First some business - the winner of the Uncommon Goods giveaway is Kathy! Hit me up with your address please!
Now for some storage ideas - magnets can be your friend! Back when my desk in our home office was also my studio, we hung sheet metal above my desk and I put all my beads in clear topped containers with magnetic tape on the bottom. You can get ready make ones at IKEA, but since I needed many of them, I ordered the containers online and stuck on my own magnetic tape. You can read all the details at my post here.
It took me a while once I moved everything down to my new studio to get my new bead wall built. I wanted a single sheet of sheet metal and I found a place that would do it for me. Once we got it home we realized that we needed a cut out for the outlet. Sheet metal is not forgiving, so it took more effort that you would think to cut a suitable hole. We made it look a little prettier with duct tape :-).
Recently a good friend stayed with me and wanted to do some shopping. My inventory is usually a tangled mess in a bin - and it took us a while to put it into order. In the new basement configuration, the extra/drink fridge got moved into my studio. It occurred to me that some magnetic hooks could turn the side of it into a display, so that I am ready for the random shopping request. A little search on Amazon and I was set: