I have always had a passion for crafting, but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I really started to become passionate about my DIY's. That's when my craft supplies started to pile up. I had no organization for all my supplies and it became such a hassle to find anything in the boxes and laundry basket where I kept all my things shown above. I just knew I had to do something before I went crazy. Haha. I hope the "before picture" shows what I was dealing with, it was a complete mess!
The first thing I did was remove the unnecessary wood that was used to hold (nonexistent) shelves, this closet only had one shelf and I used it as a table to hold my sewing machine, that's what originally gave me the idea for the craft closet!
After I finished removing the wood, I painted the walls while my husband cut the wood for the shelves and glue my tabletop.
He used a piece of thin plywood as a base and glued (4) 1x4's on it for the tabletop. After a full 24 hours of drying and having some of the heaviest books I own sit on top (Star Wars and History books won, who knew?). My husband built the shelves for the tabletop to lay on top, and it fit perfectly. LOVE!
I stained the table with Minwax wood finish twice to get the darkest effect.
I will then prime the shelves with a white coat, then I finished it with a coat of my favorite Valspar pink paint! Don't they look so gorgeous?? :)
Next, I painted my pegboard with an ombre effect. I love how it turned out! I used three colors to make this possible. A dark color of blue, a lighter color of blue and white color paint.
**After this point I stop taking pictures of the process, SORRY! I will try to explain the best I can.**
I wanted to have three top shelves to hold my craft items. The very first shelf is much wider than the rest because I wanted to store my yarn, spray paint and paint cans. The second and third shelf I wanted to store much smaller items so the shelves are not as wide. On the second shelf, I have small containers of Valspar paint from Lowes. On the third shelf I have craft glitter, paper cutters, and acrylic paint.
Next to the shelves are file holders where I store sandpaper, stencils, iron-ons, stickers, 6x6 scrapbook paper, and 12x12 scrapbook paper. I found a three piece acrylic file holder in Office Depot and the cute file folders at the dollar spot in Target.
I am using a tension rod that I bought from Kmart to display my pretty ribbons. I bought almost all my ribbons from TJ Maxx. They had a few packages of ribbons for a really good price!
Next, I used a pegboard to store most of my sewing essentials. I painted the pegboard with my favorite Valspar mint green paint. I LOVE IT!
Side views. :)
Next to the mason jars I keep ear-clips, my extra blouse buttons, hooks, and safety pins.
And right underneath I have a chalkboard with chalk to scribble lovely things.
On the right side, I have three frames that I made specifically for sewing.
The first two small frames I used floral fabric and stuffed it with polyester stuffing to hold the needles and pins.
The third frame I made it into a thread holder. I did this by using a piece of plywood to fit on the frame, drilled holes and glued small cut round sticks of wood at a slight angle.
The purple heart next to the thread holder I keep all my studs and spikes, snaps, pins, and jean buttons. I found this gem at a thrift store.
I bought my sewing machine at Walmart. It's the Brother Computerized Embroidery and Sewing Machine, SE-400. I absolutely love it! I completely recommend it if you are looking for a good embroidery and sewing machine.
Behind my sewing machine, I keep two small baskets to hold a some more of my thread and ribbons.
The shelves holding the tabletop is next. In this picture, I am demonstrating how I am able to hide the sewing machine wire underneath using command hooks.
I keep contruction paper here.
I keep large mason jars in the back with pompoms and rhinestones. The smaller mason jars contain magnets, pegboard hooks, and command strips.
I keep fabric scraps in the large rose box and jewelry making supplies in the smaller rose boxes.
I keep my embroidery equipment here.
I keep colorful felt here.
I keep colorful thread in a big jar, in the purple container I keep all my buttons, and a picture of me and my son.
I keep some of my fabric here.
Lastly, the pegboard on the door.
All kinds of scissors!
I keep hand punches, decor tape, duct tape, and paint tape.
I keep clipboard that I painted with chalkboard paint, hand hot glue gun, glue, Mod Podge, Gorilla glue, and other types of glue.
And this is it!!
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ReplyDeleteI really love how you've managed to fit sooo much into such a tiny/compact space ... It's so pretty that it would be a delight to sit there & work.
ReplyDeleteI have a question & a suggestion ... The question is, How did you attach the brown paper rolls to the pegboard please?
The suggestion ... I see that you have your pins & needles in those pretty frames ... but I'm concerned that they will turn rusty with the humidity in the air.
Thanks for the instructions on the board for the threads ... I'd thought it was going to be a lot harder than it was ... so thanks for the easy way of doing it. :)
Cheers, Wendy.
BTW If you like to follow a little Feng Shui, you can put a mirror on the pegboard in front of where you sit so that if someone is walking up behind you, you can see them in the mirror. That's the reason for the mirror ... but it only needs to be a tiny one. :)