What's on your work desk? Wednesday 453!

Hi Everyone,

As you can see the box from last week is still on my work desk! Its been slow going because the outside is covered with leather...my fingers are sore and I've had to use pliers to push the needle through and pull it back out! As you can see I've had a bit of a sort out and bought a new storage box so all of my equipment is in one place (rather than 4!)

I've also been having a sort out of the whole room which will be redecorated, hopefully soon but I'm not counting on it! things always take ages in this house. The horrible wall paper (it has flowers embossed, not my taste) and red walls will be going (it was the old owners teenage boys room). My husband worked really hard to get big promotion before Christmas which means that he might be able to work from home a couple of days a week so we are trying to sort the room out for us both to work in there....he can't work with clutter (I call it creativity but whatever!). So sacrifices have to be made...not getting rid of too much but we have re-homed around a 100 books to a charity shop (we kept some but they've gone in the loft), the bookcase to the dump (it was too damaged to give to charity) and my sister re-homed the metal unit to her garage. I've put a load of discard sewing patterns in the Recycling, I know its a shame but I was never going to have time/the figure to make most of them and as they were free/discontinued stock from my old job I couldn't sell them and its freed up a draw and box so I can save more important things!

Before:

After so far:

The window which was put in two years ago still needs finishing (as I said this house is a work in progress) the table and the desk will be going to charity if they want them and will be replaced with two new desks (which I'm sure I will end up using both when hubby isn't home) as the current set up doesn't really work that well as its a bit cramped. The Kallax unit is staying but will need some inserts or boxes to keep it tidy, and maybe another layer as my fabric stash is stored in boxes on top, I was trying to persuade Hubby to let me have another small once but he doesn't want the room to be too cluttered when hes working so I guess I'll have to pick my battles! 

it will be nice to finally be able to put some frames on the wall too, especially my certificate and some pieces of my work. The carpet is going to be replaced with hardwood flooring as its high pile  so when I dropped a small box of tiny beads on the floor the other week a lot were lost the carpet/hoover 😢 Pins are another issue with carpets so wooden flooring seemed the best solution. Now I just need to persuade hubby to go to the dreaded Ikea (love the meatballs, hate how busy it gets) and B&Q to get what we need.  

Now I just need to decide if this thread is really worth untangling, it is rather nice...maybe a tiny bit more time...

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog and I will have something more interesting for you all to see next week, I say hopefully because it is half term! You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram!  

Thanks for Visiting! 

Emma x

Why don't you pop over to the lovely Julia's stamping ground http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ and see more work desks it's great fun and very addictive!