The new furniture works splendidly. The reorganization of scrapbooking supplies remains an on-going project, even after 15 hours of sorting between Saturday and today. It looks as if the room will finally be squared away by Tuesday at the latest. (Better time than originally estimated.)
Thus far I've bee able to empty two multi-drawer rolling bins; which provides more floor space, and gives the room a more open appearance.
I honestly believed the room outgrown, but this forced re-do sheds light on how badly space was managed. It's difficult to see this when bringing in a few items at a time, and not seeing the changes necessary to accommodate the growth and change of room function. Taking this lesson to heart (and a recent episode on a much smaller scale a couple of weeks ago in a kitchen cabinet) it's probably not a horrible idea to empty a room and repack it every couple of years. It's amazing to discover how much "junk" held on to when a non-critical eye becomes accustomed to the placement.
There's one another system yet to add to this marvelous overhaul, which will finally provide a real solution to the punch storage issue, but I don't have the heart to take this project on until catching my breath from this weekend. I decided to also empty and reorganize the craft closet while assigning new spaces to everything else; something that could have been delayed, but a better idea to tackle now. (The closet also looks a bit foreign at present.) Once finished, most of my everyday supplies will be much closer at hand and the constant rifling through will largely cease.
At long last, I can quit the daily struggle to keep the room organized and get down to scrappin'.
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