Show me your scrapbooking room!

[Golden Amik]

Originally Posted by dacky041208

This is so inspiring! I am/will be working on moving my scrapping things down to a new spot in the house; we just need to pick and purchase carpet. The bummer is that it'll be a shared space with the elliptical and probably our office desk in the future.

I was drooling over everyone's spaces and said to DH "when we hit the lottery, and ya know, buy a gigantic house, I want a room fully created for my scrapping. I want it to have cabinets/counters all around the perimeter, a sink (for when I go too far with the glue/glitter), outlets galore, and a huge island in the middle to work on. There will be a gift wrap station, an official home for my cricut, a printing station..." His response? "I want an indoor basketball court."

I think he's trying to tell me I dream too big....

Ha ha! That's funny. I don't think those dreams are too big. There is an ikea being built in Winnipeg, which is a five hour drive from us. I think I'll make due until I can go there in person and get help designing what will work for me!

Anyone else have a kids corner in their room? How do your kids use the space?

[smphbear]

Originally Posted by Golden Amik

Very nice. Is your workspace at counter height or desk height? When the electrician wired the room, I had him put the outlets at counter height so I wouldn't have to run extension cords from under the workspace.

What is the wand thingy coming from the right side of your peg board? A light? I have an Ott light I bring when I go to crops, but I could use something brighter and more permanent.

I would like some upper cabinets and closed drawer storage the same as yours.

I think I'm going to have too many things on my wish list than my budget will allow.

Thanks for sharing!

They are at counter height. We bought the cabinets from Home Depot. We lucked into getting them on a good sale when they were changing models. I got a drafting chair from overstock.com for about $75. We bought the countertops from Lowes.

What you can't see is that DH put outlets into the tops of the counters. He put a hole in the back of the cabinet and ran the power up from the wall. I have 4 plugs for each side.

The wand is my Ott light. I have it hooked onto the pegboard so it shines down from overhead.

Honestly, we did the work ourselves. I primed and painted the cabinets. I primed and painted the pegboard. I was DH's assistant for the install. I love having space to work, but I didn't want to break the bank. DH has half of the 10 foot counter with our computer. We also have a computer desk with the kid's computer and our printer on it. This gives me everything I need.

I hope it goes well ... It really makes it a lot more enjoyable to have the room to work and your things at your fingertips.

[hopemax]

Originally Posted by Golden Amik

Wow! I love how colourful your space is. That and all the Disney stuff, of course! Are the porcelain pieces cookie jars??

The 2 on top of the paper shelf are (Queen of Hearts, Alice House) and also the White Rabbit on the left side of the cabinet. The cheshire cat is a bank, and the large white rabbit is a resin sculpture with a working clock. On the shelves are all sorts of various things, tea pots, figurines, salt & pepper shakers, toys, etc.

I love my room. It was the first room that I did when we bought our house. I just wish it was a touch bigger. It's 9 x 9.5. If it was just a scrap room, or just a room displaying my Alice things it would be big enough. But I get into trouble by having both in the same space. The one thing I really wish was I had room for a bigger table. After building up my "stash" now I'm trying to work in 2012/2013 on using stuff and making it smaller. Then maybe I'll have a bit more room....only that plan doesn't seem to be going too well.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Originally Posted by dacky041208

This is so inspiring! I am/will be working on moving my scrapping things down to a new spot in the house; we just need to pick and purchase carpet. The bummer is that it'll be a shared space with the elliptical and probably our office desk in the future.

I was drooling over everyone's spaces and said to DH "when we hit the lottery, and ya know, buy a gigantic house, I want a room fully created for my scrapping. I want it to have cabinets/counters all around the perimeter, a sink (for when I go too far with the glue/glitter), outlets galore, and a huge island in the middle to work on. There will be a gift wrap station, an official home for my cricut, a printing station..." His response? "I want an indoor basketball court."

I think he's trying to tell me I dream too big....

