Craft Room Organization

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Last June, I revealed my Craft Room Makeover. 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 craft room organization systems I’ve implemented. From drawers to cabinets take a look at how I keep everything organized.

Craft Room Organization

Peg Boards

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.

Work Desk

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 for the craft room organization. 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.

Sewing Desk

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.

Doorknob Jewelry Holders

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 organization tour. I hope you enjoyed taking a little peek behind the scenes!

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House Vintage says

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Such a sweet and organized space. I love the pegboards!
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  Thanks so much!
[email protected] says

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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!
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  Thanks Jennifer! The desk is my favorite part 😉
Lisa says

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Do you hire out? Haha just kidding. Although, it would certainly be nice!
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  haha! I’ll be right over 😉
Katie says

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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.
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  Thanks Katie! And trust me, I make up for this organization with a messy desk at my office job!!
Crystal says

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Can I just have your room with all its supplies please 🙂 It is amazing!!
Elizabeth says

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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!!
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  Haha, you’re welcome Elizabeth. Good luck with yours!
Dianne @ Skinny Seahorse says

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I love this room. I think I shall go clean my drawers now. 🙂
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  Haha!! Every time I think about sharing this room, I wanna say “you wanna see inside my drawers?” 🙂
Shannon {Cozy Country Living} says

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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:)
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  Thanks so much Shannon!
Rachel says

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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! 😉
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  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!!
Dawn McCloskey says

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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!
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  Thanks so much Dawn!
Chrissy Jordan says

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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!
http://www.parloandlogi.com/f-it-friday-round-14/
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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!
[email protected] says

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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.
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  You’re welcome Kim, and thanks!
[email protected] says

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Part of this new blog buddy business is that you have to come organize my newly decorated craft room. Deal? Deal! 🙂
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  Haha! Be right over 😉
Krista says

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How beautiful and serene. I love organization:) Fabulous job!
Krista
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  Thank you so much Krista!
Christy says

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Very cute desk area and quite organized too. Have you considered changing the light fixture??
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  Yes, that’s definitely on the to-do list!
[email protected] says

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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.
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  Very cool Lauren. Good luck to your makeover!
Lauren says

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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
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  Thanks Lauren! It’s a lot of work, but so worth it when it’s done!
Anja says

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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?
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  Exactly! I also use the cutlery organizers in my bathroom and other drawers besides silverware in my kitchen. Keeps everything so neat!
Kim says

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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!)
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  Haha!! Thanks so much Kim. Glad to have you here!
Joselyn Greene says

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I love, love, love your craft room/home office! Thanks for the inspiration!
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  THanks so much Joselyn!
lisa says

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So nice and beautiful! Your husband is lovely to agree to work in there with all that girly stuff! 🙂
Simple Home Life says

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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!
ToTheMoonandBack says

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Lovely room and so organized!
Virginia Fynes says

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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
Jamie @ Better with Age says

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Wow, this is my dream to have my own craft room. You did an amazing job 😉
Jamie ~ somuchbetterwithage.com
Roeshel S (@DIYShowOff) says

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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!
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  Haha, I wouldn’t say never… But my life is so much easier when it’s organized!
Lolly Jane says

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Look great, Erin! My fav is the scrapbook covered cups! XO
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  Thanks girl! And of course that’s the cheapest and quickest upgrade to my craft room, haha!!
Valerie says

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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! 🙂
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  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!!!
Pwhitney says

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Looks great, did you piece your rug together from sq pieces or did you buy it that way? I love it for my room, if you bought it can you tell me where? Thanks
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  It’s Flor Carpet Tiles. I designed the color layout on their website.
  Check out the full story here:
  https://howtonestforless.com/2012/06/19/how-to-install-flor-carpet-tiles/
Rhonda W says

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The only line that caught my attention was that you “threw away” your wedding dress. I hope you mean you donated it and not actually threw it away. Well, I wanted to make a suggestion if you do want to get rid of some craft supplies I suggest dropping them off at your local public school and give it to the art teacher. I drop off my scrap paper and the teacher said the kids enjoy having something different than construction paper.

Your craft looks nice too.
Christina @ Juggling Real Food and Real Life says

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Hi Erin! It’s nice to meet you. Your craft room looks so nice. Although I don’t have a whole craft room, I do have a craft area in a multi-purpose room that I am setting up. It’s important for me to be organized and to be able to store things in a way that is pleasant to the eye. I’m looking for ideas to help and you’ve given me plenty. I am totally amazed at your lack of clutter. I thought crafters hoarded all sorts of items.
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  Thanks Christina! My collection has grown quite a bit since I posted this, but I’m trying to get it all organized again. Hope this helps a little!
Maria @ Pastels & Macarons says

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All I can say is that I have serious craft room envy considering I don’t have a craft room and my craft “area” is in my garage among all of my husbands crap… not inspiring at all… Thanks for sharing this post with us at The Creative Corner Link Up! Hope to see you join us again tonight at 6pm PST time! 🙂
Barbara says

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I’ve been searching all over for a long desk (7ft with storage) for my office/craft room and could find nothing. Family also told me, that I would never find what I want…..(guess that’s because I am a little off the wall anyway…..lol ) That was until I found your post. Love ,love, love your idea, it’s perfect for what I had in mind and now that I have the instructions on how to do it……..I’m going shopping for the materials and building my own. Thanks Erin.
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  Good luck to you, Barbara! You’ll love it 🙂
Cheryl Taylor says

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Very nice! My daughter finally moved out for the last time so i get my room back and my husband gets his room all to himself again. The combined room we had is a disaster! I will have to throw so much in boxes just to find my desk, then go thru it all. My room is an office/craftroom/Poshmark room, I have to have a space for my dressform to put clothes on that i am selling on Poshmark. Plus some floor space to take pics of items that won’t go on my dressform. I also have a bookshelf and a metal shelf going in there to hold my scrapbooking supplies. I wanted to put a full size bed in there as well and add guestroom to the title, but i think that is pushing it. Thanks for the ideas, i have a lot of work ahead of me!
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  Ooh, I’ve never heard of Poshmark before. I’ll have to check it out!! And good luck with your space 😉
Meghan says

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Love the desk. I had some weird fortune teller dream about a desk like that. Do you have a ball park figure as to what it cost to build?
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  Roughly about $450!
Cindi says

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Loveeeee your desk! Exactly what I have been looking to do in my craft room! What did you use for the counter top?
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  Laminate flooring! You can get the full tutorial here:
  https://howtonestforless.com/2012/07/27/craft-room-desk-tutorial/