This was my third day of revamping my sewing and crafting studio. The first day was moving tables, cabinets and such and disconnecting all things electrical. These last two days have been spent going through the contents of every drawer, every storage container – whether it be plastic, cardboard or totes. The recycling bin looks quite healthy for tomorrow’s pickup.
It was a matter of having all things with Cricut crafting together, stamping supplies in one spot, all in the south portion of the basement. The sewing center is now in the north portion of the area.
This entire revamping was not just a wild hair. It was for my physical wellbeing. The two church tables were a bit too high for my new sewing machine, thus hard on the two new shoulders as I would work at the machine. Cutting the legs down on the church tables would have made the tables too low for fabric cutting. The wonderful old wood table with 2 x 6 lengths of lumber under the legs, plus a brick, made the perfect height. So, why would you ask or wonder why I would not leave well enough alone? Our basement floor sloops to the center of the room where the floor drain is. Sitting up to the wooden table with my sewing machine, my back was to the center of the room, allowed my sewing chair to roll at will. It was really hard on my lower back to continually put enough pressure on the chair to have it roll back up to the sewing machine. I will now be facing the center of the basement floor . . . let the chair roll, keeping me in front of my sewing machine.
Why put off what needed to be done? 95% of everything has been dusted and sorted into a much more desirable abode. No, I had not forgotten what I did have. It was more that as items were obtained, the realistic placement did not follow to the practical place where it would be used.
One more day tomorrow will bring my basement up to snuff, as I will be hitting the two storage closets as well. Might as well trick out the entire basement. This organizational blitz will have to last for another 25 years.