Stampin Space Issues

[SamanthaMaree]

Here are mine:

First of all, I don't have one. I have a bookshelf full of my stamping supplies and when I want to work I have to drag everything to the dining room table and then put it back when I'm done (which sometimes doesn't happen).

Second of all, I have a very nosy cat. I can't sit down to work without her wanting to be right in the middle, sitting on my project if she can! Okay thats not really a big problem, but it does get on my nerves!

What are yours?

[AmberDawn]

The lighting in my room is AWFUL! I live on base and they have like flourescent lights in here, it makes the light in my room almost yellow-ish:( I had to buy a couple of those corner lamps to make it a little brighter, but I still don't like the flourescent!

[craftsrlb]

I shouldn't complain,,I have a nice room ,but it is in the attic, so I have sloped walls..see my gallery...I would love to have straight walls..oh the storage I could create, but it works for now...
re the light issue..I bought an off brand of the ott light for natural light (wonder though if you can just buy the bulb) and it sheds "natural: true color light..it is a useful too.

[jfm813]

I have NO lighting in my stampin space! My master BR is L-shaped and there's no overhead light in the bottom of the L! I have an OTT table lamp, but it's not enough to stamp at night.

Stephanie - do you have a closet you can convert?

[stampincocoa]

i stamp on the floor... my DH and i still live with my parents while i finish nursing school. i graduate in june so thank goodness!! my stamping stuff is in one corner of the room and i stamp on what's almost like a breakfast in bed type tray thingy. i'm sure i could take all my stuff downstairs but what a pain!

i definitely envy all of the stamp rooms i see here on SCS!

[ninajeanette2]

cocoa; what about getting a little breakfast table, that ll make it more sta\eady and ur DH can serve u breakfast in bed later hehe

[chickers089]

I just want closed storage. Some of mine is, but the stuff I use ALL the time is out where I can get to it. Hence, when it's used and put back, it's always a little messier each time. Once a week, I go through and straighten up the disheveled mess.

[jkluttrell]

I don't have a room either. My stuff is all over the house. I have to drag it out and then put it all up too. I would get so much more done if I had a room but hopefully we will move by the end of this year and that is my number 1 requirement for a new house -- 4 bedrooms!! I don't have any advice for you just wanted you to know I feel your pain and I am in the same boat (sometimes it seems as though everyone on splitcoast has a stamp room).

[SamanthaMaree]

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Originally Posted by jkluttrell

I don't have a room either. My stuff is all over the house. I have to drag it out and then put it all up too. I would get so much more done if I had a room but hopefully we will move by the end of this year and that is my number 1 requirement for a new house -- 4 bedrooms!! I don't have any advice for you just wanted you to know I feel your pain and I am in the same boat (sometimes it seems as though everyone on splitcoast has a stamp room).

We are planning to move at the end of August and a room I can call my own is very high on my list!!

[RiverIsis]

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Originally Posted by stampincocoa

i stamp on the floor... my DH and i still live with my parents while i finish nursing school. i graduate in june so thank goodness!! my stamping stuff is in one corner of the room and i stamp on what's almost like a breakfast in bed type tray thingy. i'm sure i could take all my stuff downstairs but what a pain!

i definitely envy all of the stamp rooms i see here on SCS!

Oh I so know how you feel! my stuff is in the corner in the bedroom and my craft space is a table just a little bit smaller than my 24x18in mat:rolleyes: - still (like you) I'm in a light at the end of the tunnel scenario and that keeps me happy;)

[ninajeanette2]

I know how it is ladies, i sit in the sofaaaaaaaaa,lol
but look here what we have made, plz brag of us hehe

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[valeriecathleen]

I have been in the process of turning my guest room into a craft space for THREE YEARS now!!! I keep thinking I need to go thru the ebay stuff, ghosts of crafts past (started projects that I know I will never finish), too many toys that people have given my kids, baskets and other cutesy country crap that is no longer part of my decor.

I no longer feel that I can just go through this stuff - I need to do what they do on Mission Organization - GET IT ALL OUT OF THE ROOM! I'm moving it all into my bedroom so that I will be well aware that it is there. (Unlike now where it is behind a closed door!). I'm painting the room and putting back ONLY what I need. I am getting rid of the rest of the stuff. There is no sense putting it back if I haven't touched it for years and have no plans to use it.

So.....I bought 2 quarts of paint to audition the colors and am on my way!

Santa brought me an OTT light and a work surface. I am bound and determined to have this finished in 4 weeks!

