Where we create-space share

crystalb , I loved seeing where everyone creates over the weekend. You are so brilliant to start a stand-alone thread so that we can see other spaces too! I love that you included more details. I love that you dh, kids and the combined make things for your space. That makes it super special IMHO. Love that! And I have a backscratcher in my space too.

Linda , I’m trying to visualize your space with the sewing & computer desk. Does the set up make a U or make a box with an opening so that you are in the middle when you go to work? Of course you have 3 cats in there, otherwise you’d have to get rid of the sign on the wall that says “home is where the cat is”. Lol.

We’ve moved to a new place which hasn’t really got our stuff yet and won’t for a very long time as for the furniture I’m buying new and well that costs money.) This is where I am currently set up for digital scrapbooking. Long table in the library (or it will be once I’m done, but that’s probably the last room to get attacked). 
CompNwHs by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

In this house, I’ll have to divide my crafts, I’m going to be putting my sewing/fiber arts in the laundry room. We’ve also decided that I’ll have to create a dual purpose craft room/guest room. Fortunately, we’ll let guests stay in the basement (there is another guest room there & the family room sofa will have bed capabilities) unless we have a lot of people, then I’ll have to have room for the upstairs guest room. I’m hoping to make the closet open shelving. I am definitely a must have easy access to it to use it person. This has always meant open shelving and baskets (like crystalb ). However, since I’ll now be a dual space. I’m thinking of getting closed cabinets along one wall. I’m also a standing scrapper, so my work counters are all at standing height. I’m hoping to get a desk in my new space that will roll and adjust height without having to take everything off of it.

Now the farmhouse: first the disclaimer. The farmhouse was in dire need of major renovations. We had taken the upstairs down to studs and had new insulation and electric. We put in new floors. The downstairs were the craft room is has yet to be completed. So the downstairs is yuck, don’t judge.

Back in July/August of 2018, before DH took the new job and we had to buy another house, it was decided that dd & I would merge our stuff. Mainly she was using my stuff and hers was a mess. Lol. This led to me taking apart my craft room and painted it this beautiful blue color, even though we hadn’t done the refurbish yet. DH & DS put up the shelving and built the base for the boards I used for a countertop to rest on. I put my current shelving (9 cube Rubbermaid) under 2 sections and left room for the metal drawer piece you see in one. I also had room for a couple of recollection/jetmax cubes that I put on a wheeled planter bases. To make room for some of DD’s stuff I packed some of my things away in an organized fashion and put them in the basement. I thought I had photos of the room completed, but it's really photos of DD in front of different sections. Sorry. 

Upon entering from the living room (The room has lots of pieced dry wall because when we had the upstairs work done they had to tear into walls in the craft room to create supports for the upstairs). The back of the door has a unit which houses my iron and ironing board. To the left starts the counter and shelving that DH & DS built which makes at L. My camera is setting on 2 closetmaid 9-cube shelves placed back to back with a top on it so I can stand and go all the way around it.     - To the right of the door is a shelf that houses office supplies, tools, and pre-made cards and envelopes at the top, after this is the treadmill.
craftRmA1 by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

The left side of the room. At the end of this unit, is my cameo and 3-D printer (yeah, I haven't even tried the thing yet - DH was so excited to get it for me too - I feel kind of bad). Then there is shelving which houses bath towels and medicines and things that do not fit in the small bathroom. 
craftRm by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

Going back to the opening door, on the right was the shelf and then the treadmill, Here is the treadmill which butts up against these bookshelves. The right side of the bookshelf is fabric. Then there is a filecabinet, then a window.

craftRm1 by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

The window and then the next wall has our sewing desk. Then the bathroom door, then my computer desk, then the bathroom supply shelves talked about early. 

My tote by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr


This room is always a mess, because I really never finished organizing it and it's still the catch all for "I don't know where it goes" Put it in mom's room, she'll deal with it.  

LisaDV - I LOVE that blue in your room - and that you and DD share the space for creativity!

Linda, thanks for sharing that. I love that you have a large window right there. Before I painted the farm room that shade of blue it was like a really dark navy blue. With the one slender window and Michigan gray half of the year, it felt really drab. Which cat is Oreo and which is Little FRiend? They both look black and white. They're beautiful cats! OH, and I like that quilt on the back of your couch! Did you make it?

jeremysgirl, I hope you think of everything you want/need and it comes together effortlessly! Don't forget to share photos.

Linda there is always a cat in my space too. I have two. They make me nuts sometimes.

I like seeing how others organize. It makes me think I can do a much better job of it and because of the crazy way my brain works, an organized space will get more use.

We have 6, luckily the craft room is in our bedroom so the cats usually aren’t in there unless they want cuddles.

I have my stuff smack dab in the middle of our living room floor. I hate it but it’s the only way I can get craft time, while we watch tv in the evenings.

Here is my scrapbook desk and area. Yes, I am a huge KC Chiefs fan

@calimom2, you are so lucky to have the nice large window/doors and the great views! 

LisaDV - I hope Oreo treats the new printer better too. Butter sounds like a great name for a yellow-ish cat. No more kittens for us - nine years ago we were down to just two kitties (Oreo and Jacob who has since passed) when Little Friend showed up under my clothesline and befriended my toddler. Shortly thereafter she moved 4 kittens under our house (Mini and Tabby are the surviving kittens - Nano was the runt and didn't make it long and Toby died of heart problems about a year or so ago). That August, we found Smokey in a culvert meowing plaintively at the bus stop. Little friend went back outdoors (her choice) after the kittens were weaned and about 7 years ago, a scrawny hungry black cat showed up to share her food - she chased him off but he kept coming back and eventually he was named Midnight. We moved them both inside when Hurricane Irma came through and they've adapted well to being indoor cats. But six cats are a LOT of cats.

@calimom2 - what a nice space and those views sound lovely

julie5 -sometimes you just have to make due - I started out scrapping at the kitchen table years ago and had to clean up for every meal.

msliz - sounds nice and spacious. I understand about the dumping ground - happens here also.

dasmith2 - glad there's someone else crazy enough to hae six cats

I noticed the Chiefs stuff right away. Go, Chiefs!!!

Everyone's spacing are great. I love them all. they all look well loved and functional.
I will take pics of mine tonite. Since my rooms have been cleaned up so in love with my space.
Also, since I downloaded the tap a text app i can now share pics too.!!

Mine is in the living room too. I live in a small tri-level house. You can see the family room from the living room, but I work at the kitchen table. I watch TV from there into the family room below. There's about a 12 inch gap between the railing. I don't like that you can see my stuff as soon as you enter the house, but I try to keep it contained to a corner.

I've been doing this for over 20 years too! I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow. I was going to post old photos but a lot has changed in that room! I was surprised. Another reason for taking photos.