Craft Area Complete

Well I did it... I finished my basement craft area to the best of my ability. 

I say to the best of my ability because right now we are waiting until the spring to paint the basement... we are waiting for the shelving to arrive....

One day too we are going to remodel the basement and I will have an actual craft room but for now... 

I have the space at the bottom of the stairs!

HERE is the before post of the basement

Here too are the BEFORE pics

 

  

As you can see what I really needed to do is to declutter and so it began!

I got rid of mostly all the cardboard boxes and excess papers and things that just did not belong in the craft area

Most of this stuff was from the move in November and then the Holidays arrived and everything was just left there and dumped there and ... forget the excuses!

I then began to compartmentalize everything... stickers and papers and glue and scissors and floral supplies and stamps and punches... well you get the picture!

Everything got a label and a home!

AFTER

I have a beautiful vision for what my craft room will look like in the future... here is what is looks like now. 

It is functional... I know where everything is and it is all easy to put back 

If I have someone over to craft,  they know where things are too

It is easier to be creative when everything is organized... even if it is primitive and not pretty!

Here is the view from the stairs

(yep there is a spool of thread under the ladder)

I love my ladder shelf!

It is so versatile and holds a ton of stuff

Here is the ladder shelf and my cricut table!

The screen in the background is for holding wreaths ~ I still need to hang them!

Here are all of my gift bags hanging from the ceiling!

Much better view than all the clutter

See the cart... well that holds all the projects that I am in the process of completing as well as some gifts too! This cart is right next to my wrapping paper container and above this cart are the gift bags

Here are all the drawers that I keep sewing stuff and tags and paints

(would have been nice if I closed them... keepin it real)

The carpet is a MESS... it is from upstairs... we changed out the carpeting and I moved it to the basement... we are planning to paint the floor soon 

We were planning on tossing all the carpeting but by moving it to the basement I can be as messy as I want and know that when we do finally get rid of it I will know that I used and abused it!

The containers to the right are household stuff waiting for the shelves!

The stuff in the background needs to be organized too when the shelves FINALLY arrive!

All in all though I am thrilled with the space because now I can create and make a mess and when I am done I can clean it up because like a good preschool... everything has a place and is labeled!

LOL