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Home Office Update

I'm slowly but surely chipping away at decorating my home office. It's mainly just piles of papers and craft messes most of the time, but it's taking shape. Love having my own little space to do my own thing. Thought I'd share some recent additions and fun finds to the room:

I just found this chicken wire rack at HomeGoods last weekend. (Insert angels singing here for my new HomeGoods in town!) It has four, 14 inch wide bins perfect for paper storage.

I ordered these 13x20 posters of the girls from Paper Coterie and was really happy with the quality. They're printed on a thick fabric with adhesive on the back that can stick and re-stick to any surface. Can't wait to try it out.

My Mom gave me a belated Mother's Day gift last weekend. A reproduction print of the original Keep Calm and Carry On poster from the British bookstore where it was orginally discovered. (I blogged about it a few months back. Check out the charming video about it here.) Thanks Mom!

I have several clipboards hanging on my office pegboard to display pretty things and bits of inspiration. I recently bought Smash Bands (made to hold together Smash Books by EK Success) that fit perfectly around the clipboards to tuck in additional goodies. 

Do you have an office or craft space? Is it always neat? (Please say no.) Have any great storage tricks?

MY NEW RIBBON & WASHI STORAGE

I heart storage solutions!

After trolling around the interwebs, I saw this idea to use a swing-arm pants hanger as an organizer. I got this one at Target (cost less in the store) and it's now hanging in my office closet. I have countless spools of ribbon and washi tape I plan on rounding up and organizing like this.  Pictured is what was rolling around in one random drawer in my guest room. Another trip to Target is in my future.

How do you keep your craft supplies organized?

Scandinavian Christmas Style

A dear friend brought me some incredible finds from her recent trip to Russia, Helsinki and Amsterdam. Among them was this Christmas issue of Kotivinkki, a Finnish design magazine. I flipped! This was packed with fabulous holiday ideas and I'm completely drooling over the simplicity of Scandinavian style. 

How adorable is this magazine? Wish we could get it here in the U.S.!