MORE WORK SPACE IN THE CRAFT ROOM

Hello, everyone!
I know you have heard me say this before, but, if there is one thing I dislike is wasted space. 
The way I see it, our home is not a showroom, it is where we live and I like to make the most out of every room in the house. I am always looking for ways to organized and clean a space so it will make life easier for all of us.

You all have seen my craft room many times before.
It is not a big space, it is actually the smallest room in this house, but it works for me. 
I am just thankful to even have it.

It is a great and functional work space, but when I get to work in there, sometimes it is not as big as it looks.
I also need to stop buying fabric, maybe that is the problem. LOL
As you walk in the room, there is a large closet on your right.

Those double doors are a real pain and although I tried to keep the closet clean, it always goes downhill fast. :)
This is the way it has looked for a long time.
I am showing you the cleaner side. :)

And this is what it looks like now.

Better, right?
Let me show you what I did. I warn you, this post contains a lot of pictures. :)
I did start by emptying the closet completely, took off the metal shelf that came with the house and 
I ordered from Amazon three large storage cubbies.

My husband built me a counter and attached it to the three cubes and he also framed the wall to add 
a wall to wall pegboard.

 I painted the pegboard with the HGTV paint I bought at Lowe's a couple of weeks ago.

Before the pegboard went up on the wall, I spent a whole morning filling up little holes on the wall and repainting.
Soon after that, we installed two shelves and added six small wooden wall brackets also purchased at Lowe's.

Counter, shelves and brackets got painted white. I just used a Valspar white paint in matte finish.
And then came the fun part, decorating and organizing my new work space.
I started by buying six of these pretty metal baskets at Walmart. I loved the canvas liner and the small chalkboard.

And to give myself a little extra storage, I made two curtains using drop cloth and I attached them to both ends using two small tension rods.
Under there I have been able to store the small ironing table, iron, pillow forms and a few other items. 

 My husband also installed some lighting for me.
He was able to add an outlet and connect all the lights which I now easily control with a tiny remote.

With all that finished, I bought a peg hook set and went to work.

 I used the shelves to add a few decor items I made and some that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.
I also stored up there all the silk flowers which I separated by colors using fabric drawers.

Updating the closet has made the room seem larger and cleared up some of the other counters,
 which has given me more work space.

And that is it. 
I think now I have officially used every inch of this room. :)
Thank you all so much for your visit. 
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
See you all soon!

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