How can turn my closet in my sewing room into a shelving space?

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I used to have so much fabric at one time, I got a bunch of those plastic crates, and zip tied them together to form one massive shelving unit in a large closet. And then organized my fabric in the cubes. It worked great.

You could also install those metal brackets on the back wall of the closet and then screw down 1x12" lumber to make shelves. I did a shelf in one of my closets and I got the white melamine lumber cut to size at the lumber store saving me time in not having to paint it, plus its nice and smooth. http://www.truevalue.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm&hardwarianState=4&keyword=shelf+brackets be sure to screw them into studs

That's a lot of fabric! Right now the room looks a bit cluttered so I would start by going through everything and deciding what doesn't belong in there (if it's your sewing room, keep it to supplies you need for sewing). If you still have too much for the space, maybe organize your supplies and put holiday-specific items in an attic or basement.

Then make use of that wall space! Our yarn started to take over our bedroom closet so we came up with this solution for a small corner in our bedroom. This exact project won't hold as much as you have there, but it's a good starting point for inspiration. Hope this helps!

Lucky you! It looks as if you will be doing a lot of quilting, and at least you have a sewing room!!

Wow! At least you have a dedicated room for your sewing and crafts.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/248260998178939152/

https://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-convert-a-closet-into-shelving

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/turn-your-closet-into-a-booksh-122722

Back in the day, I used to use my mom's dining room table as a cutting board, we placed the table pads on, was huge, seated 12 . . . Broke my heart when I gave it to Habitat as I had no room at my house.

Sort threw the fabric and use the bags you suck down with a vacuum to put in the fabric you know you won't use very often. Stack those on the top shelf of your shelving, it will cut down the amount of containers you use and save a lot of space. Sort out the types of fabrics you have and put like in the same container, same with colors, so you have all labeled with this information and you can grab what you need easily. Put notions in one spot, ribbon together in one spot, etc. I don't have a sewing or craft room, and use containers for all that I have (I don't have a whole lot) in the corner of the spare bedroom that is also used for computer use and exercise bike (the room is not very big). All containers are labeled as to what is in their and I keep each container for only one type of thing, or put other things in smaller container in that container and label that container and label the big container to say the other one is in there also.

Wonderful! I don’t think you show the open closet, but I have some ideas. If your double-wide closet is like many, there will be a shelf at about 5’6” that goes from left to right on the back of the closet. Depending on the ceiling height in the closet, either add another shelf halfway between the current shelf and the ceiling, and/or, put a replacement shelf in that comes almost to the doors. Put lots more of your containers on the 1-2 shelves.

Think of more of the space as a pantry. Leave the clothes bar, and hang several shoe bags from the bar. The kind with twelve transparent pockets. They will pack close to each other until you need them. On the two sides and the back, build shelves in a straight U shape every 18-24”, to the floor, EXCEPT, make the waist high shelf with a hinged tabletop, coming out to the doors. The shelves should be at least as wide as your storage boxes. Then, when you want your tabletop out of the way, you can fold it up or down and attach it with hooks to an upper or lower shelf or the wall. This will take some pencil and paper planning, but it can expand your shelving area greatly, and add a new table space that is about 3-4’ deep and around 6-8’ wide.

Other ideas: cover all the inside doors, inside and out, with more pocket bags. Or on one door, set up spool racks for thread. As much as you had to purge your mother’s drapery supplies, heavy duty sewing machines, and fabric, I tell you lovingly, purge even more, donating or selling at least half of your own stash and hers. 😢 Date the plastic shoe boxes now, all with the same date. Anything new that comes in has to have that date. One year from now, if you have not used the items in that box (at least by drawing a plan and putting it in the box), then those boxes are to be donated to another seamstress or crafter. If you do use something from a box, change the date on the box and you have another year!

best wishes ☺️

Hey fellow quilter, I totally understand your dilemma!! I separated my fabrics by color and anything over a fat quarter was neatly folded into the stack, novelty/Christmas/baby got their own stacks. If you don't see the fabric, you don't use it, so crates are lovely for storing long-term, but not for a quilter who wants to be productive and shopping their stash regularly. Putting shelves in your closet would be perfect for storage and keeping the sun away from your fabric. Make your shelves as deep as you can and use large cookie sheets (the kind with low sides) to put your fabric on - that way you can pull out all the fabric of one color that you are going to look through and can double/triple stack the fabric yet still easily access it. If you find you have too much fabric to store this way, it may be time to share some of your fabric wealth with other quilters in your area, either through a sale (get your guild to hold a sale a couple of times a year so everyone can participate) or donation (especially to quilters who do lots of quilting for charities).

You can also pick up fabric shoe or sweater organizer shelves to hang up for temporary storage. (With high hopes to not replace what you use, haha...)

Here's a post that might help you https://chascrazycreations.com/how-to-organize-a-closet-with-these-tips-tricks-and-hacks/