Close-Up: Über Organzied Craft Room with a Touch of Tech

She painted the space from a harsh purple to Jamaican Sea from Behr, then installed Ikea Lack shelves to hold all her crafty goods including, rhinestones, sequins, little fabric trim, beads, metal and wood accessories, etc. pom poms, tools and glitter.

The bottom shelf includes stair-like levels Megan got at Lowes. These allow her to store more small jars in the space. She added lighting from Lowes, "They come in packs of 6 and the price was more economical than purchasing similar lights from Ikea."

She bedazzled her rotary phone herself, "I used stick on rhinestones, and on the number display I used black vinyl with holographic stickers that I cut into dots for the numbers. The phone was $5 from a flea market - and yes, it works."

Next to the rotary phone is the iHome iPod lamp. "The directed light is pretty good for projects, but since the photos seen here were taken, I've removed it from my craft room because I have all my music on iTunes and I can already play it off my computer - it felt redundant to have the ihome lamp there too."

On the other end of the room from her desk, Megan placed a TV to watch while she crafts. "In general I watch shows or movies that I know very very well so I don't have to actively watch, but rather listen instead." She sewed a curtain skirt below the TV to hide four canvas storage boxes containing yarn, tulle, plaster, and scraps Megan inherited from her mom but hasn't organized yet.

As we all know, sitting in front of the computer (or sewing machine for that matter) can be hard on your body. Megan added pillows to the back of her chair, tied down with polka dot ribbon.

Thanks Megan!

I am salivating over that office/craft space. I could never keep it so organize.

posted by Jose A on April 8th 2009 at 4:11pm
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This is organization porn... I love it!

posted by marlamischief1 on April 8th 2009 at 4:28pm
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Thank you for posting this! alot of great ideas for my wife's scrap book room

posted by souk1501 on April 8th 2009 at 5:21pm
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WOW! I LOVE everything about it. The wall color is awesome with all the red you have going on.

posted by Born2BeeWild on April 8th 2009 at 5:24pm
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I need this room to be in my house. It is amazing.

posted by stephaniehf on April 8th 2009 at 6:59pm
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I love how everything has a place. I really need this kind of organization in my sewing/craft room! Thanks for sharing.

posted by random-charm on April 9th 2009 at 6:51pm
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wow--would love to see it in action!

posted by klt108 on April 12th 2009 at 9:12am
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This is organization/craft heaven! We have been trying to finish my mom's office/sewing room for years - this is just the inspiration i need!!! yay!

posted by Oneformybaby on April 15th 2009 at 4:34pm
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Wow this room looks amazing! I love the pink and turquoise combination for the room theme. The room is so neat and organized that it must make crafting so much more fun. do you guys offer any tutorials of some of the items in the room? such as the cup holders of pens etc?

posted by estherchong35 on April 15th 2009 at 9:58pm
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I'm speechless... this is unbelievable! Megan you may have become my favorite person right now...

posted by MayaBR on April 20th 2009 at 6:52pm
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um...i think i just had a heartattack..this is perfection. im obsessed....like marlamischief1 said...DEFINITE organizational porn!!!! OBSESSSSSSSED!!!!!

posted by dinan on April 29th 2009 at 9:50pm
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What a great room! I thought I was the last person combining technologies (i.e. my rotary phone and my flat screen). Please -- let's see more of Megan, as well as craft and sewing organization.

posted by MaeEast on May 20th 2009 at 8:21pm
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Oh wow, her space is absolutely gorgeous. I'm stunned. I'd love to know where she got those cubby/cups behind the phone on the wall, and that ribbon holder. They're both such beautiful ways to display one's crafts! Is there a way to get more information on such things at all?

I'm going to be updating my craft room soon with one of the desks from this site but their products are mostly for storage (albeit incredible functional storage) and disguising the craft space. I want to put some things in my crafting space that shout "a crafter works here!" So I'd definitely like to see more like this. Thanks.

posted by Kendrah on May 26th 2009 at 1:34pm
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the best part of the room is the BEDAZZLED telephone! LOVE it!

posted by larchgirl on July 8th 2009 at 3:20pm
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haha! organization porn... that it hilarious. Kendrah those cups and their bar as well as the line and clips above them are from IKEA. They are very economical and versatile.

posted by marybinary on August 17th 2009 at 12:12pm
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I want to live here.

posted by willafly on September 22nd 2009 at 10:55am
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I want to know where she bought her thread and ribbon organizers. Any ideas?

posted by RachelM on September 22nd 2009 at 12:47pm
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Dig the phone.

posted by genjenn on September 22nd 2009 at 6:38pm
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I sooooo felt that too marlamischief, care for some coffee? :D j/k

posted by sugar4spice on October 30th 2009 at 3:25pm
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Two words. LOVE IT.

posted by Afromrembo on November 7th 2009 at 10:22pm
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This is the pantheon of craft rooms!

posted by Cosmotosis on November 19th 2009 at 11:42am
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