Get Crafty: Craft Room Storage Organization

So one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get organized. Where do you start?

Maybe it’s sorting out the papers that have piled up in the home office or finding a solution to bedroom clutter. Perhaps it’s maximizing space in the kitchen or finding ways to keep the toys off the floor in the kid’s room. 

If, by chance, it’s your craft room that’s looking a little bit like a danger zone after all those holiday DIYs, we’ve got you covered. Here are a few tips to start off your craft room organization resolution on the right foot.
                                                                                                                                              
Collect creative containers — You could splurge on an assortment of plastic bins, boxes and files at your favorite craft store. Or you could look around your house and see what you already have on hand. Jars and boxes in different sizes (like baby food jars and shoe boxes) work great, and don’t be afraid to do a little DIY to get your craft room storage up to par.

• Turn traditional mason jars into fancy glass storage containers with a little paint and decorative knobs.
• Use a three-tiered stand (or make your own for storing small items, like buttons or rubber stamps).
• Glue PVC pipes together to create honeycomb storage for small bottles of paint.
• Organize ribbon rolls with an old pants hanger.
• Use a wine rack with plastic cups for marker storage.

 
 
Don’t forget the furniture — Before donating that file cabinet or dresser that’s past its prime or has been outgrown, consider moving it into the space and using it as craft room storage furniture. For me, this means my old college desk. For my sister with little ones at home, it means my nephews old dresser and changing table.

• Turn a desk into a workspace for scrapbooking or sewing.
• Store knitting or painting supplies in dresser drawers.
• Use the shelves and cubbies of a bookcase for odds, ends, bins and bowls of supplies.
• File fabric scraps in a filing cabinet.
• Create your own sewing table out of a dining room table.

 
 
Go mobile — If you don’t have an entire room to dedicate to crafts, select craft room storage furniture on wheels. That way, you can move your craft supplies to wherever you are (and put it away when you’re done).

• Hide (and store) supplies behind the doors of a mobile sewing cart or craft cart.
• Stack a wheeled multi-cart with bins and boxes of craft supplies.
• Create an “art cart” with arts and craft supplies for the kids (or nieces and nephews).

 
Now that the craft room’s covered, are you inspired to keep organizing throughout your house? Check out our storage and organization Pinterest board, or get some workspace inspiration from Hannah’s list of five workspaces we love from some of our favorite bloggers.
 
And if you haven’t resolved to get organized in 2015, tell me: What other resolutions have you made for your home this year?

Top image from How To Nest For Less.