Organization empty room at once or as you go?

I couldn't imagine trying to empty my room out. Where would I put everything while waiting to return it to the room?

And there is no way I could get it all out in one day. And putting it back might take forever. I know I would change my mind a dozen times as to where I want what.

I just do small sections at a time. And if I have ever done all the sections, when I'm done it is time to start again.

As long as I have my paper, dies and stamps organized (well, sort of) then I'm good to go.

I'm with oldcrow. Taking it all out and putting it back seems - uh no. I'd feel like I had to complete it in a day.

When I reorganized my room I sat down with two empty boxes and went though every drawer, box, shelf, container, etc and touched everything. What I didn't want went into one box and what I was unsure of went into another. I put similar items in ziploc bags and labeled them (stickers, rub-ons, , brads, eyelets, all the tag maker parts, all the ribbon curler parts, albums and extra pages, etc) so it would all stay together. I even went through my paper and ended up with a lot that is separated to use for testing and scrap. I also made a list of what when into the boxes and sent it to my scrappy friends to see if they wanted anything.

Then I started on my stamps, ink and embossing powders. It took a few weeks, working an hour or so each evening and a few hours each weekend to go through it all. I have three boxes of to go stuff and nothing in my unsure box. The only thing I'm hesitant about is my QuicKutz. I just can't seem part with them.

When we cleaned the carpets last year I took out everything in my craftroom and I sorted it. Put the furniture I wanted back in. Then one box at a time I brought everything I wanted back in. The stuff I didn't want I donated. It took about 5 days. That isnt counting the 3 days for the carpet to be cleaned and driy.

Now I am packing it all up again. As I pack I am going to pack and sort everything. When we get moved I am going to buy as many of the stelite drawr sets to fill the closet. That way I can organize everything better. I want different furniture in there than I have now.

I'm reorganizing right now. I started first with a sketch of my room with where I want stuff (bookcase/scrappy standing desk/all furniture). Then I sketch each piece of furniture with what I think would be good in each section. My standing desk is 2 of those closetmaid 9 cube storage containers with a topper on it. So I will basically put what I think I'd want in each section. I made a list of things that I don't access frequently that I could store in a storage area of the house. Then I just picked a section and started, cleaned it out, moved it. Put back what I want on/in that section. Some things have to wait patiently to the side in a box until I get to their sections. It's been working great. And I'm over half way finished!!

I'm dealing with all of this right now. It's been an ongoing process for the past several months and I'm sure it will take several more months to get through everything. There is no way I could empty it all out, in fact, 80% of my stuff was STILL packed up from when we moved so I had to go through it all anyway. Having stuff in miscellaneous boxes just made it harder to know what I had and where it was when I did want it, which meant I did almost no scrapping for the past three years, so I wouldn't recommend putting anything in a box unless it's something you know you want to get rid of.

So as I am unpacking, I'm going through each and every single thing, sorting by rough categories into bins the stuff I want to keep and find a home for and tossing everything I want to get rid of in two boxes: the stuff that I want to donate goes in one and the stuff I think I might be able to sell goes in another. I'm getting pretty close to being done with the primary sort, and once I clear out all the stuff I need to get rid of I'll have more room to go through the stuff I'm keeping again so I can decide the best way each thing should be stored.

I think it's hard to know where or how to organize something when it's not all collected together in one place, so that's the first step. I'm sorting by theme or type, looking at what it is and how much of it there is, and then deciding on the most logical place for it to go based on how or where it will be used or how much space I'll need to contain it. I'm setting up work zones for major tasks so that's where I'm starting, along with dividing my scrapping themes into subcategories to make finding things faster and easier.

I don't think there is any quick or easy way to do it, especially for anyone with a more sizable stash.

I think my dream would be to empty the room for that starting from scratch/fresh start feeling But like everyone else I just tackle one section at a time and try to work through it.

This sounds like a great combination of both ways

I would take it all out.

My new craft room is full of boxes. The treadmill is in the garage needing to be taken apart to get it down the hall and into the craft room. I really need to work on the room. Husband wants to get it out of the farage. I just don't have any energy for it.

In theory yes. But it depends on how much stuff you have. Touching you scrapbk stuff multiple times does help in the do I love it or not. But the frustration and time is also a downfall

First off: I separated everything into various rubber maid containers as far as the things I wanted to keep, what I wanted to sell, what I wanted to donate and worked from there. The containers were moved out of the room while we set up the 2nd hand desk that I purchased (I painted it first, though); the Expedit, jetmax cubes and shelving. It was a long process and took several months from start to finish. But the end result was well worth it!