Craft Room Hoarding – the journey

  Coas, yes that is a great description of my craft room.

  Wait a minute, Loretta, isn’t it true that this seems to be a constant struggle?  Honestly, the answer is yes.

   I can give you many excuses.  However, the voice of my own husband echos in my head “The maximum range of an excuse is zero meters”.

    I can be honest, there is a hindrance to “progress”.  I had an open Gastroscopy with Rue N Y reconstruction, para-esophageal hernia and diaphragmatic hernia repairs. Four surgeons and nearly 6 hours in the OR.  Not to mention the 6 day inpatient stay.  If that wasn’t enough I developed a fistula (opening at the surgical sight) that landed me in the Critical care unit at #Vanderbilt for an additional 8 days. 

  I am still in recovery mode and have a home-health nurse who monitors my progress weekly.

 I’m unable to lift anything heavy.  Meaning I spend a lot of time on my butt on the floor sorting crap, putting away items and taking out the trash. 

  I am trying to be mindful of where the craft items will live.  To purposely assign like items a home while striving to have a space that I’d be proud to “show off”. I did a major purge of scrapbook paper, donating approximately 120 pounds. 

  One of my biggest changes in the last year or so is the overhead camera sled built for me by my husband with 3/4″ black iron pipes and fittings.  Easy enough to assemble. I re-used a light fixture that is meant for kitchen track lighting and also use a ring light for overhead video production.

  Here are some before, during and after pictures of the space.  One day I’ll actually learn to put these in a more cohesive order. 

  Until next time, stamp happy and be a blessing!