perfect or not here i come

The Nester issued a challenge to show off our imperfect homes. She is a big believer in the idea that it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. I'm a perfectionist by nature, so sometimes if it can't be perfect I don't even give it a try. I'm trying to let go of that. Remember the things I hung on the wall, perfect or not?

Anyway, my craft area was a total mess. I didn't have enough room to store my supplies & projects. It was getting so out of control that I was beginning to not enjoy crafting. To be able to scrapbook I had to move stuff off the area to have a 1 foot square area to work in. To be able to paint I had to move all this paper over to the scrapbook area to have a small painting space.

For my birthday my mother-in-law helped us buy shelving and my sweet Greg put them up for me. I have always been intending to post pictures of this project, but the after area isn't quite perfect yet. Most of the stuff has been put away and organized. I have even been enjoying crafting in my new area. But I haven't thought it was picture ready. Well, perfect or not, here they are. Don't judge me with the before pictures. It took a long time for this disaster to happen!

Before:

Check out the floor. No room to roll. No room to paint on the table either.

The scrapbook area had already improved somewhat even without the shelves since I put away my oil painting that was not destined to be finished anytime in the near century.

I look at this now and wonder how I ever functioned in here! What a disaster. It gives me anxiety and makes me want to scream just looking at these pictures. 

After:
Look at those lovely shelves! Like I said, this isn't perfect yet, but it's so much of an improvement! I actually have room to roll my chair around. I also have lots of room to do my many projects. You can see that I have a couple laid out and in progress. I have room to be in progress now!

Greg commented that the shelves aren't full. Well, two things: 1) Like I said, I still have a little more organizing to do. 2) I don't want them completely full or else I won't have room for anything else. What would I do with the bargain canvases I bought if I didn't have a little bit of room left on the shelves?

Tons of room to do scrapbook projects. 

So there you have it ~ not quite perfect, but working for me.