The Kupsh Chalet - Inside The Stamping Studio!

Yeah, I know...I posted about this yesterday. But stick with me, there's a method to my madness, lol! You see it's like this, pretty much every room is finished. Well, except for hanging pictures (most of which are unpacked but still in the garage) and putting up curtains (which I can't do until we find/order some spring loaded curtain rods). However, most rooms still have sections to be organized and/or have "sh*t piles" of miscellaneous stuff that hasn't found a home yet. So the only room that's done to my satisfaction, is my Stamping Studio. (Don't judge! I didn't even go in there until everything else was pretty much done!!)

So my thought is...I'll show you the photos of  "before" and "after", the journey of unpacking as it were, of each room, one at a time. And that gives me a bit more time to FINISH another room, to be ready for the next day. Because at this point, I'm really over this moving business!! I just want to be done, settled, and get on with the total enjoyment of our new home!!!

So here we go.....

Before

The day the movers came and quite literally just dumped my stuff in my Stamping Studio. Not much rhyme or reason to be found. Sort of a pattern I've found in military movers!

Laundry basket, with stuff from many different rooms.

None of them crafting!!!

Boxes. HEAVY boxes.

Stacked high, and wide!

My work box

Extreme damage done here. Not sure WHAT they did, but this isn't repairable. And because of it, I had to rearrange what went where. We will file a claim...for all the good it will do!

The gap is so large, that I can't put three shelves at the top, right hand side! Grrr! And you can't just push it together, because the dowels have rubber grips, which have been pulled out, and stripped, so won't go back in!

So after all the other rooms were pretty much settled, and "usable", I went in and unpacked all the boxes. I needed to see everything, in order to see how it was all going to work in there. Sort of a huge jig saw puzzle, lol!

It was sort of fun re-discovering old friends!

(At first, then it was just a lot of work!!!)

Tons of boxes and tons of stuff that didn't belong there!

Floor? What floor???

Every surface, covered by tall piles!

I had to put things on the shelves when I ran out of floor!

Don't ask how many times I tripped over this!

Stamp cases are two rows deep!

Took these a day later, after some progress had been made.

I knew I wanted to take most of my paper (card stock and designer paper packs) out of the work box to make it easier on the poor girl. Paper is heavy!! It also doesn't do well in sunlight, so I thought that this side of the closet would be a perfect place to store it! The closets here are terrific!!! (And they hide a multiple of sins, lol!)

Starting to fill up the work box.

Stuff on the floor getting thinner.

Poor box of NEW GOODIES still waiting for a home!!

I was ready to quit right about here!

Love my stuff.

Hate moving my stuff!

  But the end was in sight!!

...And The After!

Wooo Hooo!!!

Everytime I stand just here...I smile!

My filled up work box!

Ribbon and flower station.

It took me two hours to untangle that ribbon!!!

Cleared table, ready for projects!

Best system I've had so far for organizing these shelves!

More stamps here, to make room in the work box.

(for more - *grin*)

Center front of work box

Left side

I had to punch many bits of pink paper

that seemed to go missing during the move!

Right side

My Italian hen! 

I can see her better sitting here!

And my Parisian themed trunk in the corner!

(This holds all my needlework kits.)

The closets...

Left side

Holds seasonal clothes, some storage, envelopes and finished cards.

Right side

All my cardstock (current and retired), magazines, old catalogs, and 8x8 paper stacks. The bottom shelf is for Bella. Her stamping collection is quite small. For now!

So there you have it!! The before, the after, and everything in between! What's next??? You'll have to come back and see for yourself!