my think zone

You may remember the early days of my studio planning. One of the first things Aby Garvey did with me was to help me understand how I use my studio...what tasks I perform there...and organize it in terms of zones. One zone that I have been looking forward to developing is my think zone.

What's a think zone? Well, in a nutshell it's a place where I can sit and plan and read and...well...think! Fortunately, my work requires me to do a lot of magazine reading, keeping up with trends. I was constantly behind in my reading and magazines were piling up unread. Aby helped me to organize my schedule so I can allot a certain amount of time each week to reading. That's when my think zone enters the picture.

I don't have my reading chair yet. But I do have the furniture in place where all the magazines will sit until I get to them. Remember that old, ugly entertainment center I was gonna get rid of? Well, Kent painted it black for me and it's back in use!

   

Once I got all the magazines in place and the little baskets (aren't they cute?), the next task was to figure out how to set up a staging area for magazines that were next in the queue to be read. I found the perfect solution at the Container Store.

    

A closer look?

    

It has six slots for magazines and one little pocket (supposedly for the tv remote but I will use it to tuck away highlighters and a small pair of scissors for marking and clipping articles). It worked so well that I went out and bought another one for the other side of the unit. Now I can organize my magazines with srapbooking titles on one side, graphic design and technology on the other.

    

This clever little solution is made by reisenthel. I love it!

One more thing...did you know that Wendy Smedley and Aby Garvey are writing a book about organizing your scrap space? And guess what else? There'll be photos of my studio in the book. Is that cool or what?

later...

Comments

[Donna Bettencourt]

Aha, I knew if I kept stopping by I would eventually see more of that new scraproom!! I'm so glad you are finding time to enjoy the organization!! Keep up the good work and I will keep peeking in. I am even going to take out my BPS class info from last year and tinker again...what a big girl I am!!LOL

Donna

[Pam Steinke]

I love what you shared! I'm moving back into my own house after 2.5 years of living and caring for my Mom. I love the idea of a think zone in my scrapbook room...I'm going to run with that one! Thank you for sharing!

[Jamie ~ Alabama]

Very good idea! you made perfect use of that for your needs. Love it!

[Julie Ann Shahin]

I really love the idea of a think zone! TFS!!!

[PROLIX from la Normandie]

Joyeux NSD!

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[gillian]

A think zone... brilliant!

[candice]

LOVE it, Renee. Very inspiring!