The Craft Room {Work in Progress!}

Well, I have been promising to show you how things are coming along with the craft room for a while now.  Honestly, it has taken me so many hours of sorting through things, I really think that it should look a lot better than it does.  But, it really is a BIG improvement for me and it is so nice to have everything organized {well, almost organized!} I will be pulling everything out again shortly as we are going to finish off the portion of the room where my craft supplies are.  I can't wait to have actual walls where I can hang things!  I have already purchased some cute wall storage and have a few projects that are spinning around in my brain.

BEFORE
I can't believe I am actually showing you these, but here is the storage room before {WARNING: images may be disturbing to some viewers}

Lovely, isn't it?

This part here is the little section that we are going to section off and finish for my craft room.  Can't wait!!!

AFTER
So here is where I am at right now.  Please keep in mind that I still have lots to do and I promise things will look much better when the walls are up!

Now if you hadn't seen the before pictures, this wouldn't really look that tidy.  But, again, much better than before!  I have an idea for those crates stacked up over there - still working things out!

And here is my little soon-to-be craft space:

I purchased the desk from Target for $100.  It wasn't my first choice but the price was right and it fit nicely within the room.

There are a couple of little shelves on each of the legs that I have stored some baskets:

And a cutlery holder works well for storage in the drawer:

I purchased this steel rack from Costco for $35:

The magazine holders on the top shelf are paper storage and fit 12 x 12 paper.  The bottom rack also contains 12 x 12 paper storage in file folders {that I still need to sort through!}.  

I have tried to keep supplies as visible and as easily accessible as possible.  It is amazing what you forget you have when it is stored away!  Here's some ribbon storage:

 The kitchen is always a great place to look for items that you are no longer using that can be used for storage.  I used an old bread basket for the larger, more well used punches:

And a magnetic spice rack for buttons:

I also got these cutlery holders and spice rack from Ikea that will mount onto a rod on the wall {once I have walls!}:

I purchased this storage container about 5 years ago from Close To My Heart.  It works great for all those little embellishments:

I love this storage system that I purchased from Michaels.  I have collected a few pieces throughout the years and then received some more for Christmas.  They are often on sale for 40% off and you can occasionally use a 50% off coupon. I will get around to putting labels on the drawers once I have finalized where everything is going!

This file folder system was my last purchase.  It is from Target as well {I think it was around $60}.  I added the vinyl CREATE to the front {I am definitely a little vinyl obsessed lately!} It has a ton of file folders up top and little cubbies below.  I have been going through my huge pile of magazines, ripping out the pages that I like, and filing them into categories.

So, there is my work in progress.  It has definitely been a lot of work but I can't wait until it is done.  Anyone have any craft room ideas that they would like to show off?  I would LOVE to take a look!

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