Sunday, February 5, 2012

My Craft Cabinet



For the past 8 years I have been completely spoiled with a large walk in closet in a spare room as a craft storage space.  The entire closet was all mine.  I am not sure of the exact demientions...but It is the same size as my laundry room.   Almost Five years ago my daugher was born and again I have been spoiled.  She didn't really need to much of the closet space.  Now she is soon to be 5 and she needs the closet for her clothes, and toys.  I am also expecting a baby boy in May and most of his items will be in the closet as well.  I am so excited to have the room needed for my littleones.  BUT.......

I needed a storage solution for my scrapbooking and craft supplies.  I have open floor plan in my living room I guess the area could be used for a dinning table but we are not really formal dining people.  So I decided to look for a Cabinet for my crafts.  I love the idea of closeing the cabinet so no one can see what is inside.. I found a great cabinet at the goodwill for only $30.  It had a space for a keyboard and I removed that sliding shelf out of the cabinet completely...

I then sanded and cleaned the entire cabinet and painted it black...I then took shelving paper and added it to the entire inside of the cabinet.  The reason is because I would be removeing and placing items in the cabnets often....so I didn't want to scratch the paint...My plan is to replace the back with a white beat board from the hardware store.  I haven spent the entire day organizing and trying ton purge my scrapbooking supplies.  It is a really difficult process.  I will post photos of the ORGANIZED cabinet in another post with extra information on how to organize when I figure it out myself.  As you can see from the photos....The cat wants her own cabinet as well.


4 comments:

  1. awww baby boy in may <3 good luck to you and your family!

    you should gift this cabinet to the cat maybe... i think it needs a place to hide with two kids around :-D
    nice work on the cabinet and have fun organizing!

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  2. This is awesome. Hey we have to take whatever craft room we can get..lol

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  3. Love what you did with the cabinet. My space is actually in a hallway. We live in an old farm house and we almost never use the front entrance. Like Kel said - we take what we can get.

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  4. Love the transformation! I use an ikea desk/hutch for all my sewing stuff... not that my sewing stuff fits in there. I think mine needs a coat of paint to, LOL! Have a fabulous weekend!
    ~Kimberlee, The Spunky Diva

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