Office/Craft Room Makeover Reveal!

April 30, 2012 By

I’m so excited that we are now the proud own­ers of a much more func­tional (and visu­ally pleas­ing) office & craft room! All it took was a few shop­ping trips to Lowe’s, a few hun­dred dol­lars, a few days of hard work, and a few garbage bags of stuff trashed & recy­cled! ;)

As a Lowe’s Cre­ative Blog­ger, this month’s chal­lenge was to pick a room and give it a facelift! And, boy did our office/craft room ever need one! When we moved in two years ago, I was 36 weeks preg­nant with Lit­tle Brother and still teach­ing. I didn’t have the time or energy to do any­thing nice with the space. About the only “fun” dec­o­rat­ing we did was putting all of our col­lege mem­o­ra­bilia up in there (we are *diehard* Nebraska Corn­husker fans)! But, we had lots of mis­match­ing fur­ni­ture and not very func­tional spaces. Even though I had a des­ig­nated scrapbooking/crafting space, I couldn’t access my things half the time! The room end­ing up being the “dump­ing ground” place and there was a lot of stuff that had no “home”. As I men­tioned in the “work-in-progress” post, no “home” for things = unor­ga­nized MESS! It was BAD! But, after work­ing on refresh­ing that space this month, we are SO pleased with the results! See for yourself:

Bet­ter, huh?! It might be hard to pick out every­thing from the pic­tures, so here is the list of  every­thing we did to refresh the space:

  • Replaced mis­matched shelv­ing with Clos­et­Maid cube shelves
  • Added a small Clos­et­Maid cube shelf in the cor­ner of the closet
  • Installed Allen & Roth White Bracket Shelves for col­lege memorabilia
  • Added a Clos­et­Maid Stor­age Shelf for my Cri­cut & laminator
  • Rearranged posters & memorabilia
  • Built framed craft peg­board stor­age units (tuto­r­ial post com­ing soon!)
  • Cre­ated rib­bon stor­age unit with dowel & closet bar holders
  • Hung a shoe stor­age bag over the back of door for more craft sup­ply storage

Hav­ing the match­ing cube shelves made a HUGE dif­fer­ence. It not only looks SO much bet­ter, but is so much more func­tional! And, amaz­ingly enough, we actu­ally have extra space now. There are a cou­ple of empty shelves, plus a cou­ple of the bins have noth­ing in them!!

And, it’s amaz­ing how much just get­ting the Clos­et­Maid Stor­age Shelf for the Cri­cut did–such a bet­ter use of space (and only $9.99!!). Now, all of my “crafty appli­ances” (the Cri­cut & all of its sup­plies, plus my lam­i­na­tor) are all together and I don’t have to move any­thing to a new loca­tion to use it! Installing the bracket shelves for the mem­o­ra­bilia looks so much nicer as well!

Then, we did some DIY projects and more detailed orga­ni­za­tion projects around the closet scrap­book­ing nook. We built the peg­board units & the rib­bon dowel (details on all that com­ing soon in a sep­a­rate post). I love how handy every­thing is now!!!

The over-the-door shoe orga­nizer was another super easy (and inex­pen­sive) fix! Just instead of shoes, it’s hold­ing var­i­ous craft sup­plies. I don’t know about you, but if I can’t see things, I tend to for­get that I have them. So, with the clear pock­ets it’s SO easy to quickly assess what I have and grab what I need. These stor­age units are also nice if you have tall items that don’t fit elsewhere–think rolls of con­tact paper, wrap­ping paper, etc. You can just cut slits in the bot­tom of the pock­ets above and slide the rolls through. SO handy!!!  So, there you have it–a MUCH improved office and craft space! If you have a space that needs refresh­ing, be sure to check out the $100 Lowe’s Gift Card give­away here (give­away ends tomor­row night — May 1st)!

For more great ideas, check out Lowe’s Cre­ative Ideas on FB, Lowe’s on Pin­ter­est, and the Lowe’s Cre­ative Ideas blog where you just may rec­og­nize one (or more) of the faces there! ;)

Dis­clo­sure:  I am a mem­ber of the Lowe’s Cre­ative Ideas Cre­ators & Influ­encers Net­work and received a Lowe’s gift card to com­plete my projects. All pho­tos, opin­ions, and expe­ri­ences are my own.

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  1. 1
    Megan says:
    April 30, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Look­ing good! How fun to have so much WELL USED space to cre­ate in.

    Reply
  2. 3
    Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says:
    April 30, 2012 at 10:34 am

    That looks great Sara! :) Nice job!!

