Organize Everything - The Craft Room

Hey everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  It is the last weekend of Spring Break for us so we are just trying to fit in some last minute activities with the kids before they head back to school.  Even though I was still working for the week it still felt like a nice little break!

For those of you that have been following along on my craft room journey, I am finally done!! {Well, almost anyways.}

Here's a big thank-you for putting up with me for the last couple of months! 

For those of you that are new, I started this little transformation back in January with a room that looked like this:

Not exactly the most inspiring space. 

I spent days going through my supplies and organizing everything as much as possible {this picture only shows part of the space that needed to be sorted through by the way!}.  You can see the initial posting and more pictures here.

Thanks to my fabulous Dad and hubby, the room received some new walls, a ceiling, baseboards, and crown molding.  We painted it a soft grey color and added some laminate flooring. 

Then all that was left was the fun part - decorating!  Since my house is filled with boys, I wanted this space to be nice and girly.  I have attached links for all of the projects that I worked on so just click if you would like more info.

I stenciled the far wall of the room and added an Ikea kitchen organizer above the desk {with a spice rack and two tins} for little odds and ends.  I ordered the desk from Target and the lamp and chair are from Ikea as well. 

 

I bought a floating shelf from Home Depot for above the desk and added a few accessories.  I made the pink flower ball, subway sign, and little butterfly twigs. 

{Sorry about the lighting.  The projects stand out much better in real life!}

I have the majority of my storage along one of the side walls.  All of the white storage cubes are from Michaels and have been purchased over time.  They are often 40% off and you can sometimes snag a 50% coupon every now and then.  They work great for storing paper, embellishments, tools, etc.  I generally have all of my stickers and other embellishments sorted by season or event {i.e. summer, Christmas, birthdays...} and the drawers are all labelled. 

The small wire rack on the wall stores some recent scrapbooing magazines and the little round storage container on top of the cubes holds some extra scrapbook supplies.  They are both from Willow House {they have amazing home decor and kitchen items!}. Althouh Willow House isn't available in Canada, I was able to do a catelog party and still got to collect the hostess benefits.  

The tutorial for the magnetic dry erase board can be found here.

I purchased the large metal storage rack from Costco for $35.  The large baasket on top holds a variety of crafting supplies.  I am going to add some pictures and some of my favorite quotes to the little tree thing on the top shelf {one of the little projects still left to do!}.  I have listed some of the other storage supplies I use in a previous posting here as well as some other great stoarge/organization ideas here.

On the opposite wall I have this file folder/shelving system.  It was purchased from Target online for about $60.  I then added the vinyl Create lettering.

When I was initally clearing out my room, I had a ton of magazines and books marked with sticky notes highlighting projects or ideas that I liked.  They were taking up way too much space and it was not a very functional system if I was looking for a particular idea.  So I labelled each of the file folders with a particular subject or Season, tore out the pages, and filed them away.  Favorite craft and decorating books were stored below in the shelving. 

On the back wall of the room I added a few cork board circles for photos and mounted an old flower bin to the wall for more storage. 

Here's a close up of one of the cork boards and flower tacks.

And one more final look:

Well, congratulations if you made it to the end of this post!  I tried to cover as much as possible but if you have any questions, just let me know. I hope you can get a few ideas for your space! 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! 

I linked up with Crafty Scrappy Happy, Thrifty Decor Chick, Funky Junk Interiors, Chic on a Shoestring, The CSI Project, Be Different act Normal, I Heart Organizing, Passionately Artistic, Thrifty Decor Chic, Polly Want a Crafter, Funky Junk Interiors, Young and Crafty, Be Different Act Normal, Whipperberry, The Shabby Nest, Tidy Mom, Delightful Order, Paisley Passions, The Shabby Chic Cottage, Somewhat Simple, Blue Cricket Design, Running with Glitter, Sugar Bee Craft Edition, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Skip To My Lou, Sew Chatty, The Girl Creative, Craft-O-Maniac, The DIY Showoff, Tatertots and Jello, Under the Table and Dreaming, I Heart Naptime.