My Organization Knows NO BOUNDS.

If you know me, then you understand why I've been compared to Monica Geller from 'Friends'. One of my favorite sayings is "a place for everything and everything in its place." I get a little charge from being the one to pack for a trip, put the groceries away and load the dishwasher so I can do it "correctly". My favorite video game is Tetris. Needless to say, I'm an organizational WIZARD.

Lately, I've been unstoppable. The laundry/craft/storage room, kitchen, Piper's nursery, living room, hall closets...they've all been conquered. I asked for storage bins and totes for my birthday. My next task will be our bedroom closet (once my pretty totes from Zulily get here,) but first I tackled my craft room project.

We've been recently preparing for Piper's impending crawling and pulling up. She's showing signs that it's not far off! That means the spinning DVD towers that stood beside the TV need to go. (They were starting to get old and boring to me, anyway.) It just seemed to be a shame to waste such potential! Well, you know me (and if you don't, you'll learn.) I couldn't just toss something like that aside. PROJECT TIME!!

I wish I had the forethought to take a before shot, but I'm sure you get the general idea of this tower's initial purpose. I kept the tower with the least wear and tear.

I had to purchase for this re-purposing:
Cork-board tiles
A small white board (the included marker already had Velcro on it for easy access.)
A plaque with four small hooks

I already had:
A cloth bag that our sheets came in (turned out to be handier than I thought!)
Crystal Light container
Soup cans (yet to be decorated...stay tuned.)

I rearranged the shelves to suit my crafting needs. The first image shows my attempt at making a caddy for file folders and notebooks that wouldn't otherwise fit on the shelves. I used adhesive tabs to hold a shelf in place on its side and TA DA! The cork-board tiles and white board came with adhesive tabs to hold them in place. Sturdy thumb tacks are holding the cloth bag (which houses my glue guns and an extension cord.) The plastic Crystal Light container is stapled to the cork-board to hold my Mod Podge paintbrush. I actually did have to drill a couple of holes and use screws to keep the hook plaque up where it belongs. (I learned that the hard way when I heard it fall off today, when the adhesive tabs gave way to the weight I had hanging on the hooks!) After that, it was just a matter of putting everything where I wanted it. The whole thing took about an hour from start to finish...and I can't stop staring at my accomplishment!