Wings of Flutter

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011

Craft room

Here is my newly organized craft room. It has four doors in it with one leading to the laundry room, another leads to a bathroom, one leads to the family room, and the fourth door leads into my new jewelry studio. Before I had my jewelry studio, this is the room that I had ALL of my crafts and jewelry stuff in and it was a huge disorganized nightmare!

Ready for the tour? Here we go.....

We are standing in the doorway that connects to the living room. On the left is the door to the laundry room and in front of you is a bathroom.

To the right of the bathroom door I have this neat little vintage find. It is a dresser that hold all of my scrapbooking supplies. Papers, stickers, embellishments, etc.

Here is a close up of the dresser.

If you open up the two doors on the dresser you find these three drawers which are filled with papers and other goodies.

Continuing around the room going clockwise you see my wall of "stuff". The lower portion, shown in this photo, holds all sorts of crafty items. Glues, paints, cardstock, markers, etc. The vintage cupboard was my Grandmothers and I use it to store my sewing machine, needles and thread, quilting things, and some fabrics. The baskets are great for storing some yarn for knitting.

This photo shows the built in shelving. I put curtains on it to hide the stuff on the shelves when not in use.

Open the curtains and you can see all sorts of fun stuff to create with!

This section holds all of my stamping things. The two black cases that you see in the lower left hand are cd holders and they hold all of my clear stamps.

Here is the second section of the shelving unit. The top shelf shows my spice racks that I use to store things like buttons, eyelets, and brads. You also can see a Pampered Chef kitchen organizer that I use to hold crafting tools.

Here is the third section of shelving. I have all of my paper cutters on this shelf along with a few tools that I store in vintage sand pails.

This photo shows the door that leads into my jewelry studio.

This is just a wall! haha When I feel like stamping, scrapbookin, or sewing, I will place a long table in this spot. The door that leads to the living room is to the right.

I have a total of eight of these funky quirky birds decorating the walls of my craft room. They are done in watercolor by my Mother-in-law. They make me smile every time I look at them.

I hope you have enjoyed the tour of my craft room! Hopefully I have given you some storage and organization tips.

Feel free to leave a comment, share a link to this blog post, or both! :)

If you haven't done so already, please check out my post from yesterday. It is a tour of my jewelry studio.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Jewelry studio is done!...

I am excited to say that my new jewelry studio is finally finished! Well, I should say finished as much as it can be until this Spring when I remove that ugly wallpaper and replace it with paint. Here are some photos and descriptions for you. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think!

This is what you see when you walk through the door and turn to the right. Those white doors are a closet.

This is the inside of my closet. I've used sectioned drawer organizers to hold my vintage jewelry pieces. I will need to buy a lot more as I have so much that still needs to be sorted. It was a bit dark in there so I added a light. I also put a 3 shelf book case in there for added storage.

This is just a closeup of the organizers that I am using. You can find them at hardware stores or big chain stores.

Here is my desk. I made it by taking stackable drawers and setting a piece of frosted glass on top of them. I love it! I can keep all of my jewelry making tools and findings in the drawers and the glass makes it seem more airy - and it's a great surface to clean up messes like glues, inks, etc.

Closeup of my desk. Do you see the small book that I have sitting on an easle on the window sill? I made this book and it's called "Things I Like". It's dedicated to me and has photos of things that I like. Like my feet in flip flops, my toenails painted a fun funky color, my laptop, my mug full of coffee, etc. It's a nice reminder of the little things in life that make me happy.

This photo shows some of my toys that I had played with as a child. My baby Chrissy and Baby Beans is sitting on my rocking chair. My husband found me my Barbie Country Camper this year at an auction - box and all! Also in this photo is a neat little curio cabinet that has a light on the top and one inside. They can be lit one at a time or both at the same time. The lampshade was a fun little treasure that I found a few years ago.

I love vintage and antiques and it shows in my studio. Here is an antique dresser that I use to store all kinds of stuff. Dressers, dry sinks, and secretary desks are really nice for extra storage!

This is the last photo that I have to share. This dresser is a family heirloom. It was rescued from an old shed. Nothing was done to it other than a good cleaning. You can see the original wood and some green paint underneath the white - it's so shabby chic!

This room makes me feel so happy when I walk into it. I love the way that I was able to decorate it with my vintage toys and furniture...it really fits the design. of my jewelry and my motto of "what once was old is new again".

Thanks for taking a tour of my new jewelry studio - I hope you enjoyed it.

My next blog post will be photos and descriptions of my craft room that adjoins my jewelry studio. :)Michelle