On the Move

Craft Room Before (Seamless Moves client)

Crafting is a great way to relax and have fun. No matter what type of craft activity or DIY project you prefer, the emotional benefits of crafting are immense. But not if your craft room becomes a ‘dumping ground.’ To ensure your crafting experience will be more enjoyable, we suggest keeping craft materials organized by placing items in plastic containers, closet organizers, baskets–whatever works for you.

We know it’s hard getting rid of little scraps of ribbon and random clock parts that you just know you could make into something amazing – someday.

Here are a 8 questions to ask yourself as you begin the task of organizing and/or purging any excess materials:

1. Have I used this in the last six months?
2. Do I have something specific in mind to use it for?
3. Do I enjoy using this type of craft material?
4. Do I have more than I need?
5. How long have I had this?
6. Will I be using/finishing it in the next six months?
7. Do I need someone else’s help or input to finish it?
8. How much time/work is it realistically going to take to finish?

There’s a reason quilters call their fabric a “stash.” Anyone else have a “guilty pleasure” with projects and supplies?  How do you deal with it?

Craft Room After

Craft Room Before (left side)

Craft Room After (left side)

Here are some great Before and After pictures of our client Nancy’s craft room. As Nancy describes it, with the help of her Seamless Moves team, she transformed a room that was so crowded she could only use it as a ‘dumping ground’ into a beautiful, practical workspace.

Craft Room Before (right side)

Craft Room After (right side)

Nancy’s favorite parts of her organizing day (actually 4.5 hours) were:

1) Knowing what she could do to prepare for organizing day; 2) we took away items she wished to donate to charity and gave her an itemized tax receipt from the non-profit recipient; and 3) “They hung my child’s art!”

Closet Before

Closet After

We really enjoyed helping Nancy reclaim her craft room and learning about knitting (she has a yarn category called “Yummy”).

Nancy said her team was, “competent, courteous, thorough and smart about what they do. Hire Them!”