Sparing the gritty details and drama, my dad-in-law and his girlfriend broke up. Since she and her 3 kids all moved out, a lot of room has opened up in our house. The best part is that we have been given permission to use a room with not one but TWO built-in desks! This is now officially our craft room.

These are my Before pictures, I took them before touching anything in the room.

Already looks pretty tidy right? Well… Yeah that’s an illusion. All of the clutter is hidden away into every storage compartment in the room. In every drawer, behind every cabinet door, and lurking in the closet is LOADS of unsorted miscellaneous stuff. A lot of it is trash, and the rest needs to be donated.

It’s a lot more work to declutter other people’s things than I expected. Even with absolutely no emotions involved, there is so much physical labor in pulling everything out and sorting things into donation boxes and trash bags! Not to mention the mental labor from the amount of gross stuff that needs to be touched. Yuck.

Once everything is cleared out and cleaned up, only then will I start moving our art supplies in. Then I will try my best to organize everything in a way that not only looks good but functions well too. I look forward to sharing the finished product with you all!

I do not wish to cause anyone envy, so I apologize if this post comes off as braggy. That was not intended but I suppose it’s somewhat unavoidable. I do recognize how privileged I am right now because I haven’t always been. I grew up in severe poverty and so a desk shoved into a corner is all I’ve ever been able to call my “studio” up until this point! I am just very excited and simply cannot contain it. Please allow me to share this journey with you, as I wish the same amount of luck and fortune for you as well!

Until next time, take care, and I hope you have a wonderful day!