LOL I have all that, all I had to do was take over the dining room!
We have a long living room and like to watch TV while we eat so we put the table in one end of the living room. The dining room was just sitting there being unused so I took it.
The only thing on your list I don't have is a sink but the kitchen is maybe 10 steps from the dining room so I just go there.

[fireplug]

Here are a few pics of ours when we finished it a few months ago. We have added a few pictures on the walls and used it so it is a "little" more cluttered now!









Squid

[mommy2mrb]

here is my space.....desks and metal cabinets are from The Container Store....cricut cart storage are DVD cabinets I repurposed...paper dividers are from Oriental Trading....lamps are from Ikea as well as my shelf









I share our third bedroom with my DD - her half she has the same desk and other types of storage for toys,book and games

[nettekay]

Originally Posted by fireplug

Here are a few pics of ours when we finished it a few months ago. We have added a few pictures on the walls and used it so it is a "little" more cluttered now!









Squid

Where did you get the tables from?? We are looking for some for our craft room we are remodeling now!! love yours

[BCV2003]

Here is my scrapbook room.

All of the furniture is from Ikea. Since these pictures were taken, I've moved it into a larger room and add some more furniture but haven't taken pictures yet.

http://maureenmckay.shutterfly.com/3754

[nikkistevej]

Originally Posted by BCV2003

Here is my scrapbook room.

All of the furniture is from Ikea. Since these pictures were taken, I've moved it into a larger room and add some more furniture but haven't taken pictures yet.

http://maureenmckay.shutterfly.com/3754

Love it!!!!

[fireplug]

Originally Posted by nettekay

Where did you get the tables from?? We are looking for some for our craft room we are remodeling now!! love yours

IKEA! They had three colors and you can mix & match the colors of the legs too!


Squid

[FergieTCat]

I don't know why I read these threads, because all they serve to do is depress me.

I have a little one bedroom apartment and I managed to carve a corner in my living room for a 4x2 Expedit with a desk from Ikea for my scrapbooking. However, it's a vast improvement over the sewing cart I was using.

Someday I will have at least at 2 bedroom apartment (or maybe even a house!) so I can have my own office/craft room.

Sulk

[fireplug]

Originally Posted by FergieTCat

I don't know why I read these threads, because all they serve to do is depress me.

I have a little one bedroom apartment and I managed to carve a corner in my living room for a 4x2 Expedit with a desk from Ikea for my scrapbooking. However, it's a vast improvement over the sewing cart I was using.

Someday I will have at least at 2 bedroom apartment (or maybe even a house!) so I can have my own office/craft room.

Sulk

Remember its not the space you use it how you use the space!!!


Squid

[Golden Amik]

Wow! More great rooms.

You all have given me grat ideas. I am going to have to take measurements and figure out what furniture I have and what furniture I need. I think I'll do most of my big furniture from Ikea - definitely the Expedit shelves and likely a desk. I have to wait for the Winnipeg store to open!

Maureen, where did you get the paper holders that sit in the expedit?

[paul_toria96]

Originally Posted by FergieTCat

I don't know why I read these threads, because all they serve to do is depress me.

I have a little one bedroom apartment and I managed to carve a corner in my living room for a 4x2 Expedit with a desk from Ikea for my scrapbooking. However, it's a vast improvement over the sewing cart I was using.

Someday I will have at least at 2 bedroom apartment (or maybe even a house!) so I can have my own office/craft room.

Sulk

I agree, I have a 3 bed house, with 2 kids and no space , I have to use the dining room table but have to clear it before we can eat. I would love to build an extension but no money

I'll just have to keep dreaming

[dacky041208]

Just wanted to bump this thread instead of starting a new one.

We got carpet back in March and slowly but surely we've created a great space for me to work.

I shared my space on my shutterfly share page, if you wanna see more detail on some of it (but I forgot to include the dresser in the corner that houses a ton of my supplies), feel free to check it out: http://dacky.shutterfly.com/ournewhouse/135

Here's a couple pictures of it if you don't want to stalk my share page





The 4 square papers above the shelves are for some Mickey head wall art that we're making over on the swap boards. I can't wait to hang them!