Friday 11 December 2009

Making the Best of it!

Well this morning I wrote a comment on yesterday's post, to say I was about to go to Ikea. 

Didn't go.  Truth is, that since I had my 'flu jab last Thursday, I've been feeling a bit rotten. Today I got downstairs and just felt that it was a bad plan to go out, in the car, in the fog, when I felt a bit yukky. My head is a bit fuzzy and keeps aching and I have gungy ears.  For me, gungy ears is a bit iffy, because since my accident,  I have developed a problem with recurring bouts of vertigo.  Didn't want to be caught half way to MK with my head spinning, feeling as if I was out on a ship in a force 10 gale (yes I have been and it isn't fun!).

So I stayed home and made a cup of tea.  Then I thought about my problems with shelves and decided I would make the best of it. 

I went to the Untility Room and swiped one of the long shelves from the wall there. It was nearly empty because I had removed most of its contents already, so not a big deal.  I put it on the brackets in my workroom. It is a bit long, which means it can only be a temporary solution, but it will do fine for now. 

Then I moved stuff about, put up my new work table and tried to organise things just a bit more. It's not too bad now - have a look.


This is the view from the doorway.  I have put the new shelf over the desk, so I can clear the workspace a bit. Looks okay.


This is my work area . A bit more tidy - though there is a Christmas Card Factory on it just now!



Here's my new table. See it has little legs - they are clipped to the shelf uprights.  The table top is just rested on them for now, but I think I will screw it in place. However it will be possible to lift it and hook it higher up. The feet unscrew, so I can adjust its height a little that way, or else I can "stretch" the legs by moving the screws that hold them together (you cant see that bit).  I can now work sitting or standing.  A good place to do book binding work.




My computer is at home on the new table too. I will try keeping it on top of the drawers for now, though I don't know if it will be ok long-term.  It's all in a permanent state of ups & downs!  Once I have proper shelves I can start re-arranging everything and store it all properly.  Looks like I may have to wait til after Christmas now!

Still, it looks ok and I can work in this much more easily.  I look forward to having everything from downstairs put away up here, in properly labelled, organised containers! I can't find things and it's such a pain.  Often I am sure I have something, but it's such a nuisance to find it in all the muddle. Other times I find something that I had forgotten about, which would have been so useful last week!  Roll on organisation... one day.. perhaps... sigh....



And This is my new clock! Isn't it pretty?  I was in Dunelm Mills last week (remember?) and it was in a pile of stuff by the tills. It was so cheap (£3.99) that I couldn't resist it.  A pretty, feminine touch.  Not sure where it will end up just yet - on the wall somewhere - so it is on the (dusty!) windowsill for now.

6 comments:

  1. wow being ill obviously has positive effects on organisation!
    jo xx

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  2. Thanks Jo. I'm not ill exactly, but haven't felt quite "myself" this past week. Hopefully I will be back to normal (or what passes for it with me!) by Monday.

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  3. Lizzie, You sure do good not feeling well! I'd love to get this room cleaned up.

    Also, love that clock!

    Thanks for dropping by my blog. I ended up changing the entry to put my printable recipe since I did do quite a bit of changes from the original. Thanks for adding me to your tuts.

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  4. Hope you start to feel a lot better soon. You're right ..Dunelm Mill is just as great a shopping trip as Ikea!

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  5. found a fab blog for the organising scrapbooker lizzie.

    http://wookiemouse.blogspot.com/

    jo xx

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  6. Thank you Jo! I had a quick look and I think I just might enjoy her blog rather a lot!!!

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