Check out the Pergo flooring my DH & I put in - in ONE DAY! He cut & I placed. This is what you see when you enter my studio. Room is 14x14 and is on the main floor of our home. It WAS (emphasis on past tense! LOL!) his office. Table in center of room was my great-grandparents; it dates to the mid 19th century - works for the cutters!! See other pic for more details.
Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 GMT Views: 4855
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Registered: January 26, 2004 Location: MA Posts: 70
Tue, Feb 08, 2005 @ 6:49 AM
I love your room!! Is it possible for you to describe what your wheel storage looks like? I know you said it was from Walmart, what section, price...thanks
~Amy
Registered: October 27, 2004 Location: Beyond the rainbow! Posts: 557
Tue, Feb 08, 2005 @ 8:08 AM
I love how very organized things are. I am one of those who needs it neat to relax and stamp. You made amazing use of space!!
------------------------------ The meaning of earthly exisitence lies, not as we have grown use to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul. -A. Solzhenitsyn
It looks great Cindy. So I expect to see very soon some stamped window treatments!!!!!!!!!! Only kidding, in your spare time right?
Thanks for the Wallmart storage tip - I'm still on the hunt for a few more.
Registered: September 15, 2004 Location: MA Posts: 5982
Wed, Feb 16, 2005 @ 12:46 PM
beautiful room but I would be afraid to stamp and scrap on those beautiful antique tables.I also love antiques so Yah I picked up on those immediately.oooh, Yah!.
------------------------------ WHAT IS A STAMPPIN ADDICT!
It's someone who buys stamps they didn't normally like at first,only to see it in Split Coast Stampers gallery in a different perspective.
This is my first day as a member and my first comment. WOW! Love this room. I have seen the other views as well. Other members have asked about how you organize your stamps. Are they in the shelving on the right in this picture and would you have any tips on organizing them? I am at the point where I need a system for quick retrieval. Thanks!
Registered: June 13, 2004 Location: Flemington, NJ Posts: 3860
Tue, Feb 22, 2005 @ 9:28 PM
Hopefully here are all answers to questions that have been posted here: stamp pad/re-inker storage (pls. see other pic) is from rubberstampstorage.com. He custom made this unit shorter in height than his standard by removing the upper & lower molding of the unit so it would fit under the shelving nicely. I would order from him again in a heartbeat (for future craft pads....LOL).
distance from desk top to lowest shelf: 20".
Wheel storage is from Walmart in the sewing section, near the fabric. They were (originally) meant to hold spools of thread I'm sure, but I'd wager stampers are snapping them up faster than sewers! Price was under $10 each a few years ago; my mom actually found these & called me from WalMart sayin', "Hey honey I found something I think you might be able to use for all those wheels of yours!" Thanks Mom! They hold a lot of wheels, which is important since wall space is at a premium now. There is another pic in my gallery regarding wheel organization; pic is of the chart w/the wheel rack in the pic somewhat.
Identifying stamp sets: Some SU stamp cases are marked with a simple color dot system. These color dots can be purchased/found on the packing (think bubble wrap/large padded envelopes) aisle at Staples, Office Depot, etc. Blue means 'this box has a verse stamp in it that you might use', red means 'retired', yellow means 'hostess set', green means 'current mini catty set' (the old mini stamp sets occupy shelves in my guest room closet (upstairs) until the retired list comes out in mid-May. I then add a red dot sticker if it retired/is not on the list or remove the green dot if it made it into the new catty.
Sorting stamps: I sort my SU stamps like this: cutsey, and not cutsey.
No, seriously: Asian, nature, floral, vintage with the 2-step stampin ones lumped together within the cutsey/non-cutsey rule. It is kind of like the big catty with divisions (and only I know where the divisions are - LOL!) but further divided between cutsey and not-cutsey! All SU stamps are in the cases they come in, on the white shelves. I used a labelmaker with a large font (black print on white tape) so I can read the set faster & easier. Verse SU stamps are on top of the paper punch (see desk)storage units on the gray office desk under the wall ribbon storage unit (think All Year Cheer sets, simple sayings, those kinds of 'verse' sets). This ribbon unit (one of three in the room) consists of white, wooden drapery supports (meant to support a decorative rod) and the pole through the center of ea.spool of ribbon is a driveway marker (for those of you in areas that snow you will know what I speak of) or steel dowel that has been cut to size with a hack saw. Other ribbon unit (see other pic) is discontinued from Hold Everything (holdeverything.com). I have pleaded with them to carry it again without success.
Background stamps sans cases are next paper punch unit downward from verse stamps toward chair. Label that comes with the sticker is adhered directly to the side of the wood, all going the same direction - LOL! Quarterly Hostess sets are above my chair. I keep them close so I'll (hopefully but never seem to) use them more.
Wordsworth, PSX (miss 'em!) & other favorite, non-SU brands are in the stacked three bin drawers to the right of the window, or to the left of the white bookcases. These are stored like such: 3 drawers for verses, background, alphabets, plants/trees/leaves, shadow & holiday; misc, punch art stamps (from Make An Impression) & hearts, corner & borders/frames, animals, flowers, primitive.
My Melting Pots & all 'funkaaaaaaaey' equipment are in these 3-drawer bins (also from WalMart - $7.88 each a few years ago) there too. 'Funkaey' equipment includes but is not limited to (LOL!): mold & pour, utee, rainbow foil, frozen opals, vintage glass squares, bails that double as pin backs, cardboard squares for dipping into utee.......my hands are now itching from this chit chat & the stars are out.....I gotta go eat some chocolate & play now!)
I love organizing (when I was a young girl I used to organize my brother's drawers. He's the opposite of me...very, very messy) I sort my, my DH's and my kids' hanging clothes by color too....and yes, I was toilet trained too early - thanks mom!