[smithr66]

Good luck Valerie - what a great gift to yourself!

[kphorse]

Closets are perfect! I took the two big sliding doors off and hung up lace panels.

I have a built in countertop, shelving on the back wall and a 6' high 4' wide two door cabinet for the rest. Everything is in it's place and it works great!

[SamanthaMaree]

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Originally Posted by kphorse

Closets are perfect! I took the two big sliding doors off and hung up lace panels.

I have a built in countertop, shelving on the back wall and a 6' high 4' wide two door cabinet for the rest. Everything is in it's place and it works great!

I wish I could make a closet into a stamping space!! I barely have enough closet space for my clothes!!

[SamanthaMaree]

Anyone with the pet issue? I have to keep my ribbon up high and constantly check my projects for little cat hairs!!

[scrappycat6]

I stamp at the kitchen table and then drag it back into my bedroom where I have some wire bins hung up impossibly high so DS doesn't decide to stamp with out asking. I hate finding black on my yellow pad.
Yup, cat hair is an issue for me! Kitty assistance seems mandatory but I've found bribery will get me everywhere with kittys, so out come the treats. It helps for a few minutes.
My ribbon is in the witness protection program, else it will turn out like the yarn they found....sleeping with the fishys.

Becki

[K. Benko]

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Originally Posted by AmberDawn

The lighting in my room is AWFUL! I live on base and they have like flourescent lights in here, it makes the light in my room almost yellow-ish:( I had to buy a couple of those corner lamps to make it a little brighter, but I still don't like the flourescent!

AmberDawn change your flourescent light bulbs to daylight bulbs - you wouldn't regret it. It makes a huge difference. I have 2 double bulb flourescent lights and its like walking outside.
Kathy

[kphorse]

Samantha, I have a ribbon eating cat too!

I roll all my ribbon on old fashion clothes pins and stand then upright in snap boxes I get from Oriental Trading. Keeps them safe, clean dust free!

[StampinChrissylea]

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Originally Posted by SamanthaMaree

Anyone with the pet issue? I have to keep my ribbon up high and constantly check my projects for little cat hairs!!

My lab eats EVERYTHING. Thankfully, the older she gets, the more she understands that if she doesnt behave she ends up in her kennel alone. A few years ago she ate an entire card. Glitter and all.

I haven't had too much disappear lately.

[ninajeanette2]

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Originally Posted by kphorse

Samantha, I have a ribbon eating cat too!

I roll all my ribbon on old fashion clothes pins and stand then upright in snap boxes I get from Oriental Trading. Keeps them safe, clean dust free!

Lol i have a bunch of ribbon eaters, they include 2 cats and my chinchillas if they manage to get theire tiny paws that far,lo

[skstampin]

I have a desk in our bedroom that I use for work AND stamping. Half of my supplies are in filing cabinets and the rest is in a closet in my daughters bedroom! I can't wait until we move so I can have my own space again!

[stampersandee]

Don't worry...your time will come! Once my kids moved out, back in, and back out again, I made one of their bedrooms my craft room/den! Now there is only one spare bedroom and I am very stingy with that! Hehehehe! Before that I had to drag all of my stuff out from various places throughout the house and stamp in the dining room! For a while all of my stuff was in our bedroom. My DH goes to bed very early because he gets up before the sun to go to work so I could never get anything done. I know it's hard, especially seeing what everyone else has, but your time will come!

[wendykins]

I'm with you on the kitty issue!! I made the patty boxes at Christmas and my little kitty would sneak up on my table whenever i turned my back and then take off with the patty box rbbon handle in her mouth. Found them all over the house!

[hobie]

I found out in 8 months I will no longer have a stamping room....Now what?????
Hopefully my husband will be smart and give me part of our new family room!

[SamanthaMaree]

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Originally Posted by wendykins

I'm with you on the kitty issue!! I made the patty boxes at Christmas and my little kitty would sneak up on my table whenever i turned my back and then take off with the patty box rbbon handle in her mouth. Found them all over the house!

lol this is so something my cat would do. Whenever she is playing with something she knows she shouldn't and she sees me coming, she just grabs it in her mouth and runs off!!

[CreativeCritter]

I have a pretty great craft room, but...it has no heat! When the previous owners added on they must have decided that this room didn't need heat or a/c. The spring and fall are ok, but summer and winter are a bear. I got a small a/c this summer, but now that window can't close properly and the draft is brutal. I can only combat the chill with my space heater for so long. Maybe if I smile sweetly my husband won't mind my stuff taking over the family room.