The Craft Room Reveal

It seems I have been posting a lot of makeovers lately, and for the first time in a long time, I feel like my house is finally where it should be.  I told you about this room here.  I used to keep the door shut at all times when we had company, even if said company was only 7 year olds.  I did not want any one going in there and getting hurt.  And it was also embarrassing.  But I mustered up all my energy to go in there, clean it all out, and start from scratch.

There is the frame I used as a chalkboard

First thing I did was give the walls a good coat of paint, I used the same color I used in my master bathroom walls, but because there is only one small window, the color does not look as bright as it did in the bathroom (even though both rooms face the same way).  I was not too happy with how the painting turned out, I have never really been disappointed when using Benjamin Moore paints, but this was the first time.  Even after two coats, you could still see some spots of the old color, which was not even a dark color to begin with.  That, paired with the fact the paint went up in price, has left me one unhappy customer.

Here is the new color going on.

I then started to move things in, and recycle things out.  I decided to make two custom shelves, as the ready made ones in the store were the wrong size, and wrong price.  I found two pieces of particle board shelves on sale for $3 each, and had them cut at the store.  I did not want the rough edges to be seen, so I decided to use melamine edging tape, and it was super easy to do:

Just cut to size, and iron on.  Super easy, and it made a huge difference on the look of the shelves.  I then primed, and painted them.  I tried to reuse as much of what I already had as possible, I had left over fabric from the curtains I made for the living room, and it went perfect with the wall color in this room.  I did buy a bookcase from Ikea, because the ones I had there before where all broken.  I also picked up a chair while there as well.  Here is the room as it looks now:

Artwork courtesy of the kids :)

Here is the before again:

And the after:

I was able to purchase the baskets from Target as additional storage, and pretty much everything you saw in the before picture (books, crafts, fabrics etc) is still in here.  I am still trying to work on the other side of this room (maybe a daybed?) it's a small room, so I have to make sure everything fits, without looking too cluttered again.

Hope you like my craft* room transformation.  I know I can now breathe easier knowing this room is cleaned up, and of course, I now leave the door open for all to see ;)

Have a great week!

Kristel

*Husband has officially banned it from being an office, because he says it looks too feminine in there ;)

Sources: 

Curtains:  Tonicliving.com

White Frames: Ikea

Baskets with labels: Target

Chair and cover: Ikea

Bookcase: Ikea

White Flower Pots: Ikea

PIllow Insert: Ikea

Small blue frame: Pottery Barn

Bakets inside of Bookcase: Ikea

Basket on top of Bookcase: Target

Rug: Purchased from Target a long time ago

Brackets: Home Depot

Linking To: Skip To my Lou, Sweet Little Gals, Between Naps on the Porch, Home Stories A to Z, Today's Creative Blog, The Farmhouse Porch, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, The Winthrop Chronicles,  Tip Junkie, Savvy Southern Style,Gingersnap Crafts, We are that Family, Restore Interiors, No Minimalist Here, Fireflies and Jellybeans, Ivy and Elephants, House of Hepworths, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Funky Junk Interiors, Five Days Five Ways, Redoux, Tatertots and Jello, Stuff and Nonsense, Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, The Shabby Nest, Finger paint on the Fridge, Too much time on my Hands, Thrifty Decor Chic,