It’s every girls dream to have a craft room, right? When we bought our house a few years ago, my wish was granted. My VERY own room (no other beds, dressers, etc) for MY crafts only. I was so excited to have a space to call my own that I wasn’t too picky.
Flash forward to now. The clean freak who loves organization had come out. I couldn’t focus in my “organized mess.” While I loved to work on the floor, I was running out of floor space, but couldn’t put anything ANYWHERE. I wasn’t inspired and I hated being in my room. Seriously, I dreaded it. (Oh wo is me, with my own room, right?) Don’t believe me? (HERE and HERE you go!) Yikes, right?
This mess came about when I attempted to “clean” … yikes, right?
We went to IKEA for a storage shelf and I was beyond excited – FINALLY! Some organization! I was reorganizing my room and getting a little frustrated because, even with my 16 bins of storage space, there still wasn’t enough room.
That’s when Handsome caved. He spilled the beans on my birthday present. If you know him, you know he really can’t keep a secret for long, but at the same time, he can. It’s strange, but he was more than happy to get this one off his chest and I was happy to not organize…twice. He ended up ordering some desks (specifically made for craft rooms – who knew those even existed?) – and when I say desks – I DO mean plural. TWO desks? I tried to tell him that wasn’t necessary…but I loved the look!
Here Handsome is slaving away putting these dang desks together. And the sticker on his foot? Totally unrelated, but I love it. We were going through the “reward with a sticker and jelly bean for going potty in the toilet” phase – guess who picked up a stray sticker?
Apparently my room was needing more love than I anticipated….
Three trips to IKEA looks like THIS: (of course we had to buy DONUTS!)
Four trips to IKEA looks like THIS:
Five trips to IKEA looks like THIS:
After MORE than enough IKEA pit stops I went about putting finishing touches on everything. I am thrilled with the results! I LOVED the thought of keeping my blogging, pictures, and computer separate from my other crafts and sewing.
Right corner:
Left corner: (Go ahead and mock me for my glitter lava lamp. It’s ok – I can take it!)
My IKEA wall hangers: (of course Aerosmith and a camel made it up there – it’s my inspiration board!)
IKEA fancy smancy bendy lights:
This desk, guys, is UNREAL. The storage space? I am dying here. SO ORGANIZED I could die!
Painted an ugly old clock to match my room. And the printables? Love the quote – bought it a few years ago and it still rings true. Those delicious bikes were recently found from my dear friend Aly’s Etsy shop – SO super cute.
And what about a leftover wall that needed some love? I put some shameless pictures of myself. I know, I know, I look totally egocentric, but I love these pictures. I didn’t feel right displaying them in my house for all the world to gawk at my accolades, but here, in my room and this quiet little corner? I’ll take it.
I cannot even tell you how pleased I am with this end result. PERFECT. I have a ton of room, it is organized, bright, and matching. Now, I have a hard time leaving this room – it’s terrible, but I can accomplish so much more now that this space is so fabulous!!! Plus, it’s nice to “drive past” IKEA and not GO IN every time we pass. Halle-freaking-lujah!
Amber – I bet you’re better than you think! I’m terrible at decorating! You make such beautiful desserts – I have a feeling you’d be just as fabulous at decor! 😀
Kaylynn – Words cannot express the level of my jealously. I have this teeny tiny IKEA desk that fits just a computer shoved in the family room. I have to do my crafts at my friends houses. It looks fantastic. Maybe I can kick my son out of his room and use that instead? Four kids in one work would be great! I will get over this jealously.
LOVE IT! It looks beautiful. I recently made a trip to Ikea myself to organize all of my sewing stuff. Those expedit are the best thing to keep a room organized. 🙂
I love the splashes of color all over! Bright and happy! I wish I was good at decorating! I did just buy those wall hangers for our entry way. Love your random collection of things hanging from them!
This is so awesome! I totally understand how this goes because I attempted to “clean” a week or two ago and it still looks the same. I will have to use some of your ideas and get it all organized! Thanks for sharing!
Heaven’s to Betsy.. GirlFriend..stop the spoon.. or actually grab it..and let’s dip in some ice cream..because this room is HEAVENLY PB and CHOCOLATE LADY!!!! 🙂 Yum yum. love it!
I love those desks. Where are they from?
Vanessa – which ones? The corner desks are from IKEA. The desks in the middle are off of Amazon – it’s a brand called South Shore … I think!
This makes me feel bad that I am not good at home decor. I really need to spruce up our house a bit. Love your craft room!
Amber – I bet you’re better than you think! I’m terrible at decorating! You make such beautiful desserts – I have a feeling you’d be just as fabulous at decor! 😀
So jealous of your craft room. So bright, beautiful and organized. Come do mine? Pretty Please?
Just go live at IKEA – then you’ll HAVE my craft room Lori!
Kaylynn – Words cannot express the level of my jealously. I have this teeny tiny IKEA desk that fits just a computer shoved in the family room. I have to do my crafts at my friends houses. It looks fantastic. Maybe I can kick my son out of his room and use that instead? Four kids in one work would be great! I will get over this jealously.
Kari – I’m sorry to make you jealous! Just come over! Or kick a kid out … either way!
it looks fantastic and I am totlaly cracking up at the foot love haha
LOVE YOU Marissa!
LOVE IT! It looks beautiful. I recently made a trip to Ikea myself to organize all of my sewing stuff. Those expedit are the best thing to keep a room organized. 🙂
You are so right Anita – I was AMAZED as I was filling things into boxes…how do I have so much ROOM left? It was unreal!
Great job! I need to do this to my “craft” room/ laundry room. Thanks for giving me the confidence that I can do this!
I love the splashes of color all over! Bright and happy! I wish I was good at decorating! I did just buy those wall hangers for our entry way. Love your random collection of things hanging from them!
Oh Jess – I want to see a picture of how you use those in your entry! Sounds fabulous!
This is so awesome! I totally understand how this goes because I attempted to “clean” a week or two ago and it still looks the same. I will have to use some of your ideas and get it all organized! Thanks for sharing!
Britney – so glad you like! Again, IKEA saves the day!
Heaven’s to Betsy.. GirlFriend..stop the spoon.. or actually grab it..and let’s dip in some ice cream..because this room is HEAVENLY PB and CHOCOLATE LADY!!!! 🙂 Yum yum. love it!