supplies
Did anyone have trouble with sound on this video...I don't have any...
Things look awesome I just miss the sound
Maybe you have the mute button pushed or headphones plugged in. There is sound.
Just pretend you're in Doomsday Preppers and you need this to entertain yourself in your art bunker during a zombie apocalypse
Well with prices going up the way they are, might as well grab what ya can now right😂
That’s what I’m doing! 😂
@@juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051 True! Doesn't really work for things that yellow or spoil, but I did stock up on needles and sewing thread. Not even for the price, but I got into sewing when everyone was making facemasks and my local sewing supply store actually ran out of universal machine needles. Not even any janky off brand ones.😑. I always keep an emergency stash now.
Excellent advice
I have been stashing an art interest my entire life in preparation for domes day should it arrive…strange way some of us think…
I love this video for two reasons:
1) This is continuing proof that most of us artists don't have uncluttered, designer studios like you see in magazines and Pinterest photos. The vast majority of us utilize found assortments of furniture, shelving, containers, etc to store and keep our supplies and we typically Tetris it all together to maximize space as much as possible. Functionality and practicality takes priority over aesthetics.
2) You narrate what is basically the artist's stream of consciousness when redoing/reorganizing/purging an art studio and it makes me so happy that I'm not the only one who has these same conversations with myself when I'm going through all of my stuff.
I think your work spaces turned out amazing!
Thanks so much!
Ah! U said this so well. Makes me feel better about saving "trash" 🤣 my husband says I hoard too many random containers so now I just sneak them into my studio.
Exactly!
I keep mine in the shed and I can go out and look thru it for the perfect container when I’m trying to reorganize without new purchases. Hate to throw storage away. 🤷🏽♀️
This video inspired me, and I'm going to start this week. And yes, I save useful boxes, containers and baskets too! I have the fourth and smallest bedroom as a craft room, but I do calligraphy, paint, make jewelry, do machine embroidery and sew all in my limited space. How I love being retired! I can use the space better, however so here I go 😁
Your kitty! What a cute little hairball that is. ❤ Your studio looks super cozy, and the amount of stuff that you have gathered in phenomenal. You're inspiring me to finally get around to organizing my stuff. I already wanted to get on that over a week ago, but I keep putting it off. No more excuses, I want to be organized like you! And since you asked about seeing more stuff: I would absolutely love it if one of these days you would do another one of your color pencil or watercolor palette tours. You've surely gotten so many new things since the last tour, keep us updated on your collections!
I always love watching your space evolve. Thank you for taking us along for the ride!
You are so welcome!
I admire this woman more everyday.
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I LOVE TALLEY!!!!! She looks like a cat that was my very favorite kitty when I lived in Brooklyn NY, my POOKIE had only three legs, but she got around just fine and was so sweet! I had to give her away when I moved to Ohio, my Mom and sister are allergic to cats, so It broke my heart to give her up, and I hope that she had a good life where ever she wound up!
Speaking of art books...I have a huge selection of wildlife, etc reference books. Seriously, how many bird books do I need? This is the year I'm going to rehome (or toss) everything I know I haven't touched in a year. But I am absolutely not tossing any of my box and tin collection.
You gave me good reorganizing ideas for my art room. I use a spare bedroom on the main level of my home and it has served me well for my watercolor art. However in the last year or so I have expanded into charcoal, soft and oil pastels and color pencils. I'm in the process of getting my ( generally unused) basement into an art space. It's a great fully finished basement and only used for guests so excited to utilize it better for my expanding art.
Sounds great!
Always love seeing the Room of Hoard! Thanks for sharing the 2023 reboot/defrag!
You bet!
My local art recycle store takes all the donated pencils out of the tins and sells them separately. I buy the tins for my loose items- 25 cents each.
I wonder if you could stamp tags/stickers/something with your stamp wheels and hang in front of each one
Good idea!
I don't think you can call that the room of hoard anymore; it's too neat and organized! Now it looks like TWO studios. I wish I could think in organized terms. I think I'm gonna need more shelves or a bigger boat.😉 Thanks Lindsay 💜
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That's what I need ~ a bigger boat ~ preferably in the South Pacific! 😎
Is like going to a store! All those color markers... You look so beautiful and happy too. Happy New Year
Thank you! You too!
The declutter/organization of my craft space has been on my todo list for a few weeks now. I'm just having to balance it with work and family obligations. This video is keeping the desire going and I will get it done!! I also appreciate that you have an eclectic space. It keeps me in check to use what I have and what works for me and not worry that it's not all "matchy-matchy". TFS!!
Thanks!
I cleaned my craft room and now I can’t find anything. Has anyone seen my color wheel?
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THANK YOU so much for sharing this video!!! I can't even get in my studio anymore!!! I have lots of shopping bags with all kinds of goodies that I haven't even put away. Watching you, gives me ENERGY and hope. 😂 Thanks again!!
