Aka ‘the craft room’ . Since the store is now only open one day a week, and it’s too busy on that one day to work on any projects; I had to start hauling all the assorted supplies that I had lugged TO the store over the past 3+ years, back home.
BUT FIRST, I had to clean up my messy craft room! Now I don’t have ‘one of those beautifully decorated art studios’ that you see so many others share pictures of in their blog. I LOVE those pictures and WISH my work space could be that pretty. (especially since the FORMAL LIVING ROOM is the space that serves as my craft room in this house!) Alas, it’s all about ‘functionality’. AND lots of storage space! And making-do . . . .
This is as good of a picture as I can get of the entire space. As I said, it’s the formal living room of the house, and right off the front entry. No one ever uses the front door. HA! No one ever comes out here period! (too far away from civilization for everyone!) So, the front door is kind of cordoned off by shelves (which you’ll be able to see in a later picture).
I have two tables. Only managed to keep ONE of them uncluttered long enough to take this picture! Shelves line both ends of the room, and my computer desk and office supply cabinet are opposite the work tables. We even utilized the space above the windows for storage!
I keep a plastic table cloth on my ‘painting table’. This is the FIRST time in probably FOUR YEARS that it was clean enough to take a picture of it!
This next picture is looking to the right of the room. Michael built those shelves for me and they cover the entire length of the room. They are 2′ deep, so I can double stack boxes on them. And we put up a rod so I could hang curtains to pull shut to ‘hide the mess’ just in case anyone ever comes to visit’. Or sometimes I just need to hide the mess from myself!
PRESTO!
This is the left side of the room. These are SIX 6′ tall Dania shelves. Three, side by side. and then back to back (I have to go around into the front entry way to access the other ones)
I couldn’t get a picture of the shelves on the back side because there isn’t enough room to get back far enough in the entry way. But you can get an idea from this. It’s a good way to utilize this otherwise ‘wide open and unusable’ space.
And this is my little ‘office area’. My computer desk (closed up cuz I am NOT showing THAT mess!), a supply cabinet, and the big white one is for office supplies.
And that’s my little nook of the house that I do my creating in!
The separate WORKSHOP (which I have to share with Michael) is a whole other world, and will NEVER be tidy enough to take picutres of!
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I do so wish my space could be neat and organized and pretty. As it is I have the smallest bedroom (very small) with one desk for sewing and one for painting, an armoire in front of the window for supplies, and many assorted boxes and shelves. The centre of the room has the ironing board or a small table and chair for my grand-daughter – no room for both at the same time! The only advantage is that I don’t have to tidy too much if company comes over. I just move the stuff in the doorway – there is always stuff – and close the door. My work shop is the front porch, which makes for chilly sawing in the winter. At least I do have a space I can call my own, even if no-one ever sees it.
I’ve staked my claim on a corner in our basement. I’ve had to fight off exercise equipment, fooz ball table and pinball machine to keep my area mine! It’s nice to have this space to escape to.
i love a good peep into someone else’s creative space .. thanks for sharing!
[…] where most (and a LOT more!) of my craft supplies are. Here’s an old post where I showed that craft room. And that room is almost ALWAYS too messy to take pictures of. Usually a dozen projects in […]