One of my favourite parts of my job is being able to spend large amounts of money on shiny things. I get to browse catalogues online and make informed decisions on whether the 6mm jumpring is better in 1mm thick wire or 0.9mm thick wire. And if 16mm wide ribbon will look better than 23mm wide ribbon.

It’s all good fun until you can’t find anything you’ve bought. I was forgetting what I already had and would spend too much time pawing through laser cuttings to see if we already had one in the colour requested. I’m a very visual person, I need to be able to see what tools and supplies I have at my disposal, and it makes sense to be able to find what you’re looking for at a glance rather than searching through a basket all the time.

I had the idea for this pin board quite a while ago. I bought the board and then it sat there doing nothing, like most of my projects for a very long time.

Finally the urge hit (another great thing about working for yourself, being able to do whatever you want when the mood strikes) and I pinned everything to the board. It’s so much easier to find things now! It’s not very pretty, but it does the trick. Maybe I’ll decorate it when the next mood strikes.

Have you got any tips for organising piles of stuff in a small apartment?

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