lmanna

I recently loss my soul dog. Apparently the way I process intense grief is by decluttering & organizing. After tackling a few closets I eventually made it to my sewing room. It took me 2 full weeks but my sewing room is now a marvel of organization (IMO).I thought I'd share what I did in the hopes it could inspire someone.

1) I purchased a Brother P-Touch label cube label maker (LOVE IT).
2) I downloaded a free app called "Smart Inventory". (LOVE IT) It generates QR codes, allows you to inventory stuff,etc. There are a few annoying things about the free version but it ultimately does everything I needed/wanted.
3) I went through every bin, pile, basket, etc in my sewing room. No corner overlooked. I looked at everything and made a conscious decision on whether it was something worth taking up space in my sewing room or not. If not, it went in a donation box that was eventually donated to a group of quilters where I work. Anything they don't want will be brought to a quilt guild to hopefully find a new home.
3) Everything that I decided to keep was logged in the Smart Inventory app and associated with a bin. I generated a QR code for every bin using the Smart Inventory app. I printed a label with QR code for every bin using my label maker and stuck the label to the bin. In the Smart Inventory app I was able to create a custom field to indicate where the bin is actually located.

If I want to find something, I can search in the Smart Inventory app. It tells me the bin it is in and where the bin is located. Alternatively I can scan the QR code from a bin's label using the app and the app will tell me exactly what's in the bin.