Space Saving Organization Ideas

I have just come out of the closet…literally! That’s because my scrapbooking “room” is IN my closet!

When we needed to find a new apartment last year, I wanted to find someplace that included a separate scrapbooking room. Unfortunately, an extra bedroom was out of our price range, so my search became focused on finding the largest master closet I could, in order to create my own scrapbooking “room.” Luckily, the apartment I had fallen in love with just happened to have a very spacious closet, and I was able to move my scrapbooking from the coffee table in our old apartment, into my very own nook. My favorite thing about it?? My room has doors!!

My tips for creating a little closet scrapbooking “room” of your own:

• Measure twice, buy once. With a space this small, moving a piece of furniture in only to find it’s too big is a real challenge. My scrapbooking desk, actually made for a child’s room, was perfect in depth, and was very reasonably priced as well.





• Go up. Floor space is at a premium in a closet, but closets are made with vertical storage in mind. Visit your local organizing store for wall-mounted grid systems, baskets, boxes, and shelves. Use the hanging rods provided to hang baskets, shoe pocket organizers, rolls of ribbon, etc. When I needed magazine/idea book storage, I opted not to use traditional magazine holders (which can’t be stacked on and can be hard to handle up high), but flat magazine boxes which I can stack as high as I need to. They’re clear, so I can easily see which issues are in each box, but I’ve labeled them by magazine name as well.


• Use those totes. If you’re like me, you have a few large totes purchased for transporting your crop supplies, but you probably aren’t using them much now that you crop at home. Use those totes for storage! I keep my paper, letter stickers, and extra-large idea books in them! These are great too, closed shut, to hold current projects, or those new purchases.


• When wall shelving is maximized, try bookcases. I found a small three-shelf bookcase fit perfectly under my lower closet shelf. These are a fabulous use of space, and are very affordable.

With a little work and a lot of creative organizing, even the smallest space – a closet! – can be turned into the perfect hideaway…er, I mean…scrapbooking room!!

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