I WILL ORGANIZE, 💯💯,.....I WILL... i will... 🤔 😉
You got this!
Love seeing your room of hoard. Question: how big are these rooms (room of hoard and filming room), I have always wondered that. Been watching you reorganize for years now.
The ROH is about 12x16 and the office is like 10x10 I think
For your stamp wheels: have you considered making sample swatches from them? A binder ring hung on a hook full of numbered tags with corresponding numbers written on the inner barrel from a paint pen would help you to quickly locate which one makes which design. I love your spaces & can’t wait to see your pottery! Your easel will get so much more use now that you are able to access it better. I Love your wall mural! Maybe you should update/refresh your mural so it will pull you in & inspire you now?
As soon as I saw that you put your ribbon in drawers, I paused your video and reorganized my ribbon in drawers. Simple solution but I never thought to do that. I had a massive mess of ribbon in a cabinet but now I can see what I have because the spools are being stored in the drawers. Thank you for the idea! Also, Lindsey, what is the gadget clamped to the table that your die cutting machine is on?
It's a bench vice. There is a magnetic dish stick to it for holding dies as well.
Love the mural! Love the flouff, Talia! So sweet. I've put reorganizing on my crafting goals again this year, so thank you for the inspiration. Oh, you're a box/container hoarder, too? I think that this goes inherently with crafting.🥰
It does!
That's a REALLY nice quilt that you have on the wall! At least, it LOOKS like a quilt....
My mom made the red one!
Awesome job Lindsay , your inspiring me to make a craft room in my basement , I don’t have many supplies but I can make a space for what I have , thank you for sharing ❤
That is awesome!
Hiya future Lindsay and past Lindsay and Calli too. I'd love to get some cigar boxes and wooden boxes cause a lot of my storage is cardboard boxes and some plastic, anywho it's all coming together for you. I'd love to see a detailed tour of the spaces you mentioned. Makes me wish I had my own craft space finished, yep got a small building that was just for that purpose, but isn't finished yet and I don't see it happening unless I win the lottery and hire it done. I enjoy seeing your inventiveness. Thanks for sharing your time and inspirations. I pray that your slumped feelings are gone. God bless you young lady. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
I'm still fighting!
I have an evil twin I can loan. Then my bank account will have some respite ❤️.
I have all my things stowed away, but it's like playing Jenga , you start pulling at a bag or box and hope and pray that the whole lot doesn't come cascading down in one big craft related avalanche.
PS - do I want to see a tour of the room of hoard and everywhere else? Well I'll ask you one question - Does it snow in Maine in the winter ? Of course I and I'm guessing the whole community want to see everything.
Yup, we can get a lot of snow as early as October and as late as April. We have only had a few dusting this winter tho. February and march are usually the worst snowy months.
Speaking of “hoarding adventures” 😂 I took the dive and bought the petty excellent pallette to treat myself because I recently fell in Love with the Paul Ruben’s watercolors, and got the 48 pan set for Christmas. When I was on Amazon they showed in the pictures that the Pretty excellent palette now has half pans instead of the plastic casing! Well alas when it arrived today in the mail it did not ! 😂 needless to say I left a colorful review for Amazon shortly afterwards, but really love the paint 😂thanks for recommending them Lindsay ! There as great as you say! 😂
You got an old palette then. The version with pans is pretty new, a German youtuber had one shipped by the company and said that the 48 half pans is a new thing that just came out recently and it's apparently not even available everywhere yet.
@@justacatwhocantype so weird. I wonder why they’re still selling the old ones though ! Like why wouldn’t they like have a major sell or something 😅 at least I’m over here all entitled over a $20 watercolor palette
@@jessieg4901 I guess the sellers are just clearing out what they got until it's gone, hoping that people aren't going to even notice that there is a newer version. I agree though, nomally they should be selling the older version for cheaper. But hey, it's still great paint and well worth the money even at full price. 😃
Would you do a video of how you store artwork that is not in sketchbooks? Do you divide them by size, medium, etc.? Thanks.
I have pastels wrapped in glassine and in their own portfolio. Then it's random. Large works in portfolios and small works in the cabinet in my filming studio. It's random but the work is protected.
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Well done! It makes me happy to see I’m not the only one who does many different crafts,! I was told “choose one or two and get rid of the rest” but oddly enough, i do go back and re do old crafts. And i also find i manage to incorporate different types into one project. So now it’s a question of re-organizing into same stuff rather than same craft.like you said same with same makes more sense! Thank you so much for this
I don’t know if you have done this already but I’d like to see how you organize your paint brushes.
By medium and then I break my watercolor brushed down by shape as I have so many.
@@thefrugalcrafter thank you!
Same! What I've done is put everything in the same nestable clear containers. Some of them go on the "active" shelf above my desk, the rest go in my "hibernation" bookcase. Whenever I rotate my current hobby, I just have to switch containers.
