Empty the room and measure your wall space. Go to yard sales and thrift shops for book cases and dressers. put some material in place and continue. Remember you can take the front of the dresser draws off and end up with shelves (5 draws or 5 shelves). You can cover your shelves with clear plastic just use velcro dots. Everything stays clean and you can see all. Pine boards aren't expensive you can build a chest to put material in(I did) then maybe make a padded top and put it by a window so you can sit and hand sew. Sometimes a mommy will have a set of nook boxes a child has out grown they are quite colorful but if you don't like the colors take them out side and spray paint them with a color or colors you like. You will have a mess when you first start but it will not take long before you have it right