Craft Room Help!

BeachBabe
5 days ago

Dear crafters, have you or anyone you know had to clear their room of a lot of different craft supplies? I have to tackle this very stressful and daughting task to have a new floor installed. I have wall cabinets that are not affected and an L-shape table below them with drawers underneath with legs that will have to be taken apart. I have an Ikea cube wall full of all kinds of supplies, a drawer cabinet, a metal shelf in the closet and book cabinets that will have to be emptied and removed. See my question? 🥺 This gives me an opportunity to also redo my craft room! Looking forward to any suggestions/ideas.
Thanks.

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- starwarsfan6
- 23 hours ago
Hi @beachbabe. I’m not a crafter but I’ve decluttered items for home renovations and overall organization of my home. The first thing I did was to make a checklist of what furniture and items needed to be moved. Then I started planning and scheduling time for when I needed to either move or uninstall furniture so I didn’t wait to do it last minute and get stressed about it.

Before uninstalling, I took pictures of how my furniture was installed and what screws were used so when renovations were done, I would know how to re-install the furniture and items back together. I focused on one piece of furniture at a time so that I would make sure all the parts and specific screws were together and labeled. I didn’t want to accidentally lose any pieces. I temporarily stored them in my garage or in another room in my house until renovations were completed.

Luckily I had a huge toolbox with all kinds of tools and screws to help me uninstall and re-install. If there was anything heavy that I couldn’t lift, I had family that helped me.

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to detail what I did to organize and prepare. Hope this helps!
- ennui
  
  12 hours ago
  
  If you have to dismantle furniture — remove mirrors, table legs, whatever — put all the screws in a baggie and tape it to the item.
- ennui
- 2 days ago
I’m the last person to help anyone declutter, but I can bump your post.