Sunday 15 January 2012

Speak Swedish?

Needless to say, there was no fooling you lot yesterday. Of course I was off to Ikea, with much excitement and glee. First I dropped the girls in the centre of Milton Keynes with my dad and his girlfriend. They were having the girls for the night and then taking them to the pantomime today. I was getting to buy storage and my girls were gone. (Which was strange and very, very quiet. The girls both being out is a very rare thing around here.)


It took me longer to find a parking spot at Ikea than it did to do the shopping. What a nightmare! It's a good thing I knew exactly what I wanted and went in through the exit, back tracked to the correct place in the warehouse, got what I needed, paid and got out. I very quickly remembered why I don't go to Ikea on the weekends if I can help it.

But now I am the proud owner of this Trofast unit.


Just waiting to be filled. But look at the bigger picture showing location.



It fits perfectly under the stairs, still leaving room for the coats to hang, and right there beside it is another unit - full of hats & scarves, dance gear, and summer sandals - and I think that I can feel a mini coup happening in the future when some of those drawers become mine by mysterious happenstance. All I need is a little stealth.

Tomorrow, when I have them all back into routine I will do my final delve into the old toy box and get sorting.


Who knows what lurks in the bottom?!
And sundry other piles of fabric shall also be sorted. I live a dream that sewing will become easier, more organised, more sophisticated when all these fabrics are sorted, colour coded, and each in its place. I know I am living in a fools paradise, but a girl can dream.


I now have to girls to go and bring home again. I am sure I will be hearing all about the pantomime all the way home. I promise not to pass on all the details to you tomorrow.

Susan

23 comments:

  1. Oh, love those Trofast units! Your dream really CAN be a reality, Susan!

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  2. Ooh I have two of these - got them from a friend who was getting rid of them! They are good, though I like your green drawers better than my yellow, orange and blue ones

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  3. I think that old toy box would be good for hats and sandals and such. Those shelves look so smart under the stairs like that, but be careful of head bonks as you have those ah ha moments on finding the perfect fabric in them.

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  4. Very cool S! More importantly though, how were the meatballs?!

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  5. Wow - that unit is just perfect for the space under the stairs! And I believe the organization will make your sewing much more pleasurable. It's nice to be able to see what fabric you've got. I think so, anyway. I used to keep my scraps in a huge Rubbermaid container but I bought some smaller ones and separated them by colour. What a difference!

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  6. Oooooh have fun sorting your stash! I really enjoyed putting all mine in (almost) one place ;-)

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  7. it all fits perfectly under the stairs: it was obviously meant to be! I sorted out some of my fabrics yesterday night and had a move around, it works so much better. Bet you can't wait to get sorting!

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  8. Funny post! Will you be arranging by color? How many colors? Do solids get their own drawer? What will you do with the mostly white background fabrics? Can you tell I have sorting issues?!

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  9. Well if you can fit everything in there, I will be surprised; those dance utfits will be on the back of the girls' doors before they wake!

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  10. Firstly I cannot believe you went to MK Ikea on the weekend ;).
    Units look great though, enjoy your sorting!

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  11. Why does the sight of that storage and fabric give us all the urge to tidy and sort?! I wish I had the same urges for my knicker drawer! x

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  12. You're going to have so much fun sorting and folding and when you're finished it's going to feel so good.

    I swear my craftiness goes better when I have an organised pile of things in my sewing room. It just makes me so darn happy to be able to find things !

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  13. "Oh no you won't!"

    Sorry, couldn't resist! Love your boxes (& I don't say that to just anyone!). Jxo

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  14. I agree with Leanne. I think the hats and such should go in the toy box thereby freeing up the bins for the good stuff!!!

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  15. Yay! glad you're storage savvy now, hope you had some time to enjoy the organising!

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  16. Yay it's great when you find just the right storage for the space. It'll be great once your stash is organised and moved the girls things by stealth.

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  17. Fab storage unit and excellent how it fits so perfectly too!! I asm sure your organisation system will work a treat. I am a messy sewer.

    I too love Ikea items but hate having to go there. You feel like you have entered another weird dimension with no clocks and windows and always spend more than you wanted too. x

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  18. I am DYING to get to IKEA. Am hoping to go this weekend :)

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  19. I'm loving my new Trofast units as well (although rather boringly mine are all the same height), I just love that you can get different drawer sizes as needed.

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  20. The storage looks great - have you sorted your fabric yet?!!

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  21. Okay so I`m reading blogs backwards and now see why you were sorting! Looks great - yea for Ikea!

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