Last June I revealed my Craft Room Makeover (wow, I can’t believe it’s been 9 months already). Since I use this room daily alongside my husband as our home office/craft room, today I though I’d give you a peek inside some of the drawer and cabinets to see exactly how I keep everything organized.
My favorite organizational tool in this space is my framed peg boards. I purchased two 2x3ft frames from Michael’s for 40% off then inserted some cheap peg boards from The Home Depot (which they even cut down to size for me). I removed the backing and the glass from the frame and hung on the wall using wall anchors.
This space is great to hang some of the tools I use most: scissors, tape, tape measurers, stencils and more. Plus it’s nice to use some lateral space while creating some functional eye candy.
The 10ft long work desk we built is made up of three cabinets: two single and one double wide. This gave us plenty of drawer and cabinet space, plus two nice workstations so my hubby and I can work at the same time.
On the right side of the desk is where I keep my Silhouette Cameo and paper trimmer. Inside that far right drawer I keep all of the power cords, vinyl, scrapers, and transfer paper.
In the cabinet below is all of my painting supplies… yep, my favorite cabinet in the entire craft room. Lots of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, spray paint, little sample jars, paint brushes, fabric paint, chalkboard paint, milk paint and everything else paint related.
On top of my desk I stay organized with cheap mason jars that hold my small paint brushes, decorative scissors, pens, pencils, colored pencils and small hand tools like my pliers and wire cutters.
In the double cabinet drawers I keep a lot of my smaller crafting supplies. The drawer on the right actually is my “work in progress” space. Anything that I’ve recently purchased for an upcoming project goes in this drawer so I know exactly where to find it when I’m ready to begin crafting. Once the project is complete, I find a new home for the supplies and the drawer is then filled with my newest stockpile.
The middle left drawer is filled with some of my favorite crafting staples: washi tape, resin flowers, buttons, paper tags, mini baggies, and jewelry supplies.
The far left drawer is filled with a bunch of miscellaneous items: glue, staple gun, and a new hot glue gun just waiting to be opened.
Since I’m not much of a hoarder (I threw away my wedding dress the day after I got married), the cabinets down below are a little bare… which is a good thing. Room to grow, right?
A large basket holds all of my crafting paints. Lots of Mod Podge strewn about. And the three large white boxes hold ribbon and fabric flowers.
The area of my craft room that needs the biggest help right now is the little niche between my window and the closet doors. Right now I have a sewing desk I painted stored over there with some files overhead holding all of my scrapbook paper. I love the hanging files, just need to find out what do to with the space below it (I don’t sew so the desk is kinda pointless).
On top of the sewing desk I have a recycled tray holding some paper cups that I covered in scrapbook paper last year. I store greenery pins, glue sticks for my hot glue gun and craft sticks in them.
On the blank wall near the door I recently hung my necklaces with some DIY Knob Jewelry Holders. Love these.
Well, that’s about it for the craft room organizational tour. I hope you enjoyed taking a little peek behind the scenes!
Such a sweet and organized space. I love the pegboards!
Thanks so much!
Someday I would like to have a desk like yours. So much room to work! You’re beautifully organized. The peg boards are a great idea that I’d love to adapt for myself. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jennifer! The desk is my favorite part ;)
Do you hire out? Haha just kidding. Although, it would certainly be nice!
haha! I’ll be right over ;)
WOW–I’m jealous you can keep your craft room so clean and organized! I have tons of shelves and yet they are all packed to the gills and boxes are underneath my desk! Great job… maybe I should make a peg board wall! lol.
Thanks Katie! And trust me, I make up for this organization with a messy desk at my office job!!
Can I just have your room with all its supplies please :) It is amazing!!
This has come at just the right time – my craft room looks like a bomb went off and I’m trying desperately to organize it! Thank you!!
Haha, you’re welcome Elizabeth. Good luck with yours!
I love this room. I think I shall go clean my drawers now. :-)
Haha!! Every time I think about sharing this room, I wanna say “you wanna see inside my drawers?” :)
This looks like such a great space to create in! I love the framed peg boards! It looks wonderful! Thanks for inspiring me to get moving on my organization in my craft room:)
Thanks so much Shannon!
