Really all I did was remove the books and replace with yarn and fabric - was OK for a while and I have moved things around, acquired more boxes and lots more fibre, yarn and other spinning things! So the situation was that I could get to my PC (just) and anything else required a major expedition into the unknown.
It fact it had got so bad that I couldn't even get up courage to take a photo - so there is no before picture! In front of the bookcases was an area of floor completely invisible under my stash...... Plus I had no idea what was in a particular box or basket - looking for anything could and did take hours, and that is hours that could have been spent doing nice things like spinning.....................
So a couple of weeks ago I sat down and drew out a room plan. From this it was obvious that the big desk (so necessary for an academic career) was completely dominating the room. Clearly things had come to a head, and a major change was needed - lots of storage and a smaller desk! A trip to Ikea was required! I now have 36 spaces for boxes and things, a smaller desk and a nifty storage area for my loom!
What followed was two weeks of sorting, scrapping and re-packing and now I have space - there is a floor and I can move round the room. All my yarn and fibre is neatly stashed in boxes which are labelled! In theory I should be able to find anything (well within reason) in a matter of minutes!
My desk
This corner was where my desk used to be....
and thrifty reuse of the old bookcases - with lots of baskets and a few books!
In the middle of all this we went to Fibre East (as volunteers) and had a whale of a time - but I was very good and didn't add much to my stash, but did get to collect my fawn Bond and the chocolate Bond for the group - more of that when I have recovered....................
