This post is brought to you by The Container Store. It's like meth. Or what I would assume meth would be like because I can't seem to get enough. Now that we have a store nearby I seem to find myself there a few times a month picking up new shelving, boxes, organizers, gift cards, etc. Also, did I mention this is a calligrapher's paradise?! There's a container for everything. Basically. Right now, The Container store is offering a 30% discount on all Elfa® shelving until February 11th. We love to take advantage of this sale, and now that we don't have to pay for shipping it's hands-down my favorite sale of the year! Since we moved in over 2 1/2 years ago, we've been slowly working on transitioning all of our closets over to the Elfa® system. If you're not familiar with it, you screw a top track into the wall near the ceiling, insert the hang standards and click everything in from there. You don't have to mess up your walls in order to have amazing storage and you can change it up as your heart desires. No need to go into construction mode after hanging the top track. If you're not sure where to start? Get in touch with a designer to help you plan your space! If you've been in my house, it's likely I've shown you my closet with my eyes glossed over with hearts. I'm that much in love with all things Elfa®. AAAAnyway. . . My studio has been a complete disaster. If you follow me on instagram, I gave you a sneak peek at how awful it's been lately. I can't be productive when my space is that disastrous. When we first moved in, I spent a weekend transforming the yellow room into a blank white canvas. It was alright, but the furniture I used to store all of my supplies was bulky and I didn't have nearly the desk space I needed, either. Oh, and I hated that wobbly old desk. Chris bought it in his bachelor days, so it had seen a fair amount of use. And it had been moved about 9 times. Two Christmases ago, Chris bought me a new desk, with slightly smaller real-estate, but a much more stable surface. He got it on super-duper-uper sale at Copenhagen Furniture while visiting Phoenix. Mega win, but I was collecting more and more calligraphy supplies so the desk was feeling cramped and less than effective. Turns out Chris and I were both experiencing the same crowded ineffective space. So we upgraded in a major way with help from The container store! The minimalist in me would have bought white opaque boxes to store everything, but I've learned that I need to see all of my supplies so I'll be able to quickly find them and put them away. I went for a white and acrylic scheme here and it works amazingly. The utility board keeps the scissors at hand, but off the precious desktop. The acrylic drawers keep my glitter glue on hand and I can see the lovely rainbow collection from my chair. Without much effort I can grab for my favorite brush markers and switch up colors and keep tidy as I work. The boxes on the pegboard hold extra tape, glitter, gum (an essential resource for late-night calligraphy work) and iphoneography equipment. I have the pliers easily accessible so I can change out nibs quickly. My favorite inks are safe in their own shelf above so I won't tip them over. And Felix won't get tempted by them when he sits at my desk with me. I originally had a pegboard behind my computer screen (which is wall-mounted now, thus saving even more desktop space!), but it was wobbly and cluttered. I switched that out for a metal magnet strip. It was advertised to be mounted horizontally, but it fits perfectly in the space between my shelves and the door. Did you know that toothbrush holders make for amazing pen holders? Which reminds me, I could probably get rid of a few of those old plastic pens. Now the only things that stay on my desk top are my bare essentials (water jar, keyboard, mouse, graphics pen). My goal in 2015 is to maintain this level of cleanliness! Let's keep it real: with all this vertical storage, I've opened up 8 square feet of space in my office (that's a lot considering my room is 10x10). Which has opened the floor up to more ink stains. :( The one pictured below my desk happened last night. Still left on my things to do in this room:

• Switch up the art
• Tame those cables (aka: another trip to the container store)
• Get new flooring

*This post is sponsored but all opinions and thoughts are my own. I love the container store this much!