Organization

Some things

I have done so

far in the craft room

to be organized

This is a basket from

Walmart

My hsb cut the dowels
and drilled a hole in the end
so I could put these pins in

they are easy to open

when I need to take a spool off

I had bought 2 black book cases 

from Walmart 

because originally

I was going to make my lg table 

stained on top w black ends

around the edge my hsb 

nailed yardsticks

as I started to fill it 

back up I realized the stained 

top and black bookshelves

was not going to work

so on to plan b

I painted the bookshelves

heirloom white

and even though I lightly

sanded them the paint

did this weird bubble

it wasn't til the 2nd bookcase

and 5 layers 

I realized I needed to sand 

it more

and that worked

The cardboard back on the 

bookcases was flimsy

so we decided to 

put pegboard

and I could use 

it for other things

The 2 roll carts 

are from Ikea

One has scrapbooking items

the other jewelry items

so I can either roll out 

at the big table 

or over to my desk

the shelves in the desk area

were $15 unfinished from

Michaels

3 of them I had my hsb drill holes

in so I could put a dowel through

I will spray painting and cutting them

on the ends I will put glass knobs

There are both drilled and not drill

in this photo

the magnet bars came from Harbor Freight

and will be spray painted

the bar is from Ikea

I haven't completely figured

out what I want on

the shelves

and I imagine it'll

be as I use things

I will figure it out

This area was just empty

and useless

My hsb came up

with the brilliant idea 

to put shelves in here 

and they are wonderful!

I have more plans

for up there 

One is to get better lighting

We plan on track lighting

over the desk area

and a fancy light over the 

work table

Please check out the 

other craft room posts

here

here

here

Before and After

When we decided to do this

room we moved furniture 

from one side to another

I did take some sort of 

before  photos

as you can see 

I tested out colors

before hand

The alcove is 

Valspar's Signature

 inch worm green

and the rest of the room is 

Valspar's Signature 

Antique Yellow

both in satin

The alcove

I was thinking abt 

painting the 

woodwork yellow

my sister suggested white

and I'm glad she did!

I went with heirloom white

I had to have Lowe's

color match it 

Side by side

Other posts

and photos Craft Room Complete and Change of Plans

Resortations



Met Mon

Until.....

There aren't many 

old photos

of this room

because it

was pretty much

a catch all room

It did have blue/grey

 indoor outdoor carpet

we tore up

under it was this

 lovely green linoleum

so we decided to pull it all up

and redo the wood floor

if it was in good shape

UNTIL......

(why is there always 

an until in old houses)

we noted a square 

pattern in the linoleum

thinking it might be

a trap door

(don't you love our imagination)

as we pulled it up

we noticed soot on the edges

The new boards are 

wider than the old 

boards and instead

 of replacing the whole length

they cut a square area out

We thought redo then 

put a carpet but 

it is in a very odd place

soooooo

back to the drawing board

and at this point we

are thinking abt painting

the floor a dk walnut color

but it won't be until 

the summer 

when we can open it all up

Craft room

I have been MIA

working on the middle room upstairs

in our house

this rm has always perplexed

me

it is a large room

but there wasn't any privacy

had only one window in a dormer

The room was an awful

white with brown doors

When I scraped the walls 

it had been baby blue at one time

As you come up the 

stairs

to the left
I just put things
on the shelves
and will revamp
when I know what I use

1. The dowels will be cut

 and glass knobs on the ends

2.The metal bars 

will be spray painted

 heirloom white

The table is for display

in my craft booth

but won't be painted

until the spring

Can you believe

I got it for $5?

aren't these bookcase wonderful?

My hsb made them

this corner was empty

and a wasted space

 I plan on some type of art 

work on the chimney

the entertainment center

will be gone. I'm not

sure what I will

be doing there

The ikea racks will have the white 

inserts in the front of the shelves

The book case will be gone as well

the table is made of a door

on top of 2 bookcxases
from Walmart
(they were originally black)

backed with pegboard

and painted heirloom white

I will be doing more comparison

in another post

and some of the things 

we did in the room

We did run into a lot of problems
one posted here