The First Steps In Organizational Bliss

So my studio, which is a small 8x8(-ish) space in my basement, is always cluttered.  I keep in there a lot of things - all my photography gear, the vast majority of my LEGO collection, my workstation with two monitors, and enough desk space to shoot my shots.

As you can imagine, space is at a premium.  So I made some space. I had a 3ftx3ft corner with a very small wire shelf in it.  Recently I added two shelves, which fills that corner, and increases my storage space by roughly 10x.  This should allow me to find homes for all my gear and toys, and stop fighting my cramped space.  Thereby I can concentrate more on the art.

It is gonna take a while to get everything sorted - it is a boring job so I am doing it a little bit of a time, but I'm making progress, and already seeing dividends.

This is what that corner looks like now. 

Subtle Improvements In Organization

For those that don't know, my studio is in a dark corner of a semi-unfinished busted-ass basement, and consists primarily of 4 desks, some of which contain my computers, and a place to set up minifigs.  Another is a workbench of sorts.  The last one is where I have been storing my LEGO models.  It looks like this:

This is, of course, a mess.  I am not the neatest person in the world, and actually enjoy a little clutter. However there is a huge difference between that and a debilitating mess that gets in my way.  Also, not pictured, is the many LEGO models on my workbench and shooting desk that don't have room on my storage desk.

A quick trip to Ikea resulted in finding some small shelves (really shoe racks), which turned this space from the above into this:

Now I have space for all my models, and some more side... even better, my other desks are freed up from being storage to being useful for creating more art.

Now that is sorted... where is my camera? I got some creating to do...