Scrapbook Room Re-Do - The Closet... continued

I've been working most of this past weekend setting up all the supplies into the closet. It feels very good to actually know where everything is now. This was a big accomplishment for me to achive. It's been haunting me for years.

This is where I store the Sizzix and die cuts.



My glitter and embossing powder area. This area will grow because you can never have enough glitter! haha





My camera, tripod and scrapbook albums are stored on this side shelf.



My little shipping supply area for Etsy sales.

I store all my stamp pads, rub ons, bling, stickers, etc. in individually labeled containers here.

I'm just beginning a ribbon collection so I am storing those in clear glass jars for the time being.

I'll post a few more pics of the closet when it is totally completed. As stated before I still have some paper organizers and magazine organizers to purchase and it will be pretty well done.

I've now moved onto the wallpaper border. Hmmm...........funny how my strippable border paper turned out to be NOT strippable. I'm preparing to get out the elbow grease and start stripping wallpaper now! Geezzzz.......this was supposed to be an easy room to redecorate!

I'll be back soon with a reason for a manicure I'm sure!

TFL......Darlene

Scrapbook Room Re-Do

Part 1 - The Closet

I headed off to Lowes with my wonderful husband a few days ago to get all the supplies for the closet. I had done a sketch of how I wanted to place each shelf and mounting rail/bracket. I then made a list of all the supplies necessary (including hardward) and off we went.

No matter what store we go into we always seem to have a large quantity of customers end up in the same aisle as we are in shopping for the same items. As funny as it is this happened again at Lowe's. The closet organizer aisle was totally empty when we arrived and within 5 minutes there were 5-6 shoppers coming down the aisle with their lists! More came a few minutes later and we had a total of 12 people waiting for the employee to cut their wire shelving. Luckily we were first to ask so we had our large shelving cut and we were able to then move onto all the little parts like, screws and brackets.

We were also very lucky get all all the supplies for 10% off! We didn't know there was a sale and it was close to the last day too. We had compared both Rubbermaid and Closet Maid and decided on the Rubbermaid brand just because we like the installation better and then, to our surprise, the sale too....woo hoo! Our supplies totaled $160.00 and off we were to unload the goodies into the house.

We began ...well I should say Tom began, the installation of the top mounting rail and uprights. We got lucky hitting a few 2x4's but mostly installed anchors throughout. We all know how heavy scrapbook supplies can get :-)







These are three views of the finished closet. It's mighty small (65" wide, 23" deep and 8 feet high). As mentioned in an earlier post I will be making wooden stained shelves for each side of my window above my work desk. These areas are where I will put my pretty baskets, copper containers and holiday wooden stamps. It will be a more decor based storage than the closet. I will get alot of storage out of this little closet area. I have spent 2 fullndays going through my whole stash. I will post those pics sometime next week. I'm very happy how much room I now have.


Top and right hand side view



Top and left hand side view


Partial front view

I have everything placed in and on the shelves now but I am still looking for some 12x12 paper/cardstock organizers and also 1 magazine file to finish the total project. I really feel like I have accomplished alot this holiday time and I found some scrapbook goodies I even forgot I had! I think we all know what "out of sight, out of mind" means.

Well I'm off to rest for a bit and then begin the rest of the room. Please check back for updates and ideas. I hope some of my experiences will help you with ideas to design your scrapbook room and organizer it too.

Darlene

The Painting has begun...

Now that Christmas is over and we have returned from visiting our son and grandson in Missouri it's time to get back to working on the scrapbook room. I had already made a trip to Home Depot to mix paint a few weeks ago and painted the closet. I am off to Lowe's this weekend to get all my closet organizer goodies so I can begin putting some items away before I get to the room painting.

This pretty melon color will go great with all the ideas I have in store for this room. I want to accent areas with copper items also. There may be a need to go antiquing! I am going to build two wooden wall storage units for each side of the desk area/counter by the window. These units will store all the pretty ribbons, buttons, boxes and wicker baskets filled with goodies. The closet will contain mostly other craft items and books I have collected over the years such as embroidery thread, acrylic paints and yarns. I drew a rough sketch for the closet organizer considering that we will be selling our home in a few years and this closet may be used for a child's room. This way I can add small 16" shelving units in certain areas for my current storage needs but they can be moved or removed for small children's clothing for a new owner. I hope this proves to be a smart move.

I now will removing all the border paper around the perimeter of the room, prep it and start painting the ceiling and walls. I chose a light ivory for the ceiling as to keep a warm cozy feel. I also plan on two long accent lights aiming down onto my work area from over head something like this pic however I want to go with a pretty blue globe color instead of white my accent color.

This is a pic of the room as it is now, empty and horribly boring! I would imagine ANYTHING I do to it would be an improvment LOL.

Well I'm off to the store for a few purchases and then onto more wallpaper stripping.

Darlene