It's Finally Happening!!!

For three years my craft room has been a sore spot in our home.  I just can't seem to get it the way I want it.  So we have piddled, purged, purchased and planned a gazillion ideas and organizers in hopes of making it work. 

I finally got fed up a couple of weekends ago and stashed all my crafting things into my laundry baskets (that has been a whole 'nother issue)! Now I have a somewhat clean slate to work with.  My office is odd in that it has three doors leading in and out.  There is also a large window and a closet.  This makes furniture arranging difficult. 

I started my gazillionth attempt at organization by buying the Target Room Essentials 6-cube organizer in Espresso.  I love that this cabinet can be set up vertically or horizontally.  I decided to useit horizontally and add casters to the bottom.  That way I  can roll it out of the way if I need to get into the closet.  I bought some of the fabric bins in bleached sand (think ecru) to store everything.  They are going to be perfect but....they are boring.  So, last night I busted out my Silhouette and cut a stencil for painting.  I found a cute lattice work pattern and sized it to fit.  To save on my vinyl costs I used some ugly contact paper as the stencil.  It worked perfectly!  Once everything was lined up I grabbed my daubber, my favorite teal acrylic paint and went to town.  The whole painting portion took me about 15 minutes and I was done.  They turned out better than I planned! 

I still need to get three more bins but that will have to wait until my next Target adventure.  Now I get to have fun deciding where everything will go.  What a concept - an organized craft room! 

I'll keep you posted as I go along.  Maybe by the time our fourth house anniversary rolls around I will have a showcase room.  :) No matter what - I am super excited to get this project going!