I am designing a craft room.?

Question

I am designing a craft room. I love to sew, do scrapbooking, and love crafts. Any ideas on organizing materials, or just any ideas? I was thinking of buying an 8ft banquet table but how ugly. I want it to be really fun, and kind of girly. PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

What if you buy the table and put a pretty skirt on it, but just the skirt. Then you can have a smooth work surface and storage underneath.

Do you have cats? I do, and they nest in my fabric stash - not good for a professional seamstress! So I have 8 big gray bins stacked by 2's so I can walk between them. I pull a scrap of fabric out so it peeks from under the cover and I can tell what's inside: Prints; whites; interfacings & linings; blues greens & purples; yellow & orange: black & brown; and red & pink.

I've got pegboards on every wall, with tote bags hanging on the pegs. Then everything that can hang, hangs in plain sight, and everything else goes into a tote bag. Patterns I use a lot are cut out of stiff interfacing and hung on the wall. Thread racks are also on the wall. And lots of shelves too!

Answer 2

Bins, bins and more bins.

Your first considerations will be how to store materials and works in progress. Of course, budgets are important, but even if you have to start small and build up, you must find a good bin storage system.

Cheap plastic bin systems are easy to find, easy to expand and easy to keep clean. They are less likely do damage your parts and work and will last longer than cardboard bins.

Still, even card board systems can work great.

You can label and organize to your heart's content and you can change and switch material as you need. Tools should be kept in the more durable bins. My sewing kit is a fairly large tool box with a deep central bin and a set of three sliding drawers for small things.

My material is all over the place, but scraps and quilt parts are in assorted bins. I also have bins for color markers, pastels, pencils and crayons. A storage shelf unit holds other bins with styrofoam, sticks, glue and glitter, clay, molding material poster paints. I have another small shelf set for my airbrush tools and inks.

Paper stock is harder for me, because I have so much of it. I am saving up to purchase a "map drawer" which is a set of large, flat drawers to hold paper material horizontally. This is an EXPENSIVE piece of furniture, but I have visited a lot of studios and see how well these work.

I have a lot of my 3D projects haning from hooks and strings all over head. Decorate? No room! No time!

Good luck and have fun!

Answer 3

I have a long wooden table for fabric. Get some peg boards and some hooks and also a cork board and chalk board (the last is a great idea for quick ideas)
I also use old suit cases for storage places and mark on the outside what each contains
If you have a corner get a comfy chair with a good light over it so you can sit and sew. I use old large file for keeping my patterns and other paper items.
plastic file drawers for smaller items...jewlery...ribbon...pins
A small tool box for all the tool you need in your crafting...hole punches..pliers etc.
I also have binders that contain pages from magazines for different idea....doll ideas...scrapbooking ideas. Each binder is marked.

Answer 4

There are tables that are white. See a furniture store for dented or scratched tables. Make an offer. Or have two tables; one for scrapbooking; one for items that are glued and drying.
Get a cart with about 6 or 7 drawers, on casters.

Answer 5

Well hey,I like to do all kinds of craft work from oil painting,to sewing,polymer clay,flower arranging etc.(whatever subject strikes my fancy at the time).But the crafting room itself,kind of evolves more from necessity ,as you go along.I have found that with four rolling craft cabinets,with drawers,and an old hollow core door,work great for a work station.(You can also expand to six if need be).Put two of the cabinets back to back,under each end of the door...(and the third pair in the center),and depending on the length of the door,you could have room to expand further.This gives you access to all of the drawers,which are great for keeping everything from patterns and paint ,to jars of beads,scissors,embelishments etc.,and using a sleeve from those small photo albums( that you get free when having film developed),use clear tape to fasten to the drawer fronts,and use the reverse side of business cards,or your own card stock,make labels for each drawer,and slip into the sleeve.This way should you change the location of something,or add something to the drawer,you can easily slip it out to move it,or add to it.This will give you a work table where you can stand,or pull up a chair.You can add a piece of plexiglas to the top,or piece it in sections,so you can lift them up,to put pictures,or a pattern of a project underneath,(where it can be seen,and not knocked off,or damaged while you"re working,),and a perfect place for a color wheel,or multipurpose papers with hints or reminders that you use every day as your working..such as a premarked measuring tape made of paper or tagboard,for measuring fabric).I also find a drafting table of high use,for sketches,or pattern making,or scrapbooking etc. Then a desk with computer,phone access,printer,scanner etc.and a high enough back on it for a stereo on top,and a built-in cabinet for software cd's,printer paper etc.A file cabinet for billing records ,with picture of the item attatched for quick reference ,etc .(if you sell your work )A book shelf is a must,to keep them from "escaping" to other areas of the room..never to return,or be seen or heard from again'(as we ALL know "does" happen...HaHa!! ) .I have found the over the door "shoe bags" to be invaluable!! They're great for so many things!Use your creations to hang on the walls,along with the things that inspire you...I have looneytunes mugs(they make me smile.)..Oil paintings..(They let me wander in my mind to anywhere I choose to go.)..a free standing easel with an oversized tablet....for quick preliminary sketches(so I won't forget the idea later on,should I get busy),or to jot down an idea quick on the way out etc...The ends from an old wall mount gun rack or two,(or as many as needed),are great, if fastened to the wall ,and add a broom handle to each one,make great racks for numerous spools of ribbon,and wrapping paper...they can be taken down,cut and rehung in a flash for paper,and just roll off the ribbon,and cut....good to go! The ideas are as limitless as is our imaginations!! Hope these ideas help out,have a great time,and enjoy your room! I have a sign on mine that says.."My Own Little World...They Know Me Here...And Like Me Anyway" rhajha

Answer 6

you can but craft room down stair you will have with it i have one i ejoy very much