Ditchling Cabin | Lily Fairbank

Role: Project manager
When: August to October 2026
Status: Finished
Aim: Faster changeovers and less money wasted on over-ordering stock
Did: Planning, buying, invoices, strip-out and rebuild

The job

A disorganised supplies and laundry space that needed to work harder. I cleared it, redesigned it and rebuilt it so changeovers run faster and stock is no longer over-ordered.

Planned the new layout with the operations manager, so the space works for the people using it.
Took out the old storage and disposed of the waste.
Bought the shelving, boxes and fittings, and managed the invoices.
Built and rebuilt the room so all of the stock fits and can be seen at a glance.

Before and after

The laundry worktop before: four machines under a cluttered worktop and two shelves — **Before**The laundry and work bench.

The laundry worktop after: the same machines with a clear wooden worktop and tidy, labelled shelves — **After**The same bench, cleared and organised.

The supplies wall before: shelves of products and a clothes rail piled high — **Before**The supplies wall.

The supplies wall after: a metal shelving unit with labelled grey trays and boxed paper rolls — **After**Supplies, sorted into labelled trays.

A metal shelving unit with laundry baskets, folded towels and labelled bedding boxes — **After**Laundry and spare bedding.

A white bookcase with striped storage boxes next to a green metal locker — **After**Storage for everything else.

Done for the owners of Ditchling Cabin, where I have worked as part-time operations manager since 2018.

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