my yarn storage solution

For those of you who do not understand my love for yarn, you may just want to check out here and move on to the next blog.

But for those of you who love yarn and are maybe looking for an appealing way to store it, read on.

I've had four big plastic totes stacked up in our master bedroom closet for the last eight months or so. And since our closet is narrow, every time I wanted to get into the bins, I had to pick a bin up and back out of the closet with it. And I repeated this, bin by bin, until I got to the bin that had the desired yarn in it.

It worked, but I knew I wanted easier access. It was hard to get to, and it wasn't very conducive to creativity. I also knew that I really loved the yarn-store look of displaying yarns ~ in the little wooden cubbies, stacked color on glorious color.

I've been trying to figure out a solution this whole winter. I needed something affordable and aesthetically pleasing since the only space I had to store my yarn was right smack dab in the master bedroom. Our house is smallish, and there's no room for an "art studio."

I was leaning towards a bookcase display. Brad wanted me to get something with doors on to cut down on the dust, but all of those options were too pricey. I was keeping an eye on Craigslist, but wasn't having any luck finding something that fit the small area that it had to fit in to.

And so I decided that sometimes you just have to go with what's affordable and available (and dust a little more often!)

While we were out over the weekend, I found this white bookcase at Target. It was on sale for $80! We snatched the last one up. In fact, I guarded it while Brad went to look for assistance and a flat to wheel it to the front.

Brad, the awesome husband that he is, knew how excited I was about this so he put it together late that night after we got home. Sunday was a family day, so I didn't get around to putting out the yarn until yesterday. And can I just say how much fun I had? Arranging. Rearranging. Getting it just right.

And now my heart goes pitter-patter every time I look at it. :)

So I know that some of you totally don't get this. You don't get why I would get excited over a bookcase stuffed full of yarn or why I would even want that in our master bedroom. But oh do I love it! And Brad even mentioned how nice it looked, all colorful and cheerful and happy-looking. But, of course, he totally gets me and knows what makes this girl happy.

The bookcase. {Just saw that the price is back up to $110, but it's still a good deal!}