@@thaliacrafts407 hi, what about the “stuff” that is used in more than one craft? I’ve started to do leather “burning “ and use the same tool as when i do pyrog on wood? At the moment i have those tools in a separate box, and don’t want to duplicate tools! And the stamps that i use as “stencils” …. It gets complicated🤔 i keep thinking there must be a better way! Thankfully there are labels! But i still would not give up creating ,just wish i had a little elf to put things away after the project is done!😀
Lordy Women! I have just as much room as you and CAN NOT figure out to organize as beautiful as you! I am a multi media artist.. sewing, painting, stamping, jewelry making, stain glass arts, journaling, papermaking, (secret poultry lover) ..Mix media to say the least,, I keep everything catagorized and labeled. I just cant seem to be as organized as you... THUMBS UP! I've been "de-stashing" but still am NOT as organized and awesome as your studio.. Do you have a magic wand?? I keep all my paints, inks, paper and every thing else you can think of catagorized... any other words of wisdom?
OMG 😱 I was thinking I was the only one….. 🙃…. No ADHD here…..!! Really enjoyed watching you and listening to our logic!!! You made my Day!!!
PLEASE keep your cigar boxes! I store mine until I need a certain size. They're also useful as the base for altered art dioramas and decorated boxes for gifts.😊 That said, I wish I could organize my stuff! Your "before" areas look like my craft room after hours of "decluttering"...😐
Oh! And I LOVE your cat!
OK WAit A MINUTE!!! I didnt see your "room of hoard" You lucky lady!!. Of course I'm not a artist teacher...I only have 1 room...
I love your organizing videos, Lindsay! My only question, or concern, is that, as is, there's no space for your legs under the sewing machine table -- without moving, I think, two possibly heavy items each time you want to sew. That would (does!) hinder me. Lovelovelove your stamp display! Thanks for filming your process!
LOVE THIS!! I really want to be Lindsay's neighbor and knock on her door and say...."can I borrow a blue marker?" and see how she chooses just one!
I also want to sit and create in those rooms for a week.... Like a mental health retreat spot!
Thanks for sharing all your hard work 😍
About your acrylic paint storage dilemma: all of us fall into the trap of thinking it’s always best to store all like-things together but it seems like you actually answered this for yourself since you use them now where they are in part because they are not stored far away with their brethren. Like you, I used to think I needed to store all my stamps in the same place but some are planner stamps so they would never be used if they aren’t with my planner supplies. Hope this helps! I think your storage room needs some piece of inspirational happiness to personalize it for you. Maybe a painting on a storage cabinet? Something to make you feel happy about going in there. The makeup table could be a treasured hand-me-down for one of your daughters. Those are back in style now. Enjoy your space. You inspire us so much & are very a very talented artist and art teacher. Your STUDIO is an awesome resource & you are a gifted lady! Enjoy.
Suggestion for your roller stamps:
Roll them across a sheet of paper, label
by row #.
Easy to access and view.
I put my stamped pages in a small 3 ring binder.
Or you could tape them in front of the roll they represent. Just flip up and pull off roll.
I enjoyed your video.
I am needing to get my room in order.
Great work! 🤩 Would you consider making a video on products that are safe for the environment, but are perceived as harmful? If you do, please include acrylic paints. Thank you!
Great suggestion!
Empty container from groceries...THANK GOD! I thought I was the only one to do that.
If I may make one suggestion. Thrown pottery sprays beyond the wheel & bowl. I would move the alcohol inks and drop down a shower curtain rod & put a clear shower curtain in front of my binders. You can still see the binders, but A shower is much easier to take down & hose off than wiping down those shelves & binders. I have your same “container addiction “. Safely in downsizing I had to be severe. But did keep a few.
An idea for the stamp wheels: stamp out a sample on cardstock, use a circle punch the size of wheel side and also punch a center hole so it can slip over the nail/reel center. Boom, a wall of pretty samples and easily identify your rollers!
Love it!
I've converted all my wooden stamps to EZ Foam so I can use them on my stamping platform. But the graphics on some of the wooden blocks were so beautiful that I set them around my craft room shelves as "art" accents.
3:17 YOU ARE SOO MULTITALENTED!!! I just crochet and color (not draw) 😂 Love the quilt pieces! 4:58 Love your kitty ❤
Not having too big a container for storage also helps a lot. Finally put 2 years worth of artworks out of my room and sealed in 50L tubs.
Your Punky Brewster reference made me smile. I would love a Punky wall :-D
Your mural will be spattered in clay?
Clutter on Lindsay, I'm definitely sure you can do it 😜
I hoard boxes too… it’s ridiculous. 😂 I have way more than you did. They need to go!
Thank you for sharing, moved into my crafting area but never got it organized. Thank you for the idea with the timer!
I love your declutter videos, I can use all the inspiration to clean up I can get 😂thanks Lindsay!
You can do it!