This week I had a giant clearance sale in my studio for my local customers. It was one of those "at these prices I must grab 4" type sales. It was so rewarding to see bulging bags of stock getting carried out of my house by happy customers.
Look - lovely empty baskets. At the start of the sale these were bulging with Twirl Skirts and Boy's Shirts.
And these trays were overflowing with a mix of tees, summer dresses and Liberty tops.
You know how good it feels when you clean out your child's cupboard and send their old clothes to the thrift shop? This sale felt good in that kind of way, but multiplied. I moved about 300 units of stock. Yippee.
I now have empty drawers and more space to put things away. I've moved my quilt rack to the window. Previously there were boxes of fabric and bags and bags of winter pyjamas there.
I now have some speakers and my iPod in the studio so I've got favourite music on rotation to keep me company.
But probably the most exciting thing in this space now is my new sewing cabinet. Yes, it's extremely unattractive, but not quite as bad as the table that houses my industrial sewing machine (on the right).
I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, as I've been busy organising stock for my sale. So I can't wait for a quiet moment to sew at my new work space. We are now at the start of three weeks of school holidays so I know I will have to be patient for that quiet time.
Maybe I should have titled this post "rearranging the house" because we've just been out and bought a new dining table with the earnings from my sale. You can see our existing dining table here (I wish our house was that neat today). The table and chairs are getting trashed by the children in their heavy school shoes. The surface of the table is uneven and makes doing homework on a bit tricky. Upholstered chairs are very impractical for little people who are so good at spilling their food. So we have bought this table, which is getting delivered tomorrow. To go with it we have found some very cheap versions of the classic Eames chair. These chairs look good in so many different contexts. I'm hoping they will look good in our dining space.
Now that I have sold much of the stock that was taking up space in the storage area off our garage we can store our good dining table and chairs there. When we come to sell our house they will be brought out again and used to present my studio as the formal dining room.
Until then though, I'm enjoying my clutter free studio. (Oh, and the sale prices are now on the website for those further afield who want to grab some bargains.)
