Reorganized Craftroom - PICTURES!!

I was going to wait and schedule this post for morning but I thought I would go ahead and let it publish now since I know how much we all like to see each other's craft spaces! There is still a lot of work to do but nothing that can't be done over a period of time now that I have all the shelves and drawers in places where they will be. But then again we all know I am in a constant flux of reorganizing my room!!

First off I am going to show an honest picture, a terrible picture...the picture of my old computer desk! I will be getting rid of this desk soon and need to start going through the stuff in and on it. There won't be anything on that wall as I plan on putting my yellow comfy chair in this area. I will be sure to post pictures when I get that done.






Okay, everyone at once *okie holds up her hands like she is conducting a concert* OOHH AND AAHHH! This is the view you see when looking into the craftroom from the living room. I use to have the white shelves above the table there before but I did move them over a bit so I can access the built in shelves easily. I also moved my punch bars to where I can reach them very easily.

This view is if you are coming into the room down the hallway from the kitchen. Of course the broom and box of trash won't be staying, I forgot to move them for the picture. I d.o like my Ikea unit in front of the window. While there were comments about me losing my natural lighting in the room you can see there is still lighting that comes in. I will be getting rid of the revolving peg board in the future after I get some more pegboard cut to fit the end of the new shelves. On the Ikea Expedit unit I used heavy cardboard across the back so the sun doesn't fade my paper on the shelves.

This is another view from the hallway and shows the extra table space I now have along the wall where the Ikea unit use to be. I often had problems finding space to lay things while I was working and this will resolve that. I would like to get another Sunlight lamp for my area but I don't think my Walmart carries them anymore so for now I just have a regular table lamp. I might look for an under the shelf lamp and place it on the shelf right above the punches.

Here is a picture of the new shelving from the opposite corner of the room. I can't believe how much I was able to get on the shelves. I will likely work off and on with organizing everything on there. I do like my red cloth bins on there as well as my themed paper drawers. I use to have a desk in this corner and it there was crap piled on the top and totes under it. I emptied the contents of the totes and organized it all on the shelving so now I can get to it easy and not have to work a jigsaw puzzle to access things.

Here is a close up of my punches and I am really going to enjoy having them where I can reach them a lot easier. I did put seasonal punches on the top bar since I don't use them as often but it still won't be too hard to reach them. I keep very small punches in the hanging baskets and also my remotes for my tv, dvd and roku player. I wouldn't mind having a few more of these baskets now that I have room but I am sure not going to drive all the way to Dallas to get a few little baskets! HA HA HA

This is my main work space and always has been. It gives me a good line of vision to the television and also into the living room, not sure why I think I need to see in there but when my daughter was small I needed to see in there quite frequently. I have set out my Cricut Cake machine on the table so I can start using it. If you look in the bottom left hand corner of the picture you can see the pink and brown plaid dog bed. That is where Lucy likes to stay most of the time when I am in the craftroom. Also on the left you can my cup, I got one of those cup holder things last year in Houston at CKC and I love it!! I don't ever worry about spilling my drinks on my projects anymore.

I have my Cricut Mini and E2 under the table along with my Cuttlebug *okie sighs and feels sad since the end busted off and she hasn't tried to see if it works or not*, Janome Sew Mini, ProMarkers, Cricut Cartridges and a photo storage box. The shelf unit was my daughters, she got it at Family Dollar and used it as an entertainment unit but since moving back home she didn't need it anymore. I will probably move my photo box and ProMarkers to a different area. The grey tote has vinyl in it and the boxes on top of it are my Cricut handbooks. I can grab the other machines easily when I want to use them.

I took the rollers off my drawer units so they don't roll out when I open the drawers and also so I could get all 4 under the table and still  open the drawers. I will have to go through these and reorgize the contents and relabel the drawers, but that is something I have needed to do for quite some time. They use to be under the table where my other machines now sit.





This is a little box that my friend GrammaT sent me years ago and I now have it on the table and I put my most used tools in it.

Like I said, I still have a lot of reorganizing to do but the hardest part is behind me and I can take my time doing the other stuff. I thought I was going to go crazy with everything in such a disarray for the period of time it was. I love keeping my craftroom in a fairly orderly manner and feel a lot more relaxed now that it is a workable space.

Okay now I am off to see what else I can move around!! HA HA HA On come on ya'll...you knew that was coming!!