With a majority of my rolls re-rolled, I then loaded them into three different Y-weave baskets. With all the vinyl consolidated, sorted and labeled accordingly, I am now able to easily find exactly what I’m looking for! I personally like my craft supplies concealed (rather than on display or down a wall) and I find vertical storage within a basket maximizes space while still allowing me to see and pull out what I’ve got. It’s probably no shock to regular readers that baskets are the way I prefer to go. There are lots and lots of brilliant solutions for storing vinyl rolls that involve shelves or cubbies or boxes or rods. Re-rolling the vinyl does take a bit of time, but look at all that space saved! This not only included rolling (sometimes up to) four rolls into one, but also breaking apart “combo” rolls and rolling each color individually. While re-rolling, I took the time to roll duplicate rolls together into one large roll. On the occasion the vinyl type wasn’t evident (like dry-erase vinyl or outdoor vinyl), I would write the type onto the painter’s tape (not shown). I just unrolled the vinyl, removed the tube, re-rolled the vinyl as tight as possible, and secured it with some painter’s tape. Second, I could consolidate duplicate rolls of colors, thereby creating even more space! First, this allowed me to remove the cardboard tubes and eliminate wasted space.

I quickly determined, that although it would be a bit time-intensive, I could gain a lot of efficiencies by re-rolling all my vinyl. I started by sorting my vinyl into three categories based on what I have and use the most: standard | iron-on | everything else (which includes patterned, glitter, holographic, chalkboard, stencil, dry erase, etc).

Finally, those sturdy cardboard tubes that vinyl comes on take up a lot of space, and I knew I could significantly increase how much vinyl I could store in each basket by eliminating them!.

As such, I often ended up opening a new roll unnecessarily simply because I didn’t see or couldn’t find the already-opened roll.

I had many duplicate rolls of the same color, yet they weren’t being stored together.

There are now so many different vinyl types available that just two basic groups (standard and everything else) wasn’t quite sufficient.

Having everything in just two bins posed a few problems: Since vinyl is a medium I work with a lot, finding a better storage solution was a priority. As a result, it was becoming VERY cumbersome to see what I had or find what I was looking for. While this simple categorization generally worked and the vertical storage maximized space, over the last few years my collection (especially of various vinyl types) has grown considerably.

I then placed rolls of iron-on, patterned vinyl and other “speciality” items such as transfer paper, stencil paper, etc into a separate basket. All of my “standard” vinyl was stored in a large DRONA bin, and I loved that I could fit a ton of rolls standing on their ends (shown below, left). Today, I want to show you how I’m now storing vinyl rolls, as well as a bunch of other smart solutions that might work in your own craft space!įor the last few years, I’ve been storing my vinyl in two different bins in my craft room. As I was putting away my craft room in the new house, I decided to take the opportunity to fix a few of the storage solutions that weren’t quite ideal in my CA craft room…one of them being my collection of vinyl rolls. While there are many things that are given a “that works for now” solution, there are others I feel compelled to address right away. It’s always a little funny to see what organizing projects rise to the top when unpacking a new house.

Craft vinyl storage solutions