Finally, FINALLY

I now have a curing rack for soap. I have wanted a real designated spot for curing soap that is airy, cool and, frankly, out of my personal space. I was very tired of them taking up my kitchen counter space, closet space and even floor space (they were in boxes, never fear). Now that Nate and I live in a larger place with a guest room, I carved myself out a little craft corner. It's not a big house for two people and one cat, but it has enough extra seldom used space to fit this area in. I seriously envy those who have large basements with curing racks and whole dedicated craft rooms. Someday.

P.S. Uh... remember here where I confessed that some pictures were pink because I was wearing a pink sweatshirt? Well I made the same foible again here haha. Will I never learn? My love of pink must be strong.

This is what my soap curing situation started out as. You can tell this is old by the way the soap looks! Not that this soap is ugly or bad, it's just more basic. That orange one smelled delicious.

The wire racks on the counter worked for a while, but they filled up fast. I moved a bunch to my closet shelf, but a lot of upward space wasn't being utilized.

They overflowed into these fabric boxes, stacked four high next to my bedroom door. Critical mass people. It led to me feeling overwhelmed and drowning in soap.

But now. THIS. I created this corner with three Omar shelves from Ikea (two stacked, one only had shelves harvested) and three of these Like-It Modular Drawers. I'll admit, not the cheapest tiny craft corner, but everything had to be so narrow and tall it required more specialized storage. My box of cards and paper goods fits on the bottom shelf, my soap bin with most of my working tools, a mold and even a roll of sisal rope on the next shelf. My soap cutter up top and of course six shelves for actual soap. My sewing machine is the perfect size to fit on the three stacked drawers (containing everything from paints to pincushions.

If soaps could look happy I think they would look like this.

What makes me happiest? THREE completely empty shelves waiting to be filled.