Craft Room Revealed!

First here is a before shot of my craft room...

My five year old kept trying to sneak into the picture. I take so many pictures of my kids that he isn't used to not being the one in the picture!

So here it is! Hopefully you won't be disappointed! I'm not. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

So here is the tour...

When you first walk in you see a book shelf and my chair...

This chair is one of my favorite Goodwill finds, only 30 bucks! I love the quilt too, still isn't finished, but still cute.

So, when I say the room is finished, it isn't all the way finished. I have a project in store for this bookshelf. And as soon as what I need goes on sale at Hobby Lobby I'll show you what I've done!

Then there is my desk.

Some of my favorite things on the desk at the cute flower pots I painted and embellished with ribbon, paper flowers and tags. And I added a shelf just above the desk. I already had the shelf sitting in my basement. I love the ribbon holder. That is just a tension curtain rod that I slipped all my spools on to. And since I don't have a TV in there, I use our portable DVD player in there to watch chick flicks or DVD's of my favorite show, The Office.

Next is I have my sewing machine, stamps, and paint. I keep my stamps in a microwave cart that I got at a garage sale for like 10 bucks. It works perfectly. I keep my sewing machine on a school desk that I got from a friend that is a teacher for free. Can't beat that.

I love this shelf! I got the letters at Hobby Lobby and just Mod Podged scrapbook paper on. Love that paper too.

Even my vintage sewing machine looks better in here now! I got this from my Mom when she got her new fancy one. It's one of those "They don't make them like this anymore," things. It is SOLID. It doesn't do anything fancy, but then neither do I when it comes to sewing! But it does all I need!

So there it is! My new and improved craft room. I really didn't change much other than a coat of paint and adding a new shelf. I love that it all goes together now! I just need to ignore that the carpet is still blue! But that isn't going to be changed anytime soon!

So $13 for a gallon of paint (its from Wal*Mart actually and its called Gaucho.) and everything I already had looks way cuter! Can't wait to start making more stuff to show you guys! I just know this room will inspire me even more than before!

Almost done, and I lied.

Well, my craft room is almost done. I just have a few finishing touches before I want to reveal it to you. It started snowing here this afternoon, so that meant that school got dismissed early. Yay for the snow! It is still strange to me that school gets closed for any amount of snow, but my Kindgergartener wasn't complaining! But since he got home early instead of getting everything put together I spent the afternoon playing games, referring the two boys and making sleeping bags for stuffed animals at the request of my youngest. So, one more day and I will be done with the room. I am thrilled with it! It's amazing how much a coat of paint can change a room.

Anyway, so I lied. I said I was done with Valentine's stuff, but I found to things I want to make. I haven't done it yet, but check them out, they are way cute.

I found this cute doily banner at Blue Cricket Design.

And while I was there, she was featuring Lindsey from Inspiring Creations and while I was checking out her site, I found this! So cute! Here is the tutorial for this heart tree.

So stay tuned tomorrow for my craft room reveal!

Craft Room

My husband is currently going to school to get his MBA and working full time. So, needless to say, he is a busy man. It seems like he is either at work, at school, or doing homework. So, while he is busy with that, and as soon as the kids are in bed, I have lots of time to craft. Tonight while he was doing homework, (after he helped a family from our Church move, I'm tellin' ya, he's Superman!) I got to work painting my craft room. I have been wanting to do it for a long time. I should have done it a year ago, when we got bunk beds and moved both boys into the same room. But I was to excited to have a craft room instead of a craft corner, so I wasn't patient enough to paint it then. But I finally just did it. Here is what really gave me the itch to get it done...

I made this a few months ago and it got me hooked on the colors. So I made more things to match. But the blue wall color was bugging me since it wasn't matching all my cute new stuff! So, tonight I got the first coat done, and should get the next one done tomorrow! Can't wait! I love it so far. So, once that is done, I'll reveal my new craft room, with all my cute stuff that will now match the walls!