Craft Room Makeover Step 4: Painting Furniture

On to the painting projects!! I had a lot of mismatched furniture in my craft room that needed a little cohesiveness. On top of that I wanted to save some old metal cabinets that had been in my parents basement for more than 30 years. So I started with painting the cabinets. All three were matching with original hardware. 

Shirley brand cabinets were some I had never heard of but I was happy to find one of the original stickers on the inside of the door to tell me so.

The inside of the cabinets had a few rust spots and stains.

And all the handles needed was a little buffing with steel wool and they were shining once again.

They were in great shape in some spots and others...not so much. As you can see the bottoms of each cabinet had major rust damage. One was literally falling off. My dad helped me make a big box out of wood to sit under them in their new home. 

I also needed to find a new countertop since the original one probably got tossed. I got an osb panel from a recent project and cut it to size. I originally was going to paint it but I didn't really want to see the wood grain, or lack there off, underneath so I mod podged old book pages on top of it. A book about whales, kind of strange but the colors matched pretty well so I went with it.

And here they are now, I am so loving these bright colors!!! I started with Rustoleum, but switched to Krylon brand, it seemed to go on much smoother and they have a better choice of colors in my opinion.

I lined the drawers with a nice neutral print to cover the rusty spots and stains.

Such a cute little map on the top. 

So one painting project done and another piece or two to go.

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Here is another look at my list of things to do to make my creative space:

1. Purge my craft and storage stuff.
2. Inventory my storage furniture and containers.
3. Decide how I want to divide up the space according to what I do the most.
3. Paint the furniture that needs it.
4. Organize, organize, organize!!!

Craft Room Makeover Step 3: Dividing up the Space

I am a crafter, thrifter, DIY-er, etc. so I have lots going on all the time and I need to have dedicated spaces in my craft room to help me keep my stuff organized. Things change so quickly in my space when I bring new thrifts into it or need to whip up a quick gift for someone and I am a quick project type of person. I have tried quilting and knitting, but I can't work on the same thing for that many hours, I get bored.

The projects and things I tend to do are and thus need space for are:
1. Sewing- I love to make dresses for my daughter, bags and purses.
2. Thrifting- I love going to rummage sales and estate sales and when I bring things home I need to have a  
     place to drop them off before they find a permanent home.
3. Crafting- I do all sorts of crafts that involve storage of those items, paint, brushes, buttons, all sorts of
    odds and ends.
4. Paper- I have so much paper and paper crafting supplies from when I used to scrapbook. I don't
    scrapbook as much now, but I still make cards and other paper crafts and need a place where it is all
    contained and close together.

I think this will work for my current needs, so it's on to paint and redo some furniture!!

Here is another look at my list of things to do to make my creative space:

1. Purge my craft and storage stuff.
2. Inventory my storage furniture and containers.
3. Decide how I want to divide up the space according to what I do the most.
3. Paint the furniture that needs it.
4. Organize, organize, organize!!!