Messy!
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I took a lot of pleasure in seeing some revealing shots from Tree Fall of her very messy workspace. Too much pleasure, I think.
Then I began to feel a strange desire to share my messiness with the world as well. I really don’t understand why I have this compulsion. I have been resisting since yesterday but today I found myself documenting my mess. So here it is…
When I set this room up, I had intended to use this bench to do paper craft things like journal making but unfortuanately it has become a dumping ground. I still have hopes of cleaning it up one day and it actually remaining free of clutter so that I can use it!
Top shelf - old magazines including Black + White, Oyster, Cream, Colors,
Adbusters etc
Middle shelf - old photography magazines on left and lots of great photo books on the right. Red folders contain useful photocopied articles from still more photography magazines that I borrowed from the library . I told you I’m a hoarder.
Bottom shelf - crafty. Left to right: altered books/journal making/collage then some handbag making books, Japanese craft books, red folders with printouts like tutorials from Craftster and other places, inspiration photos, some quilting books, then magazines including Studio Bambini, Vogue Kids, Martha Stewart Kids, Kid’s Rooms, Ottobre, and then some books on the end. Printmaking books shoved on top.
Yes, there are more books in little piles around the room too. I know, I know. I just want to own everything. 
I think that when you know that everything you buy is a tax deduction it can be dangerous because it’s a great justification to buy things.
The blue drawer unit contains paints, stencils etc. The table is just piles of fabric that fall over every so often. I am seriously trying not to buy any more fabric this year and just use up what I have!!! This is the cornerstone of my Make More Money This Year Plan.
My cutting table. I use this all the time, obviously. Sometimes I dump crap all over it which then has to be cleared off in order to make things.
I hope you took as much pleasure in seeing my mess as I did in seeing Tree Fall’s mess. Now, come on. It’s your turn! You know you want to…
There are still more workroom photos and pithy descriptions of the pics in my Workroom set over at the lovely Flickr.
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Manda Said,
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 11:33 am
Yay! I love the look of your workroom, but I don’t think we should ever work together - can you imagine the mess!!
Isn’t it great seeing other peoples piles of stuff?! I’m jealous though that you have far more Japanese craft books than I do.
I’ve almost finished sorting my room, so look out for the far more boring but much tidier pictures to come.
Thanks for the link back to my blog - really enjoying your blog too.
Blair Said,
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 4:09 pm
Manda and now you have snuck into my workroom and snapped pics. : )
shelli Said,
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 11:25 pm
LOVE the cutting table. I’m slowly realizing that SHELVES are the way to go! All of my craft stuff is Trapped, TRAPPED, I tell you in the guest room closet - I need to free them by using SHELVES.
oooo, I can feel a trip to the Depot coming on.
Thanks for sharing your workspace - despite the mess, that cutting table is an ENVY!
Shelli
heather Said,
Thursday, January 26, 2006 @ 12:32 am
i don’t really have the space for a whole room, but i have a kind of big shelf in a closet. anyway, i was looking for origanisation ideas… and i find this page inspiring! i wish i had the space to sprawl like that. looks pretty organized to me, at least you know where everything is
on the otherhand one could be quote meticulous about this whole endeavour:
http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/e_behindseams.html
i hope this and the treefall site starts a ‘look at my workspace’ meme.
thanks for sharing it!
Messy Workroom on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Said,
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 @ 5:17 am
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