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  3. 5
    Jennifer says:
    April 30, 2012 at 10:39 am

    Looks great Sara! love all of the bas­kets and orga­nized stor­age! I need help with my crafty closet! want to come help me? ;)

    Reply
  4. 7
    Mod Podge Amy says:
    April 30, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Wow! That is a huge trans­for­ma­tion — so orga­nized! Makes me want to get my act together :D

    Reply
  5. 9
    Katie {Sweet Rose Studio} says:
    April 30, 2012 at 11:21 am

    This turned out so amaz­ing Sara! I love all of the stor­age and I can’t wait to read the tuto­r­ial for the peg board!

    Reply
  6. 11
    Wendy says:
    April 30, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Looks amaz­ing!!!!!

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  7. 13
    Kim @ Sand & Sisal says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    Love it! I sooooo need to orga­nize (and cre­ate) a craft room!

    Reply
  8. 15
    Steph @ The Silly Pearl says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Oooh great job! Pin­ning this to my “craft room” board!
    I really like that lit­tle shelf for your Cricut…love how you can store your car­tridges right there.

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    • 16
      Sara @MomEndeavors says:
      May 3, 2012 at 9:12 pm

      Thanks, Steph! It’s so funny how some­times the cheap­est & sim­plest things are the hand­i­est. It was only $10 and made such a big dif­fer­ence in the func­tion­al­ity for the Cri­cut! :)

      Reply
  9. 17
    J. Hill says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Can’t wait for the peg­board tutes!

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  10. 19
    Shannon at madiganmade says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    OOohh. I love the wall of cub­bies! Every­thing looks so acces­si­ble now.

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  11. 21
    Cyn says:
    April 30, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Great makeover! I’ll have to remem­ber these ideas for my stu­dio makeover!

    Reply
  12. 23
    Karen says:
    April 30, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    Love your space! Could you please come and do a few rooms for me! :-)

    Reply
  13. 25
    Cassie says:
    April 30, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Great make over! I would live to make over our play­room one day.

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  14. 27
    Amy T says:
    April 30, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Wow, I love it! I love all the mod­u­lar shelv­ing! That is what we should have bought when we got a shelf (that I now hate) for our office. I love the door shoe hanger too!

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  15. 29
    Amy {The Idea Room} says:
    April 30, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Great way to orga­nize every­thing. I bet it is so nice and func­tional now! Love those cubby shelves!

    Reply
  16. 31
    michelle says:
    April 30, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    I seri­ously would give up sleep for a week to be able to orga­nize every room in my house! you made such smart choices and your room looks beau­ti­ful. I love how the red makes it look so lively with­out being too harsh.
    orga­nized = func­tion
    function=production
    production=happy mama!
    congrats!

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  17. 33
    Emily @FamilyNLifeLV says:
    April 30, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    This is great!! I really love the whole trans­for­ma­tion!! Wanna come do my house next please??

    Reply
  18. 35
    Carol Dee says:
    May 1, 2012 at 6:36 am

    Great job, every­thong looks wonderful.

    Reply
  19. 37
    Emmy says:
    May 1, 2012 at 6:50 am

    Looks great!! A few things make a huge difference

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    • 38
      Sara @MomEndeavors says:
      May 3, 2012 at 9:21 pm

      Thanks, Emmy! Yes! It’s amaz­ing how just a few changes can make a BIG difference!

      Reply
  20. 39
    Karen - The Graphics Fairy says:
    May 1, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    It looks great! Nice and orga­nized! I could use one of those shelves for my Cri­cut too!

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    • 40
      Sara @MomEndeavors says:
      May 3, 2012 at 9:22 pm

      Thanks, Karen. The shelf is PERFECT for the Cri­cut and so inex­pen­sive too!

      Reply
  21. 41
    Carolina says:
    May 1, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    Oh! Awe­some! You are inspir­ing me to clean up my space!! I espe­cially like the cri­cut shelf! My cri­cut is buried under a mess and never gets used!

    Reply
  22. 43
    Ann Marie | white house, black shutters says:
    May 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Those cub­bies really make a huge dif­fer­ence in the room! Thanks for the inspi­ra­tion. :)

    Reply
  23. 45
    dpa says:
    September 21, 2012 at 11:23 am

    its so beau­ti­ful and well orga­nized with colors..I so wish we get all the items avail­able in the US here in my country.…sigh :( lots of stuff i just have to admire via pic­tures :) ..GREAT JOB

    Reply

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