Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Not Quite the Final Reveal

So this isn't quite the final reveal yet, as I haven't even really started on organizing and sorting all of my craft supplies that are in my garage, but here is a closer sneak peek into my new awesome crafting room!  But to start, let's look at where it was coming from.  Here are some pictures of the pile of crap that existed on the right side of the room...


Pretty isn't it...


And on the left side of the room (behind the door) I have vintage school lockers to house most of my paper-based crafts.  Although they were just a mess...


And the desk I was "using" before to do any graphic design stuff...


and keep in mind that this was significantly cleaned up so that I could get a picture of it for Craigslist so I could get rid of it.  And here is my new computer/printing work area...


I kept the left side of the room very "professional" looking, with clean lines and a monotone color palate to make it much more modern looking, while on the other side of the room I went with a more eclectic look with different storage containers and lots of color and patterns...


The workstation against the wall is 96" long and is a butcher block kitchen countertop from Ikea.  It provides enough space so that I have both a crafting area and a computer printing area, and the butcher block countertop makes it so I don't need to use a cutting mat while crafting.  I have scratched up enough acrylic tops to know that this will be very useful!


I still need to make curtains for underneath the desk so you won't see any wires, but that will come in the final reveal.  I also bought two faux white leather office chairs that I think really look great in the room...


and the chair on the right can flip-flop between the two crafting area I have set up...



I now have plenty of usable craft space, and plenty of places to store my crafts, like under here...


or in here...


or in the newly organized lockers!


What do you guys think?  What else should I include in the room?

7 comments:

  1. You could spray paint the lockers too or give them some cut vinyl labels!

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  2. yeah I wanted to paint the lockers when I first got them...but they weigh over 400 pounds and I cannot get them out of the room (I had to pay people to get them in!). I have thought about taking the doors off and just painting those, but I was wondering how that would end up looking. And I thought it might be cute to decorate each locker different like different kids did it...but we'll see! But cut vinyl labels would be perfect!

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  3. found you from fabulous k's link party - glad to see that i'm not the only one who's in need of an organization day... check mine out here: http://www.thenotsodesperatehousewife.com/2010/07/my-desk-is-disaster.html

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  4. ps - you did a great job! i have yet to do anything :(

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  5. Ooh La La, What a change- I need you to come organize my areas- A new follower and a neighbor in Folsom- not too far away..
    Great Blog and you did amzing ..
    Karryann
    Love the outcome

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  6. LOVE This ! come on over and link up to MMM :)

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  7. GREAT JOB! I'm jealous of craft rooms! One day when I'm out of my super small apartment I'll have a craft room! Until then, I'll live vicariously through you! :)

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