TBQ Tumbles

Unfucking an art shelf

I try to be organized but every so often there are the places that get defined as being cluttered and therefore “used” even if what’s cluttering them is of no use to me. Case in point:

The top shelf is covered in dust and all kinds of items that were put up there for the sake of putting them somewhere. The shelf below it is one that I designated for my pastels, ergo the boxes of pastels, the masking tape, the pastel paper, and the travel easel. However it also became a catch all for sketchbooks I’d purchased as well as brushes and markers. Not pictured, but still in fucked space, are various other sketchbooks, watercolor pencils, drawing pencils, and erasers that needed a home. I decided that I needed to reclaim that top shelf and make it more welcoming to art supplies.

Here’s the after. You can see that the pastel shelf is now just for pastels, the travel easel, and the masking tape. I’ve also included a box that was previously forgotten on the top shelf and now holds various erasers for different art projects. I debated putting the box on the top shelf but I felt it looked neater in the newly freed up space on the bottom.

On the top I used the wooden book holder thing to hold various sketchbooks, pads, and even some pastel boards. I used the placement of the boards to create a more clearly defined space where one side was art and the other was writing material and that coin jar that doesn’t fit elsewhere.

The various art supplies were organized into Mardi Gras cups that were stashed away in a closet, lacking any particular use. This allowed me to not only organize what was scattered on the shelves previously, but to gather up supplies that had been tucked away in various places around my crafting storage. Now the materials I use most often are easy to get at.

Also done but not pictured was the labeling of each cup so that I don’t have to remember which material goes where.

On the whole, I am pleased. I think the shelf itself will be today’s sketch of the day. =)

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