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    Home » Home Decorating » Room Makeovers

    Published: Aug 12, 2015 · Modified: Jun 22, 2022 by Rachel

    Dream Craft Room Makeover

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    I am so excited to share the completed craft room makeover today! Hubby and I worked hard on it all summer long. And let me tell you – it feels gratifying! But first, let’s take a step back in time to February.

    Cluttered office with empty white walls with disorganized craft supplies.

    Isn’t that scary? Messy, messy even though that room is actually clean. I just had NO WHERE to put anything. I honestly did most of my crafting on the floor and I bet some of you know that experience well.

    The opposite wall (not pictured) is my husband’s desk and office space to do what he wants with. Ok, moving on to the craft room makeover finale! Are you ready for this??

    The New Craft Room Makeover:

    Dream craft room with white cabinets, DIY shelving and wall organization, and pegboard with organized craft supplies.

    And another angle:

    Corner area of organized white craft room with workstation, pegboard, and white shelf with wooden storage bins.

    Obviously, this craft room makeover was no weekend project as everything in this room was either DIY transformed or custom-built. In fact, the only item purchased as is was the office chair I think.

    The main drivers of my design is that I wanted an artist’s office with craft supplies on full display, not tucked away in cabinets and boxes. Because my supplies are quite colorful in themselves, I chose not to pick a specific color scheme and just use what I love. Otherwise, I kept everything mostly neutral and light to take advantage of the window light.

    Craft Supply Organization

    Three wooden planks hanging on gray wall with metal clips as a kid's art display.

    So let’s start with all the wall organization units, shall we?! On the far corner, I made my son an art station with a gallery wall and a special space for his supplies. You can read more about how I did that on my post children’s art display.

    DIY white wall shelf with colorful craft supply organization.

    If you saw my Craft Room Inspiration post, you know that I really wanted a wall organizer for all of my craft supplies. I wanted to display my art supplies and utilize their rainbow of colors. Hubby and I designed and built this wall unit. It’s very simple and I love it! Here is the tutorial on how to build a DIY wall organization unit.

    Reusing Old Items in New Ways

    White wall with hanging clipboards, pink storage bins, and feminine storage container.

    I included several new and old pieces to suit my needs. The black multi-drawer organizer is one I swiped from the garage and wallpapered it.

    The vibrant coral sorter consists of 3 mail sorter bins and a mdf backer board, which were spray painted. I added the “Ludicrous ideas just need good plans” quote which is one I came up with at like 2am after reading 100’s of quotes by other people and finding nothing. For a DIYer, that quote “gets it”, lol.

    The counter tops are recycled from our old kitchen renovation (as in free, ya’ll!).

    More Craft Room Organization Ideas

    White enclosed block with outlets on top of workspace with black buckets filled with pencils and brushes.

    In order to get outlets on top of the desk without breaking into the wall, we built these boxes. I added some storage caddies into holes created with a large hole saw.

    White framed pegboard hanging on wall with wooden shelves, metal rods, and buckets for organizing office supplies.

    The last area is my computer area and pegboard. A pegboard was one of the first items I knew that I wanted for the room. I added some Ikea storage bins to hold my adhesives, pens, pencils and a few items that are special to me. Like most pegboards, I can rearrange the items in case I need more room to grow. If you would like to build your own, we have a full tutorial for making your own pegboard organizer.

    Ikea Kallax organization idea with wood storage bins with chalkboard fronts, topped with potted plants and binders.

    I don’t think any craft room makeover is complete without some Ikea storage. Their no frills, boxy gloriousness is perfect for storage. I put my scrapbooks on the bottom shelf and the bins hold fabric, ribbon, punches, and vinyl supplies.

    Top of Ikea Kallax with wooden storage bins, binders, red flowers, metal containers, and small green container organization.

    On top of the cabinet is a vignette with cherished mementos. My jungle animal cabinet began life as a Burger King dessert display case. I was really into animals growing up, especially exotic ones. While it was painted in high school, I can’t believe it has survived so long.

    White cabinets in craft office with paper sorters stacked under the countertop and rainbow color coded cardstock.

    Under the desk and countertops are these paper sorters to organize cardstock and scrapbook paper. Love the rainbow!

    Painted Oak Cabinets

    However, the biggest DIY project was the cabinets. We found a contractor on Craigslist that did kitchen renovations and we purchased 13 oak cabinets for $325. Since I only needed four base cabinets, so the rest went to the garage for wall organization.

    Cabinet door fronts painted white.

    I’ve painted furniture before, but these cabinets need to be ultra-durable. With a 6-year-old and his art supplies, I knew that white was really risky. I mean the kid is up at 7am every morning pretending to be the loudest ninja in history. Seriously, he is superb at explosion sound effects.

    If you are interested in learning more, I have a step-by-step tutorial for how to paint oak cabinets.

    Where did my inspiration for this room come from? These articles show you how:

    Click here for more inspirational craft room ideas!

