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Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Beginnings of a Craft Room

I just finished bringing up all my craft stuff from the basement and setting it up in my sun room.  Since fall is here and winter is on the way, I don't think I'll be spending a lot of time "sunning" in there!  Now all my things are handy and accessible...I'll get a lot more crafting done this way!  I thought I'd put up my early photos so when it's all cozy and personalized here in a few months, I can see the improvements!


This is the view from the doorway.  Straight ahead is a sideboard I purchased at a yard sale in Mount Vernon, Washington last year.  Now that I've got the high cupboards in my kitchen, I can store my glass and things there and my linens in another hutch in the living room.  I've got lots of crafting supplies stored in there now.  To the right of the sideboard is a plant stand, a pie hutch and our second refrigerator.  With 10 people in the house, one needs a second refrigerator!  To the left is a little white shelf holding supplies and our old (new) dresser which houses all my scrapbooking materials.  Straight ahead is my little table and a counter separating the sun room from the kitchen.

Here is the pie hutch to the right of the sideboard.  On it, I've displayed my 1920s era typewriter and some Japanese things that are special to me:  a tea set that a friend from the UK sent me (made in Japan) and a painting that our cousin painted and auctioned off for Japan's tsunami relief funds.  I, of course, bid until I won...but I think I got a pretty good deal!  Inside the hutch are cookbooks, my couponing materials, and the school books we use regularly.  In that basket underneath, I've got the school books and notebooks that the kids use daily.  This keeps them very accessible when it's time for school each day.  (We homeschool)

Here are some of the jars of trinkets and found items that I've got displayed on top of the sideboard.  I've been collecting them in pasta and baby food jars and plan on spray painting or otherwise decorating the lids here really soon so they're prettier!

Here's a picture of the little white shelf in the corner.  It's holding various supplies and my half-finished Holly Hobbie pumpkins that I need to get done and into my Etsy store here really soon!

This dresser holds all of my scrapbooking materials...there's a lot!  On top are various things and my brand new sewing machine that my husband bought me last week!  The one he bought me in 2003 gave out a few months ago and I've been desperate for another one!

Here's my pitiful little crafting table.  It needs a cloth...or something...  I plan on actually doing most crafts at my dining room table and using this table to let them sit and dry so the main table isn't taken up.  Right now it's holding a few "to do" items, as well as a picture my friend made of the two of us at her bridal shower in 2006.  I'm the blonde one on the left...although my hair is dark brown now...my bleaching days are done! :)

One thing I really love about this room is the pretty light fixture!  I'm glad whomever put it up picked something so pretty...it's one of my favorite things in this house!



Well, there you have it.  I've got it all upstairs...now to create some things to make the room look a little more creative! Linking up today with:

8 comments:

  1. that is great and I'm so envious, hopefully one day I'll have something similar.

    swapbot:samash

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  2. Hi Sarah,
    Wow, this is great--and I love that everything is so accessible. How on earth did you find time to do it all? You are AMAZING!!! (and I love your typewriter and the lamp too!)
    Sending (((hugs))) your way,
    Cindy

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  3. I'm inspired by your work room. It's so tidy & clean. Mine is a complete disaster unless I'm expecting guests in which case everything is shoved in drawers...

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  4. Sarah, thanks for stopping by this morning and for your sweet well-wishes! I had to stop by and see what you are up to as well -- and it looks like you've got a fantastic beginning on a great craft room! Enjoy putting it all together in your "spare" time. :-)

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  5. Hi Sarah, isn't it great having all your craft supplies handy for when you want to make something. It probably makes it easier for you when you want to do some crafting with the chI found and am now following you through My Romantic Home and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chrisildren also.

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  6. Beautiful craft room! I wish I had one... but my flat is too little!

    dodothe fairy (Check out my Blog #4)

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  7. Wow!
    Love your space!
    Hope you have lots of happy hours there!

    Regards,
    wobgirl (swapbot)

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  8. I also have my craft room in the sunroom..I tend to do more with it close by. I enjoyed looking into your cool craft room.

    kraftykj (swap bot)
    Love comment blog #2

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