Hello there, today I have my craft room tour of 2017 to share with you. Since I redecorated a month or so ago, I have had requests to make a new tour. Well of course, that's what I did!
Before we get started, like I mention in the video, I make these tours because people like to watch them. I am no way doing it to share what products I have or anything like that. That is just not who I am. I enjoy watching craft room tours myself so that I can gets tips on how people are storing and organising their products. I am always on the look out for how people organise things.
I have a fairly small room (it looks bigger on camera than it is in real life!) but I am incredibly grateful to have it. I like to keep it neat and tidy and as you will see in the video, I have a place for everything. I also find it important to have some space to grow too. This kind of organisation will not be right for everyone so please find what works for you. Some people like to have things out so that they remember to use it, some people like to have everything behind cabinets. Do what works for you! I myself like to have a combination of both.
So let's get straight into the videos. I had so much footage that I split it up into two parts. I hope that is ok with you. Although two 30 minute videos are long, I didn't think anyone would want to watch an hour video either!
So for those who like writing and photos too, I have some details below:
I have two large desks taking up the length of one side of the room. I use one for more office/computer needs and the other for crafting purposes, although when crafting I do often use the space in front of my computer for my guillotine or for just extra room.
Under the desks are
Helmer units from Ikea. I love these little units. they are metal and look a lot like mini filing cabinets. I like them because they are narrow but deep so I can fit a lot in them.
Above my desk, attached to the wall is my filming set up. I use a
Manfrotto Magic Arm to film from above. Links to the set up and products are over on my
FAQ page.
I also recently bought an
Alex unit. I wanted some taller (height wise) drawers so that I can fit taller items in them. mainly envelopes (standing up), spray bottles and then my new storage of my Distress Ink Blending tools.
I believe
Ardyth came up with the solution of storing ink blending tools in
nail polish holders. I searched everywhere to get some but none of them fitted (the gap was too small). My friend
Stephanie kindly sent me two over from Canada and I am absolutely love them! I have my most used colours in there, plus some extras (blank ones) for the colours that I do not use as much. I haven't filled up completely yet, I still need to buy more tools but I absolutely love it. The tops of the tools have labels on them from the
Ranger website (I just printed them on to removable label paper and punched them out with a 0.5" circle punch). I also printed larger labels to go into the nail polish holder itself (I punched them out with a 3/4" inch circle punch) so that I know where the tools go. A big thank you goes to Stephanie and Ardyth for this fabulous solution!
Next up are some shelves above my computer desk. These are
Mosslanda Picture Ledges and they are great! I love that they are not very deep. The top shelf hold my Clarity Stencil Brushes, along with cords and cables that I like to keep in pretty tins. The next two shelves hold my growing collection of Dr Ph. Martin's products. I have really been enjoying the liquid watercolours and don't they look so pretty on the shelves? :)
My
Raskog is next. Boy, do I love this thing! It holds a lot of stuff! In my case, I have lost of
Ikea Skurar pots on the top. These hold pencils and pens. I like them in the pots as they are easy to grab. I also have my swatch folders on the top shelf. You can see a post about those
here. Next up is more pen storage, along with my Alcohol Inks. Finally, my Cuttlebug lives on the bottom shelf, along with it's cutting pads and some other tools.
Another new addition to my room this year is this
Hemnes unit. I got the one with the doors on and I love it! It holds a lot of stuff! In it I have all of my stamps, cardstock, paper pads, dies and extra tools.
I storage my stamps in Avery Elle stamp pockets. I use both the large size (for 4" x 6" stamp sets) and the extra large size for all larger sets. I add a piece of inexpensive cardstock inside, followed by the stamp set. If I have a coordinating stamp set, I add this in the back on magnetic sheet. The stamps themselves are store in either Muji Acrlic DVD boxes (sadly now discontinued) or
Kvarnvik boxes from Ikea. I have made dividers for them by cutting up
swing clip folders. I rounded the top corners and simply labelled them using my
Label Maker.
For stand alone dies, I keep them in
EZ Mount Binders. Although the post is old now, I will link to the one I did a few years back which you can see
here. I still store them in this way. I store my stencils in a binder too. Again, I have a post and video about this
here.
I have all of my 8.5" x 11" cardstock in
magazine files. I then have the cardstock in
9" x 12" zip/grip lock pockets. I just cut the top off the pocket and popped the cardstock inside. I got the pockets that were the thickest. They are not really sturdy but they do the job. I also have dividers in between the cardstock so I know what colour is what, you can see how I made them in a video
here. My 6" x 6" paper pads are stacked up and store in
Interdesign containers. I also have some 12" x 12" paper that are in Cropper Hopper Magazine Files.
Nest up is my ink pad storage. I have them stored in drawers in my
Stackables/The Best Organizer cabinet. The first few drawers are for smaller ink cubes and then I have the larger ink pads up on their sides. This way I can fit more in a drawer and I can easily grab the one I need. I have had no problem standing my ink pads up on their sides.
My embellishments are also in a Stackables/The Best Organizer unit. I keep smaller embellishments in here, along with stickers, ribbon, twine and glitter. I have a post and video about my sequin storage
here.
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Wow! Wasn't that along post! I hope you enjoyed looking around my room. If you have any further questions, please leave them below and I will try my best to answer them. thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!
