Tips and Tools - Coralling the Studio Chaos - Day Two - Boxes

I have such a wonderfully peaceful feeling when I walk 

into my studio and everything is clean and organized.

Today I would like to share with you some of the things 

I use to organize my main studio.

One of my favorite pastimes is to go antiquing and junking.
 I love the feeling of going back in time as I rummage through
 things once loved and cherished. 

When I walk through a yard sale, junk store,

or an antique mall wonderful treasures of the past jump out at me.

Some of these treasures are wooden boxes.

The boxes that I have collected can be as large as a cabinet
 or as small as a pill box. 

The Primitive cabinet above works very well

for housing things I need but don't necessary

want to see.

The boxes I bring home are not always perfect.

They are often worn and scarred by time

bringing that old world charm to my studio.

This hand carved box has six dividers and

 works very well  holding some of my glitters.

I use to have a lot of small plastic containers in my 

studio. (We use what we have, right.)

The plastic boxes and containers worked but they just were not 

what I wanted my studio to look like or feel like.

While walking through a Goodwill store one day I noticed

several old wooden jewelry boxes. 

I bought them,

 brought them home, and they worked perfectly

for all the tiny findings I use for my jewelry.

The wooden cigar box is another favorite box of mine.

This antique "step back" cupboard has open shelves

and is the perfect place for some of my boxes.

I enjoy having easy access to so many of the 

small items that I work with.

This vintage sewing box has a lot of

separate compartments. It works well for holding

my tags and cards.

Other boxes that work well in the studio are

old crates. They can be turned on their sides

 making cubbies for all kinds of things.

With a board placed on top of these crates I can then 

place my old tool boxes on top of the crates.

This antique tool box holds my stamps and inks.

The typesetter drawers are perfect for corralling things

like keys, game pieces, charms and beads. 

These two boxes are the newest additions to my studio.

The bottom cabinet is an antique

library card filing cabinet.

Now it is filling old typewriter pieces.

This five drawer box below is an antique drug store

label box.

The drawers of this box are the prefect size for all my 

tiny screws, bolts, springs, hinges, screw eyes and more. 

Well, that is all for today.

Tomorrow I will share some things

 you may have not thought of to use in a studio.