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Yarn Stash Storage

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I love yarn. I love yarn shopping. And all that yarn I buy needs a place in my house. We moved to Orange County, CA about a year ago and at the time it seemed as though the only spot in our new house to stash my yarn was going to be in the master closet. So I purged a bunch of clothes and shoes and used the tall built-in closet shelves for my yarn. But just the other day I cleared a section of our under-the-stairs bookcase for my yarn. It was the background to a fun little photoshoot I did with Lissarie Photography (you can see the sneak peek HERE). After the photographer left, I took a step back and thought, wow my yarn looks fabulous here! I posted it on Facebook and you guys seemed to agree! So I went ahead and cleared ALL the bookshelves to make room for my yarn!! It’s totally acceptable to stash my yarn in my living room, right?! I don’t know how long this will last… you know because I have 3 young kids and husband who isn’t super thrilled with this set up 🙂 And even though this isn’t a high traffic area, I  am afraid that the yarn will get dusty/dirty out in the open like this. But for now it will stay!

The double staircase is a fun design element to our house but the built-in bookcase became a catch-all for trinkets/tchotchke’s and books that nobody ever really looked at. But now I am in love!! Not sure why I didn’t think of using this as my yarn storage space before. Plus my crochet corner faces it! You can see pictures of my crochet corner HERE.

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Where do you store your yarn?

Click HERE to see the yarn storage system I set up in our old house!

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  1. Your new yarn storage creates a WOW design factor!!! It is gorgeous!!! Wasn’t your “wine rack” storage system also open? I would think you use enough yarn that your stash rather rapidly turns over. I vote to leave it right where it is!!!

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  2. I keep my yarn in the living room in covered shoe racks you know the ones that zipper shut? It’s dust free and totally see through so I know exactly what I have. However,I would love to switch if I had that staircase shelving .It is an awesome look.

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  8. This is absolutely beautiful. I don’t have the large space you have, but I’m definitely going to find a place to do something similar. Thank you for posting the gorgeous pics!

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  13. waouhh quelle merveille !!! belle idée le rêve ( moi c ‘est dessous mon lit qui fait coffre je soulève mon matelas et hop j’ai mes pelotes mais elles sont en carton donc moins facile d’accès ! hélas …

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  14. oh Sarah, this is beautiful, but how in the world do you keep the kids out of it? Especially the baby? Razi would have this down in minutes.

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  15. I had a school project and it was to design your own dream room, then I thought of this.Since I want this in my room, I was wondering what the dimensions of the wall were.

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  19. You could always add some rally fun curtains to keep them covered when you aren’t wanting to gaze at them! This will keep them from getting as dusty.

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  21. I live in Arizona and I’m thinking of doing a wall like this or using the pegboard cake method are you having issues with dust and fluff yet

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