Shop

• Shop




Categories:

• banjo
• bernina 440 qe
• cooking
• crafts
• daisy
• knitting
• random
• sewing
• sewing machines
• tutorials



Flickr:


More at Flickr





Stuff I'm currently into







Archives:

• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• January 2010
• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• April 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009
• January 2009
• December 2008
• November 2008
• October 2008
• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• May 2008
• April 2008
• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008

Craft Room Makeover – Part 1 – Before!

The weekend has finally come (and now gone!) where my craft room makeover is turning into a reality.  I finally got fed up with the bright yellow walls plus the fruit motif wallpaper border.  This was one of two remaining rooms that we needed to rid of wallpaper. It may just be *my* last wallpaper removing endeavor.  The process reminded me just how much I hate it.  It’s hands-down my least favorite house task.  It’s hard, unrewarding, and way more work than it needs to be.  Between swears, while I let my weary arms rest, I consistently vow never EVER to put up wallpaper in my house as long as I live.  So far so good.  Instead, I will work on making every wall a different color, because that’s what I seem to be doing.

I’m about halfway through the repainting of this sucker.  Just removing all the clutter and stuff alone took most of a day.  I have no idea how I will pack it all back in.  I might just be holding a craft yard sale to reduce the amount of clutter; it is out of control.

Anyway, I wanted to document a few “before” shots of the craft room for your viewing enjoyment.

This one shows where most of the action happens – sewing machine, cutting mat, computer.  I spend a lot of my home-time in that little black chair doing one thing or another.  Hey, check out the cute maroon bag to the far left!  I plan on blogging about it soon.  It turned out great!

This armoire houses my stash, which will get a full reorganization treatment once it moves back in.  It used to be organized, then slowly degraded over time, and then finally got so unruly I had to push it back in to close the armoire doors!  To the right is a peek into the closet. It’s a lot of wasted space, so I hope to reduce some of the furniture in the room and place a lot of stuff into this closet  (with improved shelving).  We’ll see!

Right now I’m in the midst of painting.  I’ll be showing you that really soon.  Wish me luck!

Posted by robyn on April 20th, 2009 under crafts

This is Banjo & I:

I'm Robyn. Thanks for stopping by! This is my craft blog.

Contact me at robyn [at] dognamedbanjo [dot] com.