Once I pulled out the ‘change/redecorate an area of your
house or yard’ motivation slip at the start of November I knew that it had to
be my craft room. Since we moved into our house two years ago my craft room has
been a mess of hoarded boxes, paper, containers and jars along with the rest of
my art things such as paint, paint brushes, beads, scrapbooking accessories,
clay and the list goes on. Although I managed to find things it was an unorganised mess
that desperately needed some attention especially if I wanted to start doing more
craft.
First thing I did was get rid of everything that didn’t
belong in a craft room, it had become somewhat of a storage area for things
that we couldn’t find a home for but a cupboard in our garage fixed that
problem. Next problem I had was storage and desk space. Lucky for me a friend
of mine was moving and offered me the cupboard she had been using as her pantry
and my parents also had a desk at their house they no longer wanted so once I
worked out (with the help of my husband) how on earth I was going to fit four desks,
a cupboard, a tall book case and my storage drawers in a room that isn’t very
big, my craft room was finally starting to take shape.
After everything had been moved around a few times and I decided
I was happy with the new layout I began emptying all of my cupboards and
drawers one by one organising its contents so that I knew where everything for
each type of craft I did was kept. Looking on the internet for ideas helped but
most of their featured craft rooms were designed for a specific craft where I have
always enjoyed trying all different types so I had to adapt their ideas to suit
my needs. Also, having started a little home business cutting die cuts with my
Cricut Expressions machine I set myself up an area so that I could keep all of
my orders and creations together complete with cutting station, shelves for
creations I have made and an order book and folder of cutting sizes and shapes
for different projects.
After receiving not only the machine from my aunty but also
a large collection of scrapbooking papers along with the large pile I had
already accumulated myself I had to come up with a way of storing them so they
were easily accessible. My solution? Nappy boxes! I’d always hated throwing
them away so I used two with the top flaps cut off covered in a nice wrapping
paper. One was for the pile of paper and the other for the scraps after they
had been used in the die cut machine. I also added another smaller box which
was a frozen mixed berries box cut in half, also covered in the same wrapping
paper, for the smaller off cuts so that I wouldn’t be wasting too much paper.
Under my cutting station I also put an extra bin for paper scraps only so that I
can recycle it and make it into paper once again.
The cupboard I had received from my friend was easily
decorated using a vinyl sticker I bought from eBay which now also acts as an
artwork in my room. Old play dough containers I had kept became pencil and pen
holders that I sat on glass candle holders I had from my wedding almost five
years ago. My collection of baby food jars helped organise some beads, scatters
and even ribbon and string and I intend to paint their lids different colours
and write on them what their contents are. The final piece was a large wall
hanging which is a hessian material printed with keys. It was simple to make
with two pieces of dowel one each for the top and bottom which I glued on with
a hot glue gun. I intend to use it to put photos and inspirational quotes etc. on.
There are still a few little things I would like to do to
complete my craft room a few extra shelves and a table lamp for starters. But I
am happy to now have a workable and organised place to retreat and get
creative. It is one of my favourite places to be, and thanks to a baby gate the
kids can’t follow me inside.
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