The big linen closet project had some nice follow-on effects. The contents of this trunk in the office, my yarn stash, relocated to some plastic boxes in the upstairs closet. It's a bit hard to access but perfect for how often I need to get there (plus it let me sort everything into smaller categories like yarn weight). It also stopped me from cursing out the messy children each time I had to get in the trunk and was stopped by the mess on top. It wasn't really a crafting surface, but of course, EVERYTHING is a crafting surface. So we moved the contents of the trunk and put the trunk itself away and decided what to do with our newfound space.
We knew we needed a space for crafts/art (see above comment) and we had lots of small things to store, specifically blocks and OH SO MANY LEGOS. We figured we'd stick to the rainbow decor (also known as "I've given up and decided to let my kids dictate my decorating") and purchased a TROFAST from--where else--our favorite store, Ikea. We went with the white since our room colors are a dusty gray brown from an old Hemnes line (yes, also Ikea), a white STUVA (Ikea) and D's white and bamboo standing desk. Yellow pine wasn't really the look we wanted. And of course, we went with rainbow drawers.
Building the pieces was the easy part. Sorting the Legos by color, now that took time. By the time we were finished, these bins were mostly full.
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