The space I am in.

WOW!
That's all I have to say.
: )

Will you come to my house and organize it for me?

looks fab Ali!! I had to go the route of more open storage too...was forgetting about too many fun goodies. and it makes clean up easier too :)

Love that your space is not one of those pristine, un-used looking spaces...You can *feel* stuff happening there. I'm a piler, too. And I love keeping stuff in sight.

Hi Ali - great space. Looks very comfy and cozy. :) Just one question - and it relates to jen's: how do you find stuff??? It seems like you have a pretty loose system going which I like. Do you just work in there so much that you remember what all you have? Thanks!

Hi Ali,
You have INSPIRED me! I now know where to put my craft space and how to organize it. So excited. Thanks a bunch.

Thanks for sharing those pictures Ali. My question relates to some of the others posted. How do you move from project to project? I quilt and scrapbook and sometimes I have so many projects going that I feel overwhelmed. I wish I had a good system for "things to get back to". Instead I have an giant mess and weeks later I find projects under piles and think "oh! I forgot about that one". LOL. Thanks again for sharing.
Michelle

Ok... so I outright giggled when I saw the pics of your space. It made me feel so much better about my "Creative" messes! And don't you just love luckin' out at goodwill? And the pics Simon got of you a few post earlier were so cute. I estimate it will only be a matter of time before he shows his mama's camera prowress!

love your space Ali.. you've organized so well... wud love to have all my stuff in baskets etc... then I wud kinda knokw what i have.. i have so much stuff, i forget where it all is.... love that blue table u picked up... it's too cute! I feel good today.. made a canvas, plus picked up some portraits of my daughters today.. good day.

I have piles too, and piles on the piles, and piles on those too!!!
Thanks for sharing, I'm really nosey and I love to see in people's worlds!!!!!

hey ali, question...
where did you get the cool yellow wall cabinet for small things? love that...did someone make it for you?

Hi Ali. Thank you SO much for sharing these pictures. When you actually used the word "piles" in your description I felt so good about all of my piles. How come yours looks so organized though and mine just look like a HUGE mess? LOL! I really liked Jen's questions about looking through all of your stuff or do you KNOW what you are looking for? Also, about putting stuff away. I HATE that part. Like you, I went with throwing stuff in a dresser but soon realized that the outta sight concept just didn't work for me. I am wondering how you sort your "stuff" - for instance, do your baskets have THEMES such as family, sports, etc. or does one basket have ALL of your rubons regardless of theme or do you store by manufacturer?? I feel like I am constantly changing and moving stuff instead of actually creating and it's making be very cranky!! Also, I noticed that your walls are white - any COLOR that really inspires you to create? Also, if you burn candles at all, what is your favorite scent? Thanks Ali! And by the way, I met Donna last weekend and now I just need to meet YOU some day!!! Donna ROCKS!!

Oh my. I'm going to have to create a place in my room when I move home to create crafty things. But there's no more room for another table. I may have to delegate my desk for that since I have a laptop.:)

Ali,
This inspires me. Is this in your dining room? I would love to transform my dining room into a creative habitat but cant seem to get past taking that space away from my family... we dont really use this space though much... this has certainly got me thinking about this more. The other plus is this space is right off from what used to be the living room but we never used that room either so now it is our children's playroom... so that would keep me real nearby when the kids were playing. I am tired of dragging my bins all around. Certainly good thing consider I guess. All I know is I want to scrap more often and to still engage my family without shutting them out.. maybe a dining room takeover would be perfect!
Loved seeing your space. It is truly appealing! Tawnya

ali it looks so yummy. so so yummy. i want to see more pics. is this in your traditional dining room or what?

I'm sure there is a picture of me in there somewhere....
hee.

What a wonderful space. I love seeing where other artists work.
Hey, is your Timbuktu bag lime green? Mine is. :) Love those bags.

I am so glad to see that you have piles! As much as piles drive me nuts, I just can't seem to avoid having piles too. Piles are OK, right!!! I learned that at CKU Chicago.

Oh, an organized mess! I LOVE IT!
I love the shabby idea you have w/ old pieces to make up the containing devices. *sigh* Be-still-my-heart. That is exactly where I want to be... shabby, but not too shabby. Completely organized, but not sterile.
Right on.

Thanks so much for sharing your space. It's awesome! I love that it's not this perfect lined up craft room. I too struggle with wanting mine to look a certain way, but then it's just not functional for me. I also need to see everything. I love my peg boards, my paper rack and a fab table I got from a scrapbook store. And now I feel SO much better for not having it look "perfect" all the time. :)