Anyone here with a smaller craft room, say 10x11?

Mine is a doozy. I’ll be back with a floor plan.

I have a small room 8x10 maybe. I have a desk facing one wall with 2 floating shelves above it. Then on the wall behind me are 2 alex drawers & a kallax bookshelf from Ikea.

I just moved out of an 11x13 craft room with no closet, so slightly larger than yours. I have a 60" x 42" dining room table for my craft table and originally I had a short side against a wall, which made two "dead ends". Later I moved it to the center and used every bit of the 4 walls with 1) shallow built in standing height countertop with shelves and drawers under it 2) 4x4 kallax 3) 2 pottery barn leaning shelf units 4) custom standing height table/shelf that was my die cutting station with wall mounted DVD shelves above that hold stamp sets.

With the table in the center I liked being able to go around either side and it felt less claustrophobic for me. I had tons of wall mounted storage shelves, rods (for holding punches) and hooks so that room was cozy and crowded.

Just moved to a different room that is 10x13 but with a walk-in closet that I installed floor to ceiling shelves in. Also took just the 4x4 kallax and die cutting table/shelf so only 2 walls of furniture (although am adding a 2x4 kallax on casters to a 3rd wall that will help make up for the high counter I lost). I did put the wall-mounted DVD shelves behind me since they are only 6" deep and then I didn't have to get up to grab some of my stamp sets.

For additional storage I have 5 ikea Helmer drawer units (to keep them out of the way, 2 are under my table and 2 in the closet; you can also stack 2 of them nicely), some smaller shelf units (one is on the floor in a corner and the rest are either on the kallax or on my table), 1 ikea Raskog, and some other wall mounted storage/magnet boards.

I was notorious for letting supplies pile up on my table or parts of the floor and hated it. I'm determined to have a place for everything with this reorganization (I'm about 80% done setting up the new room).

If my room were a perfect rectangle it would be 10x9. However, the stairs to the attic were put through the room (through the old hallway linen closet). We also have a steeply sloped roof, which cuts into the closet space. The space where the radiator is has a shed dormer so I have regular 8 foot ceilings in that section. I do have two windows, but the radiator makes space under the one useless. This is pretty true to scale. If you compare the width of the door to that narrow opening to where my desk is you get how cramped it is. Other than the Kallax, Alex drawers, raskögs, and small closet (which is full of boxes of photos) I’m always moving things around trying to find space. I moved into this room when my uncle moved in with us. He moved into my old craft room which was 22’ x 11’.

ETA: could not upload my floor plan. Will figure it out.  flic.kr/ps/3X2KZb

Try having a smaller room, and insisting the desk face the door, and no holes in the walls. I have a thing about monsters sneaking up on me and ruining the orange peel walls.

Luckily I have moved out of that room into a much bigger one.

Here it is:

This is my old scrapbook room. It was about 8x8.

www.melissapriest.com/2011/10/decrapification-again-photo-heavy.html

I feel like mine is about that size, but I am also bad with measurements like that! It may be a hair larger.

I have a large kitchen cart (on reinforced wheels) that I use as my main desk space, counter height, which sticks out from a side wall, like a peninsula. In hindsight, I wish I would have thought more about using the exterior of the room for cabinets and counter space. I have two windows, so at first I had my stuff positioned so I can see out the window and use the natural light for taking photos. After reconfiguration I have the windows at my back. So my cart sticks out into center of room - the good thing about this is I use storage on both sides. I have a small couch that converts to a bed (ikea) because originally we had more visitors so this was an alternate place to stay. That doesn't happen often now so I am contemplating moving this out, although I do like having the couch, but could replace with just a chair.

I can only say what I've observed in my space...but a few things to think about (and I wish I would've thought of before)
1) I like the idea of things not being too permanent if you want to move them around.
2) I find my focus changes from time to time and I need to shift supplies around to make more sense for what is easily accessible.
3) No matter how much I like the visual aspect of color coded rooms, I prefer things to be behind cabinets, doors & drawers. I have to remind myself that I don't want everything on display.
4) Install electrical sockets to be accessible.
5) If not labeling keep some kind of inventory - I don't like everything labeled by name, but the one main drawers I use came with a space for labels and were numbered. It is actually a dining buffet. I continued the trend by numbering other drawers, in my Alex set, and so on - then created a table in Pages with the number and filled in the contents of drawers. I put in general things, then was also very specific with some things. I used to easily remember where things were, but not so much anymore - its either my memory getting worse or acquiring too much supplies, probably both!

I am planning on some reorganization soon, utilizing some new organization pieces from scrapbook.com. If I have a chance will try to get some photos.

Good luck with designing your space!

My room is very small, I went from a large loft, to a small room that holds my work desk, another desk and doubles as a guest room when we have guests. I really like this desk I got from Wayfair, the top part is great for craft storage as is the little shelf on the bottom left. You might have to scroll through the photos to see the top part.

www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/winston-porter-burlie-desk-w005980128.html

I took the closet in the room and turned it all into craft storage. My Iris boxes are in the garage, but it's generally stuff that can stand weather changes. They are all on a stainless steel culinary rack. I also put in an Ikea wall cabinet to store more stuff. I will post pics tomorrow if I can

Overall the system works for me, I like where I can see everything. I know what's in the Iris boxes, so if I have to run out to the garage to grab something, it's no big deal.

Mine is small as well - approx 10 feet x just over 7 feet. I don't have built in cupboards. I have an Ikea Linmonn desk running all the way along one long wall then my computer desk and printer making an 'L' along one short wall with under desk storage and one set of shelves.

Okay, thank you.