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How to Set Up a Craft Room

Is your kitchen covered in confetti-like bits of paper from last night’s scrapbooking session? Do you often look down in the middle of a meeting and discover you’re covered in a light dusting of glitter from your kids’ most recent art project? Or are you just looking for a quiet space in which to sew?

If any of these scenarios sound like a page from your life, then it’s time to think about setting up a craft room. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy or even occupy an entire room. It would simply be a designated, well-organized space where you can create in peace.

“A craft room gives you the ability to see your supply paper, ribbons and bows at once and keep them all within easy reach,” says home storage designer Andreas Messis. “Having a designated area for your crafts and projects creates a stress-free zone to work in that also preserves the other areas of your home from your craft clutter.”

If that sounds like heaven to you, this ideabook can help.
3. Look at what you have. Perhaps you have six kinds of scissors or maybe hundreds of balls of yarn. Either way it’s smart to start organizing by type.

Neat Method attacked this space by separating like items into piles. “From there we determined what items needed to take priority space on the shelves and how many cubbies would be needed for each,” says Byrne. “We more or less essentially prepped each space of the closet with items, so we could get an accurate picture of space layout.”

4. Choose and label containers. Once a home was found for each item, Neat Method created a list of organizational solutions to keep the space clutter free and easy to maintain. “We implemented labeled bins, jars, ribbon boxes and a few acrylic desktop organizers for everyday craft supplies to help streamline the crafting process,” says Byrne.

She points out that these supplies don’t have to be expensive. Target, Cost Plus Word Market, The Container Store and The Organizing Store are some of her favorite sources for affordable supplies. There are also so many ways to creatively organize crafting supplies with items from around your house. For example, use old jam jars instead of buying new ones,” Byrne suggests.

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