Wow, great space! Please tell me it doesn’t look like that ALL the time. My craft room more often than not looks like a tornado just ripped through :-) And your sewing desk issue is simple . . . just need to learn to sew, obviously! ;-)
We’re in the process of selling our house right now so it’s definitely clean for the time being! And yes, I definitely need to learn how to sew! It’s been on my to-do list for years!!
What a lovely, organized craft room! I love the framed peg board; not to mention the organized drawers. I wish you success in selling the house!
Thanks so much Dawn!
Ohhhh! You are so lucky, this is gorgeous! :) And your husband doesn’t mind working in this space? haha Lucky! I have my own room i the house but can’t find the motivation to decorate it yet… you’ve inspired me.
I host a weekly link-up party on Fridays and I would LOVE it if you would this post sometime, or any others!
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Haha, thanks Chrissy! If he gets a huge flat screen TV in the family room that takes up a whole corner, then I get a pretty craft room and home office. Sounds like a deal to me ;) And good luck with your space!
Holy.Cow. This looks amazing! I’m both jealous that you have this space and awed at how beautiful and organized it is.
I have to say that I’m mostly inspired by that pegboard framed area. I’ve been trying to figure out a fun-looking way to display a little starter collection of bike license plates for my son and I’m thinking this may be it. Thanks for the inspiration.
You’re welcome Kim, and thanks!
Part of this new blog buddy business is that you have to come organize my newly decorated craft room. Deal? Deal! :)
Haha! Be right over ;)
How beautiful and serene. I love organization:) Fabulous job!
Krista
Thank you so much Krista!
Very cute desk area and quite organized too. Have you considered changing the light fixture??
Yes, that’s definitely on the to-do list!
Loving your space! I am in the process of creating a craft/office space in our home as well. Our dogs took over my space in the basement. LOL Love the peg boards.
Very cool Lauren. Good luck to your makeover!
Great space. I am currently working on my office/craft room. I love an organized office space. So much easier to get work done in there. I am hosting a link party and would love it if you would share this.
http://www.ifitsnotbaroquedesignblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/tuesday-link-party-10.html
Thanks Lauren! It’s a lot of work, but so worth it when it’s done!
Love that room! It’s great to be able to work side by side without arguing over who has more space ;-) I’m currently creating a craft space in my guest room, and I just love the idea of the cutlery organizer, I’ll definitely have to do that too. Some small stuff like washi tape is never perfectly organized if it just sits in the drawer, right?
Exactly! I also use the cutlery organizers in my bathroom and other drawers besides silverware in my kitchen. Keeps everything so neat!
This room is epic, what a relaxing and inspiring place! I love the desk – it’s amazing, and all your organizing makes my rubbermaid bins weep. Fantastic job!
Kim @ Two Ten
(popping in from TT&J! new follower too!)
Haha!! Thanks so much Kim. Glad to have you here!
I love, love, love your craft room/home office! Thanks for the inspiration!
THanks so much Joselyn!
So nice and beautiful! Your husband is lovely to agree to work in there with all that girly stuff! :)
Your craft room looks amazing and so pretty! I’m still working on mine in our basement but it wont look as lovely as yours! I think the built ins are my favorite!
Lovely room and so organized!
I’ve been redoing my craft room since Christmas, it is taking SO long! I’ve actually seen your room a lot of times when looking for inspiration, very beautiful! Great idea to show the insides
Wow, this is my dream to have my own craft room. You did an amazing job ;)
Jamie ~ somuchbetterwithage.com
It’s such a great space to be creative, Erin! So it’s never messy?! lol I bet it feels so good when everything has a place. Love it!
Haha, I wouldn’t say never… But my life is so much easier when it’s organized!
Look great, Erin! My fav is the scrapbook covered cups! XO
Thanks girl! And of course that’s the cheapest and quickest upgrade to my craft room, haha!!
Found you…um, I don’t remember where. Pinterest? Blog link? I don’t remember. Love your desk. Like the whole room actually, but what prompted me to comment was this: You threw away your wedding dress?! Did I really read that right? Is there a blog post about that somewhere. I would love to know the story behind that! :)
Haha! Thanks so much Valerie! Yep, I threw away my wedding dress the day after I got married. I should definitely write an entire post about this! Ok, you got it. Post will be coming later this week!!!