HOW MUCH STUFF CAN YOU STORE IN A 6 INCH SPACE?

I am pretty sure you are getting tired of me posting on working on the studio as I am pretty sure I am tired of working ON the studio instead of IN the studio.  But, there is a huge beaming light at the end of the tunnel and I can see it.  I am reaching for it.  I know the place where I create will continue to evolve and change as need arises, in these final stages of getting the last furniture pieces in place and having a place for everything, only the things I love and want to create with, I feel like I have accomplished a huge goal.

 Honestly, it feels just a tad bit scary to be at a done place, the real work will now have to begin.  The thought is both daunting and exhilarating because it means another step towards my goals.  Little fears trickle in...What if I can't create anything except a pretty functional room?  What if I fail to move forward?  What if?  What if?  What if?...such a nasty hiss!  The Pollyanna side of me pushes the Doubting Thomas aside and whispers...What if you succeed?  What if you glad beyond glad that you took the time, effort, and energy to create a tailor made functional for you creative space?  What if you create your masterpiece?  What if?  What if?  What if?...whispered with such hope.

So it is with Pollyanna positivity that I press on and with any luck I will actually have the job complete this weekend.  I know, I know, you have heard this before and if I could have foreseen the future I would not have said that and it may not happen this weekend either but I will give it my best try.  (Just in case you are wondering I am waiting on Handy Hubby to finish up some welding and that is the hold up.)  While I am a lady in waiting for my knight in shining welder shield to come to my rescue I have been working on a tiny overflow storage area, behind the door storage.  You might not think you can do much with a mere 6 inch space but I will prove that you can!

I began with two old wooden crates that I picked up at a flea market for a mere $3.00 each...

I had Handy Hubby cut them down into equal sections.  I glued and clamped the sections together and Handy Hubby added a 1/8 inch wood backing to the whole thing.  Once dry and secure I used old book pages to cover the back of the unit.  We then attached it to the wall by using screws into the wall studs...

I purchased a wooden thread holder at a flea market and cut it apart into three sections, attaching one section in each of the three upper boxes...

I also found some small tension rods at a flea market.  I spray painted those with brown spray paint and installed them for extra ribbon storage...

Lastly I found glass jars that fit the shelving on sale at Hobby Lobby and filled them with ribbon scraps sorted out into like color families...

(There's room for two more jars but they are out of stock.  I will purchase those with my sale price rain check as soon as they get more in.)

On top are some free boxes that were given to me.  These small boxes store craft feathers...

I glued a strip of on old dictionary page around them and stamped a feather on each one.  I used colored pencils to color in the feathers to match what is in each box.

I consider this over flow and room to grow storage, after all, I have other ribbon storage here...

And here...

And here... 

And more thread storage here...

 I was thinking I might add some hooks to the sides where I could hang things from that too, maybe like extra shipping tags or who knows what.  I even gave pause to adding decorated tin cans to the sides to store pencils, pens, or paint brushes and I still might!

You could fill a whole unit like this just with threads, with rows of ribbons, or with jars of supplies.  

It is amazing what you can actually store in a 6 inch space!

Here is a sneak peek at that very last furniture piece...

So, I guess you know what I will be up to this weekend, got and great plans?