    Collage of craft room storage and organization ideas.

    Craft Room Makeover Price and Source List

    • Cabinets – these were a craigslist find from a kitchen renovation. We purchased 13 cabinets for $325. I only used 4 so my cost was $100.
    • Paint and Stain – $125. The wall color is Valspar Asiago.
    • Counter tops – FREE (recycled from our own kitchen renovation)
    • Wall Organization Materials– $30 for poplar art display wood and accessories, $58 for pegboard and hanging brackets, outlet apparatus, and craft supply organizer (all custom built)
    • Ikea Organization – $130 – for Kallax and pegboard organization supplies
    • Wooden Crates – These are similar to mine
    • Clipboards – $7
    • Mail sorter and backboard – $36
    • Drafting office chair – birthday gift but originally $283 (Total splurge but absolutely worth it!)

    TOTAL- $591 not including the birthday chair

    It’s such a dream now and I feel inspired and comfortable in my new room! I sit here typing up this post and looking around in awe. I can’t help but smile and, dare I say, beam with a little DIYer pride. What do you think? Do you have a dedicated space to craft and call your own?

    Weekend DIY project. A pegboard organizer in the craft room above the desk workspace.

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    1. Carrie @ curlycraftymom says

      August 30, 2015 at 9:31 am

      This office makeover is GORGEOUS. I can only hope my office looks this great if I ever get it done! lol! I am featuring this tonight on The Creative Corner!

      Carrie
      curlycraftymom.com

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    2. Cathy says

      August 29, 2015 at 10:35 pm

      100% pinned! love this makeover! I have a space that needs s little inspiration and I think that I just found it! Thanks so much for sharing this on MMM!
      Cathy

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    3. Dorene@ Seasonal Chapters says

      August 29, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      This room turned out amazing! I love the amount of workspace and organization you have and the fact that you did it all in such a cost effective way. I am definitely going to pin this post in case I am ever lucky enough to get to create my dream craft room.

      Reply
    4. Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says

      August 28, 2015 at 5:58 pm

      This turned out SO gorgeous! I love every detail and all the organizational spaces makes me happy! Featuring this space at The Creative Corner Sunday night! 🙂

      Reply
    5. Jocie@OPC says

      August 28, 2015 at 2:08 pm

      I so much love this rachel!! you were my pick for this week’s rockstar at the Creativity Unleashed Link Party and voting has started (plus a giveaway) so go vote for yourself! haha 🙂

      Reply
    6. Cathy says

      August 27, 2015 at 5:04 pm

      This is a gorgeous craft space. I love all your special diy projects for your supplies. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy

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    7. Debra Latham says

      August 27, 2015 at 3:29 pm

      It looks fantastic! Great job. What’s scary is that on a good day, after being cleaned up, my studio looks like your before picture. :-))

      Reply
    8. Logan Can says

      August 26, 2015 at 10:52 pm

      This looks AWESOME! I especially love your art station and how you made a place to hang your children’s artwork. That is so precious!

      Reply
    9. Christine | Where The Smiles Have Been says

      August 26, 2015 at 8:48 pm

      Your craft room makeover looks STUNNING! I love everything about it, especially the color palette. Great job! (And I’m super jealous, by the way.) 😉

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    10. Maria @ Pastels & Macarons says

      August 26, 2015 at 8:36 am

      What a gorgeous transformation. I have major craft room envy right now! I can’t fault anything you’ve done and I can’t believe you transformed it for only $591!! I dream of having a craft room but just not enough space 🙁

      Reply
    11. Lauren says

      August 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm

      Oh. my. gosh. This room is a total DREAM!!! I’m so jealous right now. Haha But I know tons of work went into this space. I’ll be featuring this Thursday at our Your Turn To Shine link party. Thank you so much for sharing it!!!

      Reply
    12. Erin @ the-organized-life says

      August 24, 2015 at 10:48 am

      This room is amazing! I love so many things in here. I agree that letting all the craft material colors be your color palette was that way to go. Great job!

      Reply
    13. Kati says

      August 24, 2015 at 10:24 am

      I have craft area envy now! I love how you utilized the wall space to hold so much stuff. I have a peg board but that is all the wall space I have in my nook because I have a big window (I’m not complaining about the window, but it does look out to under the stairs to my deck). I think I can use some of your inspiration though!

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      • Rachel says

        August 27, 2015 at 6:07 pm

        Aww, thank you, Kati! So glad you found my craft room inspiring. I have seen some cute ideas with shelves over the window that might give some more wall space.

        Reply
    14. T'onna @ USS Crafty says

      August 24, 2015 at 6:36 am

      I love your son’s art gallery wall and the peg board! Your craft room looks fabulous!!

      Navy Wifey Peters

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    15. Michelle James says

      August 24, 2015 at 6:54 am

      OMG!!! This is truly amazing. I am in awe looking at it. The white makes the colors of the craft products pop and I love everything about it! Nice job.

      Reply
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