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!
Comments & Reviews
Margaret Burkett says
Hello. I don’t see any recent posts here so I hope that this makes it to you. I love your craft room design. I have a small bedroom that I have been using and it is time to really get it organized. Can you tell me the finished height of your wraparound desk and how deep is it from the wall? Also, what is the material and how was it finished to get the wonderful smooth top and edges? In the shot with your beautiful chair, you can see a small shelving unit under the desk. Is that a custom piece? Thanks so much for so many great ideas. I hope to get a response.
Katie says
Hi Margaret! Unfortunately, we moved a few years back and I do not have any dimensions to provide for you since my husband custom made this for my room. The shelving under the desk was part custom made. We found a drawer on clearance at Home Depot and on the other side of the 3-drawer was a small shelf my husband made. The best thing to do (which is what we did) is to tape and measure everything out to figure out what dimensions work best for your space. The desk top was plywood that my husband sanded, painted, and applied a few coats of polyurethane to! Hope that helps.
Aliza B says
I love your craft room! In fact, I included it in my post about my Top 6 Craft Rooms!
I’m glad that you included links to your other projects. My hubby makes storage and bookshelves for me and I would love for him to be able to replicate the ribbon rack Mr. Woodsy made for you.
Katie says
Thanks Aliza! I love my craft room!
Melissa says
I was looking for any insite on how you made that desk in your craft room. I have a similar situation. I have an extra room that is the exercise room, extra tv room, craft room, sewing room, game room, part office room, and all around extra storage room.
Thanks,
Katie says
Hi Melissa, We made this desk over 5 years ago and sadly it was before the blog. No tutorial to provide. 🙁
Liz says
You have a beautiful craft room. I’m insanely jealous right now 🙂
Katie says
Ha ha thanks Liz. If only I could keep it clean!
Erin says
I have been searching pinterest for ideas for storage. Like you I sew (quilt actually, which adds to my storage problems) as well as make cards and other paper and general crafts. So as you know only too well this really adds to the amount of supplies we have to keep on hand. To add to my problem even more I have a full blown mid arm quilting frame that I had to buy due to it being such a fantastic deal. That takes up an entire wall since it is 12ft long. I am disabled and single so there is no one like Mr Woodsy in my life to help me with this. More than likely I will end up having to hire carpenter to built the storage I need. As of now, I have a bunch of different shelves, a desk with a hutch and my sewing cabinet. It is a bunch of different things, thrown together and nothing matches. I had to think of making sure I had someplace to put the stuff, before how pretty it all was. So functionality definitely was my first goal. I did get my brother to build a great design wall for me as well as 4 9ft shelves to give me some vertical storage. I also have an extremely large armoire that I am not sure how in the world it would be able to be moved due to the size and weight. It was a miracle we were able to get it up the stairs in the first place. But to add to this even more, I work from home and this room has to act as my home office too!
We are moving in the next 6 months. I live with my mom which works well for both of us since at different times we both need someone to help us. One thing we know is I will have a sewing/craft room /office at this home too. With the quilt frame it requires I have an uninterrupted wall space of at least 13ft. So the room will have to be large. But regardless of how large it is, it still will require smart storage solutions. Your room has some really great ideas!!! Now I just need to find someone like Mr Woodsy that can put those ideas into action!!
Thanks again for all the great inspiration and ideas for my challenge!
Erin
Forney, TX
Katie says
Hi Erin, thanks for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. Hopefully you’ll find a Mr. Woodsy to help make your craft room exactly what you need! We have a very small space and I feel like I outgrow it monthly–so its all about cleaning it up and purging. Good luck!