My Craft Room {1}

I have been working on my craft room off and on for a couple of months now.  It is kind of the project that I get to when I feel like it and I'm not in a huge rush to get it done.  I finally feel like it is pretty close to where I want it to be, so I thought I would show it to you a little at a time.  That way you can see what I have done in some places, but I can finish up the rest of the room too.

When you first walk into my craft room, you will see this bookshelf directly on the opposite wall from the door.  I found it at the local thrift store and immediately knew I needed it.  For only $8, it had to be mine!

It began a dark brown wood color, but I sanded it and painted it to lighten it up.  The color is Sea Glass by Martha Stewart.  You can't buy her paint anymore, but you can try to color match it. 

After I painted it, I wanted a little of the brown to show through, so I sanded the edges to give it a little bit of a shabby look. 

It is the perfect addition to my craft room.  It houses my pretty fabric (aka the cute stuff) as well as my yarn, ric rac, and spellbinder.  All of my ric rac is stored in the metal buckets that I got from IKEA.

On the top of the bookshelf you will find all of my vinyl.  I got the yellow basket from the thrift store (DI) and the metal container I bought at a craft store that was going out of business.  So glad I found it!  I am loving the way my space is coming together.  All of the colors make me so happy and inspire me to do more creative things.

I hung this flower over the top of the bookshelf and love it.  It is feminine and fun.  I bought it at Hobby Lobby in the outdoors section. 
(If you look closely, you will see a little sneak peak of some other fun things in my crafft room. :)

Ribbon Holder

POST EDIT:  For a more detailed tutorial, go here.

I originally posted this on my family blog, but thought that I would share it here as well. A while back, I decided that I wanted a way to display my ribbon and sewing threads that was both functional and good lookin.  After much thought, this is what I came up with.

I started with three shelves ($3 a piece from Ikea).  I cut one in half for the sides and then I bought some wood to encase the top and bottom ($1 total for wood).  The big expense was the $11 I spent on bead board and $5 on spray paint, but I still have left over of both. 

This is what it looked like after I had just finished spray painting.

Here it is all finished.  I have room for one more dowel underneath.  I love the colors and the accessibility.  I have a bunch of random ribbons that I didn't know what to do with so I bought these jars from IKEA and put them all in there.  It actually looks really great.

Someday, my craft room will be fully complete and I will show it all to you.  For now, you get this :)