My New Craft Room: Completed
By DIY MavenIt started as a repository for stuff, mostly of the craft variety. The walls were colorless and storage was slim.

After a month or so of consideration and work, my new craft room is orderly, calm and colorful.
All in all, the entire room cost–in new materials–107 bucks. This included the fabric, paint, wood, fabric drawers for the desk, an Ikea Espressivo desk lamp and decorative doo-dads. What it didn’t include was the chair, rug, desktop, baskets, antique spools and chest of drawers, which I had on hand. The last of these, MWT made several years ago. The two-inch deep upper drawers of the chest were meant to hold rubber stamps, and are probably the best way to store such things.
To top off, my assistant has abandoned the drawer and taken to her comfy seat.

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DIY Maven
Magic--the room sounds great! Yes, I too am more productive when I leave things out.
Magic
I got to take over my DD's bedroom when she moved out - I do dry crafts (sewing and needlepoint/cross-stitch and beading), and the bathroom's right out the door - I added a drop-leaf table (passed-down) to the outgrown furniture (doubles as guest room), which opens up the floor space when it's down and is big enough to cut on when pulled out (though I do prefer the hardwood floor) and sturdy enough for the sewing machine. I ran a shelf between a bookshelf and cabinet over the back of the table to hold baskets and supplies. I also added "cubes" to some already in there for storing art supplies in drawers and cubbies for projects or plastic beading boxes, as well as small bins for materials..
Because I tend to have several projects going at once, I have put up IKEA picture ledges (cheapest I could find) at various heights and arrangements to keep them out and available. I'd like to add shelving with a slant for beading boards, so I could lay out a project and brood over it. Winston Churchill had a system like that - you can also store stuff underneath if you use a piano hinge and a box.
It's amazing how productive I am now that I can leave stuff out.
DIY Maven
Don't tell anybody, but I've got a box or two still stashed away--it's stuff I don't use often, so I figure that's okay. And although the room's been finished for a couple months now, I still find myself bringing supplies home and getting down to work in the kitchen. Last time that happened Mr. Maven happened to call. He asked me where I was working and when I told him, he scolded me--deservedly so, I might add!
P.S. I like the pen/pencil thingy too. I think it's my favorite thing in there!
baconthecat
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jasimar
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Surly
felisaudis
Wow, so calm and welcoming! Great Job!
My room needs a *serious* overhaul! ::sigh::
DIY Maven
Surly
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Chrisjob
Dope.
What's along the back wall?
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