This is my third craft room. Third room, same house. Ask my husband and he’ll tell you that this is the last one I am getting. Good thing this is the best one.
We recently remodeled the entire main floor of our home. Walls were opened, closets were removed, and rooms were shuffled. The craft room and the dining room table did the big switcheroo but somehow along the way the craft room lost some square footage. Don’t let anyone tell you I didn’t make any sacrifices here!
Because I like to spread out and make messes, custom cabinetry and a door on the room were a must – even though its a full glass door, I got the best of all worlds – quiet, awareness of what’s happening in the rest of the house, and the ability to keep the cat out! The only problem now, is I don’t want to mess them up with all my “stuff”!
The door to the left of the built in cabinets is a pocket door that leads to the laundry room and completes a full circled path around the main floor. While I really love that I can access this room from two places, it works really well to “sneak” my newest fabric purchases into the house without having to parade them through the living room. C’mon ladies, you know what I mean!
This is my room to be creative in and be creative with. I chose a navy blue wall with a metallic gold stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils that I’m in love with but my very favorite piece of this room is the light fixture. “Sputnik” was special ordered from Lucent Lightshop on Etsy. It took a month to receive it but it was well worth the wait. I have to chuckle a bit though. A big part of remodeling our home was to get rid of the brass light fixtures and door hardware and then I intentionally ordered this fixture in brass. Again, my space, my choice!
Measuring about 9 feet x 11 feet, this room is not huge by any means, but there was no way this table was going to be anywhere but in here. A hand-me-down from my gal pal, I gave it a fresh coat of white paint and carried some gold to the bottom of the legs to make Sputnik feel at home.
The antique teal cabinet was purchased from a local craft show and while it’s darling with it’s pink “insides” it also gives me some drawer space for everyday items like scissors, adhesive and tools.
So, in the spirit of “keeping things real”, I will tell you this room rarely looks like this, but isn’t that the point? It’s continually a work-in-progress (like most of my projects) and I’m always looking for better ways to organize things and being more productive. Sure, I could stop buying fabric, but there’s nothing real about that!