Show and Tell Sunday-Studio Storage

If you live in an old house then you know that they were not big believers of closets in the early 1900's! A few have been added to our home over the years and we have added more....but there will never be enough! My "nest" is in a room without a closet. When Son#2 left home, I snatched up his room and made it mine! It has great light and a small balcony. We haven't done a redo in this room yet and now I don't want to move all my stuff out to paint- so it is mostly as it was when we moved in! It joins to the guest room so I do use those closets and the armoire for storage. I have had to be "creative" in finding places to store things!

This is my main sewing station-right next to the machine. Most of my necessary tools are hiding in the little suitcase. I can close it to cover up the clutter. But, most of the time I just leave it open.

On the other side of the room is a stack of suitcases with different notions and projects- pink suitcase is buttons

Poka-dot is Easter/Spring things

Striped suitcase is Christmas

Plain suitcase is fabric samples for pillows

The view inside the Spring Project suitcase..... Before I paint the suitcase I take out all of the old insides. Most of my cases are thrift store or estate sale finds and they are often in poor shape. A coat of primer is next - inside and out. I use fabric, old wallpaper, or even scrapbook paper to decoupage the inside. Finally I paint the outside to match!
Two more nifty storage items are here by my "Grandma" chair that I do my hand sewing in. First the lovely file cabinet! It was really rough. DH did not see my vision when we dragged it home. A few coats of bright pink spray paint cleaned it up and gave it personality! Here I keep patterns in one drawer, scrapbook supplies in one, pictures and photos for inspiration in one and school memories from the kids in the last drawer. The ottoman is great fabric storage and I kick back with my feet up to baste or rip out here. The best thing about it is how I made it! One patchwork slipcover + one foam scrap + one rubbermaid tub = my ottoman!
Pull off the top and there is a big tub to put all the fabric that you have forgotten why you bought!

Moving into my guest room are more suitcases. These are where I store painting and paper mache supplies.


This is a "new" suitcase that I will not paint because the aqua color is perfect for the guest room. I did redo the inside with old music and scrapbook paper.The fabric closet with a plastic shoe bag to hold trims. Love it because I can see everything in it easily.

Finally two vintage sewing baskets that Mom found on ebay. I have crochet thread in them.

Now that I look at the pictures- the rooms looks like they are straightened up. This is a clear illustration of how photo editing can provide misinformation! Thanks for stopping by today. Remember to check out all of the other ideas at Little Pink Studio !