Thursday, September 17, 2015

My harbor freight 40 drawer organizer review

I finally relieved my order from harbor freight! I purchased an organizer drawer unit for around 15 dollars with a coupon code. 


Here is a picture of my kitty helping me unpack it and playing in the box. Haha. Little cutie! 


Here is the picture of the unit with some of my goodies in it. I plan to label the drawers for easier searching. 

The frame of this unit is a pretty sturdy plastic, but not a sturdy as some more expensive units. The drawers are your typical frosted plastic. The drawers are just transparent enough so you can still see what is inside. The drawers pull completely out of the unit. This works great for me if I want to pull from multiple drawers or work from certain ones. This fact may not work for al crafters. This unit has 40 small drawers and one big one. It can be hung on the wall or it can be free standing on a table. 

It took a little bit for this unit to be shipping, but once it did it got to my fairly quickly through fedex. 

I would recommend this unit to my crafting friends who need to store small items that are not really heavy such as really heavy glass beads. It seems to work perfect for jump rings, clasps, charms, rhinestones, cabochons, and other embellishments I have. 


My Aqua patina drawer....


The large drawer with my large 30x40 cameos. 


Some vintage cabochons 

As you can see from the pictures the drawers make look small, but they hold a good bit of stuff. I noticed they have the option of adding dividers for further customization, but I couldn't find any on the harbor freight website and the unit didn't come with any. Maybe you could make some to for if desired? 

Want to find one of your own? 
Try this link : 
http://m.harborfreight.com/tool-storage/part-storage/40-bin-organizer-with-full-length-drawer-94375.html

I will try to keep you all updated with more of my organizing ventures. Thanks for reading! 
Sarah 


Tuesday, September 15, 2015

New storage in my craft room and a bead haul


Hey folks! It has been a little bit since I have posted here, but I am back. It has been a busy summer, let me tell you. Too busy. My poor boyfriend, who is an electrician if you don't know,  has been working 7 days a week 8-10 hours a day trying to finish a big college job in Burlington. We went on a short vacation to Maine, which was fun while it lasted. 


I wanted to share an overview of my dollar bead haul. I can't wait to make some beautiful jewelry for you and list it in my etsy shop at Sarahs salvage shop. Be sure to check it out btw if you haven't yet! 


If you bead, scrapbook, or make jewelry you have to check dollarbead.com out. They have great deals on some glass beads. Serious look at this beautiful loot. 

I bought some recent storage from tjmax, ikea, and harbor freight. I hope to show you it all soon. At tjmax I got some drawer dividers for a drawer unit I got at ikea. Gosh it takes ages for ikea to ship stuff btw. At harbor freight I got a mini drawer unit like the ones guys use for nuts and bolts. They have great storage there like I have said before. The shipping for them has also been terribly slow. Maybe I am impatient, but my dollar bead order shipped the same day and got to me in two days. Now that is good service! 

As for our monster house project... We have been working at a snail pace on the laundry room here are some scary photos of the transformations. We have a long way to go still... Oh lord. 







We are adding pvc chair rail to protect the walls. Send us well wishes that we get this finished soon. I want my laundry room sink back and my cabinets. Plus who really likes tracking Sheetrock deist over the whole house? 


On a better note the porch looks great and it's our retreat. Plus my kitty Cassie loves it. 


Well hopefully next week I can show you how the craft storage changes are progressing. Please check back soon! 
Sarah