My nail polish stash, storage and work space - a guided tour

Welcome to a picture heavy guided tour in my polish drawers and workspace...!
I feel like a child waiting for Christmas LOL - I have looked SO much forward to showing you this post and I put in at least 8 hours of work in it trying to remember everything and to make all photos and text as perfect and as easy to understand as possible!
I have become one more chest of drawers for my nail polishes - and it's two and a half years ago since I last showed you my nail polish workspace - click HERE - and a lot have happened since then!

First two overview photos showing the storage and the workspace before we dive into the drawers...!
Remember you can click on the photos to enlarge them!

The cushion on top of the smallest of the chest of drawers is mainly used by Ivan, the youngest of our 4 cats.

As you can see I often sit with my laptop right behind the "half-wall", so it's quite cozy. And if the "cozy-level" isn't high enough, Ivan jumps on the table and demands to be cuddled <3

Everything in my workspace is within reach and I even have a sink, very practical both when swatching and painting nail art with acrylic craft colors!
And in case you wonder, this is NOT our kitchen, it's my workspace and noting else, but it is a separate part of your long L-shaped kitchen....

My photo set-up is only a few steps away (if I don't stumble over any cat toys) and I can open doors to get in fresh air if I want to.
Another favorite cat cushion is found on the top of our extra refrigerator.

Ok, enough small talk - let's dive into the drawers. I took photos of all of them except two, that aren't (yet) used for nail polish/related stuff!

Do you remember my many, many untried polishes - click HERE?
Well I have been swatching a lot, so now the drawer looks like this, so that is quite an improvement:

BUT - there always seem to be a but somewhere, doesn't there..?

My drawer of untried Chanel's is way fuller now:

AND there is a new drawer of untried Indies & Co.

AND the acrylic shelves with the "next up" untrieds aren't exactly empty either, are they, tsk, tsk...

So let's move away from the untried polishes to all the swatched/tried ones, all the keepers - most are sorted by color, Chanel and Dance Legend are sorted by brand.

This drawer houses the already swatched Chanel polishes from 2007 and onwards. The empty spaces are for not yet swatched and missing polishes from the year in question.

And this drawer houses the already swatched Chanel polishes older than 2007.

A few swatched orange and yellow - a LOT of swatched pastel yellows - and my so far swatched Dance Legends...

My so far swatched pink and reds.

My swatched pink, red and purple holos.

My swatched holos in other colors.

My swatched greens going from dark til light mint.

My swatched blues going from dark til light pastel blue.

My so far swatched purples going from pastel to dark - I see the need for more room for the darker purples soon...

My glitters.

My so far swatched Diors - a few others and special finish polishes like glow in the dark, magnetics, crackle etc. - a drawer that that is open for other polishes, maybe the darker purples as before mentioned...

My refills, a few gifts and polishes looking for new homes...

- but what is this? MORE polishes looking for new homes + a shelf somewhere else in the house, tsk, tsk, tsk...

A drawer with a few extra acrylic craft colors, most stand ready in my workspace, a little glitters etc.

Extra nail wheels, swatch sticks and a lot of "this and that"...

Re-use of boxes, bubble wrap etc. for shipping polishes to friends...

And finally a closer look at my workspace:

I have all I need in one place - always ready to use.
Because of surgery in the neck and shoulders it's best for me to stand while polishing and painting, so one arm is supported by the clear acrylic box, the other by the metal suitcase.
On the clear acrylic box you see my old eyes secret weapon and helper: OptiVisor (5), that enlarges everything 2½ times (but gives a very short focal depth); I use it when I paint nail art and do a clean up.

The top drawer under the metal suitcase - messy and chaotic, but I can find most things in it without looking - and...

- I chose not to tidy up before the photos, so what might look chaotic to you is very practical for me ;)

Did you like the guided tour in my polish world?
Useful links to my: Indies & Co. -  Chanel polishes - Stash list - DIY Tips & Tricks - or use the menu at the top of the page to see even more pages.
Current giveaway - click HERE!

How many polishes winner - and a new "home" for my polishes

I almost fell of my chair, when I saw the first guess in my guess how many polishes contest - click HERE
It was made by Zebra-nails, she guessed 210 - the exact number of polishes I had at the time!!
Congratulations Irina - I have sent you an email with some polishes to choose from :)

Jeg faldt næsten af stolen, da jeg så det første bud i "Gæt hvor mange neglelakker konkurrencen" se HER 
Det var Zebra-nails, der gættede på 210 - det helt nøjagtige antal, som jeg havde på daværende tidspunkt!!
Til lykke til Irina, jeg har sendt hende en mail med navnene på nogle lakkerr som hun kan vælge blandt :)

And all my polishes have moved, a dream come through - but not far, to the other side of the wall in a completely new "home" - each drawer holds 180 polishes, so you do the math ;) I have chosen only to use the part of each drawer that I easily can see, when I pull it out.
I have not yet decided whether to sort by color or by brand, so far I'm just testing. The upper drawer is only high enough for Essie, Essence and A-England type of bottles.
The lowest drawers I use for storing extras like cotton pads, nail wheels, swatch sticks etc.
Check in later today for "The next episode of Soul Sista" :)
Og alle mine lakker er flyttet, en drøm er gået i opfyldelse - dog kun over til den anden væg i en splinterny kommode - hver skuffe kan rumme 180 lakker, så du kan selv regne lidt på det ;) Jeg har har valgt kun at bruge den del af skuffen, som jeg har overblik over, når jeg trækker den ud.
Jeg har endnu ikke ebesluttet om jeg vil fortere efter farve eller mærke, afprøver stadig.  Den øverste skuffe er kun høj nok til Essie, Essence og A-England størrelse flasker.
De nederste skuffer bruger jeg til diverse tilbehør og lager af vatrondeller, vatpinde, negle hjul og pinde m.m. Kommoden er en Kaagaard, 80 bred, 47 dyb og 124 høj, fås også lavere.
Kig ind senere idag for at se "Næste episode af Soul Sista"

Each drawer can hold 180+ polishes - hver skuffe kan rumme 180+ lakker

I have heightened the bottom with a cut out piece of styrofoam and placed some anti-slip on top - jeg har gjort bunden højere med en flamingoplade hvorpå jeg har placeret anti-slip underlag.

On the top there is room for only one of my acrylic polish racks, I'll use it for untried (there really should be more on it - ups..) På toppen er der kun plads til den ene af mine akryl trappereoler, jeg vil bruge den til de endnu ikke afprøvede (der skulle vist være lidt flere på den, ups...)