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This is a much anticipated post. Especially, since we finished the craft room almost two years ago. I never gave it the proper introduction to our loyal Sew Woodsy readers. Back in September, Mr. Woodsy picked up a side job and was gone the entire weekend. I vowed to him (and myself) that I would get the craft room clean. My main motivation was to take pictures so I can finally give a Craft Room Tour!
First off, the craft room is not large. I went from a spacious loft to a 9 x 9 room. We knew in order to make the best use of the space we would need a lot of organization spaces. When you first walk into the room, you see our reupholstered ikea chair, 9 foot tall paper rack, and 2 Ikea bookshelves.
*We have had a lot of people ask us what color the green wall is painted. We painted it in BEHR Ultra Base 2753. Hope that helps for all who have asked! If you need further color codes please feel free to email us!
Like I said, this is a small room. I am not using a wide angle lens…
A few years back I posted about making my own fabric bolts… I needed a fabric storing solution so I could see all the fabric I owned. Unfortunately, I could use two full shelves like this because I still have 2 baskets full of fabric!
Here is what the other side of the craft room looks like. We never shared how Mr. Woodsy built the desk. We only shared a sneak peek of it. All the shelves are custom. You may remember seeing the tutorial on the modular shelves.
Mr. Woodsy also made a custom ribbon rack.
He also made me storage for stamps and such!
We also never blogged about the printer cart on casters that Mr. Woodsy built. It fits the space perfect and we can wheel it out when needed! Picture to the left is our mod podge file cabinet makeover.
Mr. Woodsy drilled two holes in the custom table so I could easily run plugs in out of the desk. The desk curves around so that both of us can be sitting at the desk at once. Whether its one of us on the computer and the other in the “sewing” area or both of us near the sewing area. Unfortunately, we didn’t post any tutorials on how we made the desk.
I hope you enjoyed taking a tour of my craft room. In my head I’m still making modifications and one day I’ll have even more storage available!
You and your handy husband are quite a team! -K
Thanks Karen!
I envy your organization! Great creative space.
Johnnie–it doesn’t always look this clean and organized! Since building this 2 years ago I could use double the shelving for storage!
I have 2 thoughts
1. WOW
2. I want to move in
Happy Thanksgiving Katie! Wishing you and your family a lovely holiday! xo
Malia–thanks! Hope you and your family had a fabulous holiday as well!
Is it possible to borrow Mr. Woodsy some day to help me realize my dream of a neat and organized craft room like yours one day? My DH rarely enters my ribbon and glitter dungeon and when he does he leaves quickly while shaking his head
Love the 9ft paper storage and the printer cart on casters. You two are creative storage geniuses!
Amy*
Lol… Amy! Anytime… Mr. Woodsy likes stuff neat and organized so he was up for the challenge!
Wow!! That’s such a lovely craft room…. and really really neat too….. I wish I had a room like that. I used to lug my sewing machine to the dining table then back to the cupboard… my craft area is now an Ikea bought table. Nothing fancy, but at least I can leave my sewing machine on the table and not lug it around anymore =p
Thank you so much for the kind comments! In our last home all I had was an ikea table, too! This was a labor of love!
So excited to find this updated post! We’re using your re-vamped closet as inspiration for my new office/craft area and are starting the project tomorrow. I cannot wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for posting so many awesome photos of your end-results. Love how clean and put together it looks.
Danielle, I’m so excited to read this! I hope you’ll share photos with us of your end result. Please don’t let the pictures fool you–the craft room looks like this maybe for 1 month in total throughout the year. Stay tuned in January because we are making some additional storage adjustments to the craft room.
Oh yes… I plan on sharing photos when it’s done! The paint is up on the walls and the wood is being put together for the desk. We cheated by finding a small cabinet/storage unit at IKEA in the As Is section to help with some of the overhead storage in the closet but the desk and everything else will be made by my husband as well as a few other storage shelves we’ll add in addition to the unit.
And I am sure that once we get it all organized and put together we’ll have it disorganized in a few short weeks as well. Especially with 1/2 of the room acting as a play room for the kids!
Danielle, how exciting!!! I really can’t wait to see it now!
Great craft room! I’m currently collecting ideas. Thanks for the inspiration!
Leslie
Thanks Leslie for stopping by. We will be sharing a few more craft room updates in the coming months!
I love your craft room!!! I was just curious if you could please tell me what color the green paint is on the wall. I am wanting to paint my room green but am “all over the place” with what shade to use. I really like yours!! Thank you so much
Hi Kimberly. Thank you for the kind comments! I don’t have the exact color name but I have the color code: BEHR Ultra Base 2753. If for some reason Home Depot Can’t match that I’ll send you a photo of the entire label.
I LOVE your craft room. You guys did SUCH an awesome job on it. We just recently moved and living back on an Air Force base means small spaces. I am so stealing all of your ideas. hee hee. my room is 10X11 and am going to go with the desk in the closet too. What is your desk top made from? I want something sturdy, but not TOO pricey but yet something that cleans up well. Thanks for any info you can give me.
Blessings,
Kelly
Hi Kelly. Thank you for the kind compliments. I’m glad you can see that even the smallest of rooms can still be functional. We used 3/4-inch pine plywood for the desk as well as the shelving. My husband glued a 2-inch boarder around the outskirts of the desk so that the desk looks like it is really 2-inches thick. I can send you pictures of what the underneath portion of the counter top looks like if I didn’t explain clear enough. Thanks for stopping by! And if you build something similar I would love to feature your work!
I love this room! Where did you get the cute green chair? I have been looking for one like this in a yellow print and can only find leather. Thanks!
Hi Maura–Thank you for the kind compliments. We recovered the Ikea Tullsta Chair ourselves. You can find the tutorial here.
Wow. Just…..WOW! This looks amazing! I love how you have organized everything! I need a craft room!
Thanks Sarah!
Hi, Mrs. Woodsy! I came across your craft room on Pinterest and would love to feature it in my next post for Craft Storage Ideas (www.craftstorageideas.com). I would be linking all the photos back to your blog, of course. I really think our readers would love to see all the wonderful ideas you and your hubby have come up with! If you’d rather not have me use your room, I totally understand! Hope to hear from you soon! ~ Doris (djweeaks@att.net)
Thanks for the kind words. I just sent you an email!