Well, this project actually came to a semi-conclusion over a month ago (or more!) but I’ve been lax on my posting. Bad Carrie.
You might remember the awesome plans I posted based on an article in Family Handyman. Well, we went ahead and built it! It looks pretty sweet if we do say so ourselves:
The best part is that the shelves are adjustable. I underestimated the number of shelves that would work (I have a lot of small stuff!) so I think eventually we need to cut 3 or 4 more shelves. But, this is pretty much the state that it’s in now, besides the closet now having its doors attached (yay!) and a lot more stuff shoved in there.
The room is still in progress, but it’s getting close. I got a second desk that I’ve been wanting from Ikea, and we’re planning on hanging the pegboard up above the desk tomorrow. Other than maybe hanging another shelf and some decorative items, that should conclude the craft room (for now at least!). Who knows when I’ll post the “final” pictures, so here are a few more in-progress photos.
Here’s the desk I already had. This will become the laptop/silhouette cutting station. I made the curtains in the background! Oh yes. 
I started sorting my small embellishments into color jars, in Stacy Julian’s style. (She’s a scrapbooking “guru” to those of you that don’t already know.. haha). I realized I have very little purple stuff. Which makes sense, since I almost never use purple on my pages either. I guess I don’t make many girly looking pages – that’s why I have to have a really girly room. haha
I have to say, so far the color jars really have come in handy. It makes a lot more sense (in the embellishment phase especially!) to say, Oh, It would be nice to have a flower here and then figure out which color flower you want instead of digging through 8 million tiny packets of flowers. Yes. So, so far I recommend this organization method. The jars came from Oak’s family’s basement (the land of many mysterious treasures), and hopefully they can bring me some more of them so I can sort the neutral colors out some more. That’s by far the most “full” jar. But, it looks cute and that is happiness!
