A Craft Room – Or at least my version of it!

Can I explain how happy I am that I now have a craft room? Ok, well it’s not a room. More of a nook, hole in the wall (literally) space. But hey, at least it’s a place that is MINE, all mine. And I can do with it what I want, I can escape to it and be in my own world while a million other things may be going on, and all I need to do is think about my project and the creativity behind it.
We took the doors off of one of the closets in our room because there’s two side by side. Yes, we are now totally and completely cramped into the one closet now, but I am so glad that we did so I could have this area.


For my “desk” we used two bookshelves from IKEA and placed them on a diagonal. Then we cut a piece of particleboard to just under the size of the closet. That way there was a little room to put it in place. I primed and painted it white to match the bookshelves, and then put it all into place in the closet.
I love the space the desk gives me, along with the storage below. Because I don’t have much room for all my crafting supplies (crap as the hubby calls it) so I bought canvas baskets and some weaved baskets to keep everything in. Everything from my cords, dyes, fabric and embellishments are in those baskets. I love how they keep everything organized. I also store my printer and cricut cutters on the shelf. That way they are neatly tucked away but yet are easily accessible when needed.

The area is perfect for all kinds of crafts. I can sew here, paint, or even just work on my computer. I have all sorts of sayings and inspirational quotes throughout the area to keep my mind positive and uplifted on a regular basis.

I used some spice jars from IKEA to keep my buttons and mini clothes pins in!! They make me happy to even just look at. They are on a holder that would normally hang from a bar on the wall, but because we are renting I didn’t want to hang it. So instead I just tied some fun ribbon and scrap fabric around the top and set it in the corner of the desk with my quote from Shelley.

I also almost ALWAYS have a little something to munch on while I’m creating. So I used my $.50 cookie jar to store my snacks (notice they are completely gone in the pictures!). And remember what I said about things that make me happy in my space? My Mom bought me this beautiful mug that talks about how daughters are like butterflies. It is the most perfect mug between the two of us, so I have it sitting on my desk for another “happy” moment each time I look at it. I use the mug to hold all of my flash drives! It’s kinda amazing how many of them I have!

Do you remember this paint fiasco we had at my house? Well the solution was to get a cabinet for all of my paint, and to keep it out of reach of the kids! So now I have all my paint on the top shelf of the closet and with mis-matched handles it is held shut with bakers twine! Creative right?!

I also have a whole bunch of mis-matched jars and such that hold everything from thread, bakers twine, ribbon and cupcake liners in them. They sit atop the the shelf as well. Who says you can’t organize, be functional and cute all at the same time?

I also have a huge load of business cards from companies I work with, bloggers and others. I love to keep them displayed for when I want some time wasters (i.e.. other amazing blogs to read!) So I have them on a ring hanging from the clothes rod. It hangs with some tags, glitter packs and my sewing kit.

of course, just outside the closet I have all my paper organizing center with my “crafting” hoop on the wall.


The whole area makes me so happy. And I’m so glad that I finally got to share it with you guys today!

Now tell me, what do you use for YOUR craft room?

  
 

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