With flexi-working now the norm, there’s more time in the day to do more of the things you enjoy. Walks for fun instead of the daily run to the tube station or bus stop in the morning, reading at leisure instead of gulping pages down on the commute, and proper time to indulge in hobbies that enrich your life.
Whether you’re a part-time knitter, crafter, candlestick maker or something else entirely, making time to completely immerse yourself in something you love has huge benefits for your mental health, physical wellbeing and general contentment.
The thing about hobbies is, they tend to come with a lot of accessories, which can make storage a headache and go someway to undoing the sense of achievement you’ve gained from doing them in the first place.
But there’s no need to feel daunted by clutter if you have the right storage and organisation systems in place to restore your space back to the calm universe it usually is once you’ve finished your arts and crafts or other pastime.
To help you keep up your favourite arts and craft hobby, we’ve looked for the best storage options around. From boxes to store knitting wool and sticks, to wheeled trolleys that can house your array of pens and papers for illustration, we’ve got the skinny on the best storage to buy now.
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Dunelm Lucy Cane Cantilever Standing Sewing Box Grey
If you’re looking for a more heavy duty sewing box that can live by your sewing machine table, this cantilevered design from Dunelm ticks all the boxes. At 66cm tall, it’s the right height to reach for what you need while seated, allowing you to swap thread and needles seamlessly. When opened, you will find a number of compartments to help with organisation, each of them lifting out of the wooden frame to help if you need to root around for something with more depth.
Buy now £99.00, Dunelm
IKEA RASKOG Trolley
We’ve seen IKEA’s multifunctional RASKOG trolley being used for everything from bar carts to bathroom storage, but it’s pretty great for crafting too. The three trays offer plenty of space to add in smaller containers for organisation while giving you the freedom to store bigger gadgets like lightboxes and spools of yarn. The fact that it’s on wheels also means hauling your hobby things from one room to the next is less of a hassle.
Buy now £45.00, IKEA
Dunelm Herringbone Twin Lid Sewing Box
Hold your yarn, needles, haberdashery and other stitching essentials in this smart grey and white herringbone-patterned box, stuffed full of compartments to organise your space. The box includes a lift-out tray to allow you to access your bits and bobs easily and there’s a pin cushion on the lid to help you reach pins and needles easily between stitching tasks. The carry handle also aids portability.
Buy now £28.00, Dunelm
John Lewis Morris Montague Print Victorian Sewing Box, Blue
This clever sewing box dismantles flat allowing you to find exactly what you need at a glance, be it the right thread colour, measuring tape, scissors or your unpicker to correct a sewing mistake. Measuring a neat H12 x W10 x D10cm, it’s perfectly portable, ready to jump into your bag to fix clothes while you’re on the move too.
Buy now £24.00, John Lewis
CRICUT Joy Carry Case - Grey & Blue
If you’re a fully paid up member to the crafty cult of Cricut, you may be looking for a way to take your machine on the move. This case is made specifically for the Cricut Joy DIY Digital Cutting and Printing Machine (£179.99), with a separate pocket for accessories and the charger. It’s a great way of storing your craft machine whether you’re at home or want to take it away from crafting elsewhere.
Buy now £39.99, Currys
Pink Professional Make-up Trolley Case
This wheely case may be made for makeup professionals, but with its tiny compartmentalised trays we feel it’s ideal for jewellery makers too. Store your beads, chains, hooks and gems separated and organised in trays that lift out for even easier access.
Buy now £65.00, Argos
Hggzeg Wooden Desk Organiser Multi-Functional Drawer Stationery Desktop Storage Box
Love doodling? Whether you’re into cartooning, drawing portraits, or doing soothing landscapes, you’re going to need somewhere to store all those pens, pencils, erasers and felt tips. This desk organiser is the perfect size to sit on your drawing table with a drawer at the bottom to stash notebooks and bigger cubby holes for other bits and bobs.
Buy now £14.59, Amazon
IGNPION 2-Tier Stackable Craft Storage Box
If you’ve got a hobby that requires a lot of fiddly little components - say LEGO building, jewellery making fishing, or knitting - finding a way to keep it all organised can be a nightmare. This stackable set of boxes are here to help, lightweight and compartmentalised to keep all your bits and bobs safe. Overall size: 36.5 x 26.5 x 19.4cm.
Buy now £18.99, Amazon
Tianlong 4pcs Mini Foldable Desk Crates Storage Box
Homeware hounds know these collapsible crates have been in every millennial-friendly interiors from Wandsworth to West Ham. With an appealing retro feel, they’re the sort of storage you won’t mind keeping in plain sight. This bundle of four comes in sweet pastel shades, offering an easy way to add a splash of colour as well as sort your knick knacks.
Buy now £11.88, Amazon
Strata 35 Litre Stacking Picking Plastic Open Fronted Recycling Plastic Storage Box Bins
Whether you want to increase your home recycling efforts or need something larger than a bowl to store fruit and veg, these three stackable boxes offer a handy solution. They’re open fronted so you can easily rummage for what you need without upending the whole tower. Each holds 35L.
Buy now £25.02, Amazon
