Office/Craft Room Reveal

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We've had an office/craft room in every house we've lived in. Our first house was only 12' x 11' feet with a closet, so when we moved into our last (big) house, it was so wonderful to be have such a big space. I think it was 19' x 20' plus a large side alcove and door to a walk in attic. The office/craft room at our current home is much smaller than the one at our previous house, and even though I know we purged a lot of stuff when we moved, I'm pretty sure I've acquired more since then. This room is only 16 ft by 14 ft, less than half the size of our last space, where we spent many evenings together as a family, the girls doing homework, Tim doing office work and I was always working on some creative project. Link to the office/craft room at our last house is at the end of the post. 

 Mr. DIY built a worktable for me, probably 19 or 20 years ago, with a  72" x 50" laminated top and cabinets underneath for craft storage. At our last house, we had room for a separate desk for Mr. DIY, in this office but we use  opposite sides of the table for our workspace. Our dining room is just outside the door and whenever I need a large space to cut out fabric or to make a large craft, the dining room table is the perfect spot. Combine the two spaces and I have more room to create than ever before. 

Of course I started out with a plan, and as you can see, we settled on the 4th option. 

One of the long walls, we used a combination of Ikea Nordli modular drawers to set the TV on with Ikea Hemnes bookcases on either side.

We found a new ceiling fan on Amazon and Mr. DIY installed it a few weeks ago. The link to the ceiling fan is a few pics down.

I found the rugs a month ago on Overstock.

We sold the mission style ceiling fan the previous owners chose on Craigslist.

The room might only be 14 ft x 16 ft, but the vaulted ceiling and the windows make it seem so much larger.  

Maybe someday we'll redo the Formica and paint the wood cabinets a lighter color. I'll add it to the ever growing project list. 

I keep the artwork our girls made while they were in school on one of the upper shelves. I brought the painted bird square in the back on the left up to our mountain cottage. 

If you've followed me when we lived at our last house, these armoires were in our family room on either side of the fireplace. You can see how they looked in our previous house HERE .They didn't work in our new living room but they were perfect for storage in the office/craft room because there it doesn't have a built in closet. 
Each armoire holds so much. They're perfect for storing our printer, printer paper, craft supplies, fabric, and sewing supplies. The lower 2 doors and drawer in the left armoire hold rolls of wrapping paper,  gift boxes, and other gift wrapping essentials. We used to keep those items in the attic just off our bonus room office.

The big grey baskets are great for holding large spools of ribbon (as if I didn't have enough), extra books, wreaths and miscellaneous items. I found them on Amazon, which I linked above. 

Thanks for taking a tour of our office/craft room. If you'd like to see the office/craft room at our previous house, you can see it HERE.

Pam

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'Tis The Season To Get Organized

Happy New Year Friends!

Now that the new year has begun, I'm working on getting things back in order and getting Christmas put away and organized.

It would be so much faster and easier to just throw things behind closed doors, but doing that would just come back to haunt me later when I'm looking for something.

If you've been following me for awhile, y'all know I love armoires. Now that TVs are so big and don't fit in armoires anymore, you can pick one up for a song (ok, maybe a few dollars more than that) on Craigslist and yard sales. 

Remember, we had 2 of these in our Great Room at our previous house and one held a TV and the other one held books, pillows, etc. They didn't look right in our new Great Room and we needed storage in our Office/Craft Room, so that's where we have it now. We originally purchased 1 full retail for about $800 and found one on Craigslist about 8 years later (the same one) for $350. I've seen them for as little as $150.

In the top of the armoire, we keep craft supplies and the printer and paper. The bottom is the perfect spot to hold most of our gift wrapping supplies. 
In the bin on the left side, top shelf there is curling ribbon, some misc ribbon and Christmas package tape. Center bin holds krinkle paper and cellophane bags. The right bin holds gift tags. 

There's space on the bottom shelf for boxes, bags, tissue paper...

The bin holds gift bags and tissue paper. Below the bin are a few priority boxes and envelopes and on top are new, folded boxes and a few padded envelopes.

The drawer on the bottom of the armoire holds wrapping paper. I keep the Christmas wrapping paper up in the attic since it takes up a lot of space and we only need it once a year.

Since the armoire is in the office/craft room, I also have lots of other ribbon to

choose from in the bookcases on the other side of the room.  Don't hate me.

Now that the gift wrapping supplies are put away neatly and organized, I can get on to the rest of the house where there's lots of organizing left to do.

Pam

If you'd like to see another Organized Armoire, click HERE.