Lobster Shorts decluttering

Craft Room Declutter

I love crafting. I have many hobbies that come with a lot of stuff, which can become a mess. Sometimes that mess gets out of control and I shut the door and ignore it. Out of sight out of mind.
I always wanted a desk with a pretty paperweight, antique inkwell/pen stand, and envelope opener. I do not have the inkwell and pen stand or even the witchy writing desk of my dreams, but I can do better, ya know? There is no reason to let what I do have turn into a nightmare of a mess. This room should be functional… and it wasn’t.

The closet contains a mix of sewing items, mostly fabric, a chest of letters a binding machine, and other odds and ends.

I also have a ton more fabric piled on the floor along with a sewing machine. There are also random boxes filled with random items, all over the place.
This corner isn’t all that much better, although I see a bare spot on the floor. This shelf is piled high with card-making supplies and on the floor scattered with a lot of my woodworking supplies. This room was long past due for decluttering.

The first thing I tackled was the closet. I managed to get all the fabric in there, including the two giant bolts that were on the floor under the shelves. The photo doesn’t show it, but all the fabric not visible is folded or rolled and on the top shelf at the very top of the closet. My sewing patterns are in the plastic totes now on the floor. Cutting mats, foam, and bristol board are tucked behind the fabric rolls. It’s not a picture of a perfectly tidy and organized closet, but having all that fabric put away helped a lot.

I didn’t get much done here, but all the clutter on the floor has been tidied and dealt with.

With the fabric all tucked away, the shelves look much better.

The desk is functional and I can actually use it to write letters again. There’s even room for the spooky writing desk of my dreams if I find one (fingers crossed!).

I can walk in there without stepping over stuff. It’s much more peaceful.

I didn’t get rid of many things. I didn’t want to. I love all my crafts and there wasn’t much I wanted to part with. I would like to do more projects minimizing the amount of supplies I have, without getting rid of anything. It turned out fairly well, for not doing a big declutter. In the future, I’ll only get what I need for the immediate project I’m working on. Less clutter that way.

And look, I can access my foraging basket again.