Craft Room DIY Storage Shelves- Part 1

Happy Thursday lovelys,

This week I’ve been focused on cleaning, donating, and organizing because our son has reached the toddler age where he’s no longer interested in “baby stuff”.  So, I packed up the baby toys (tear), removed the puzzle piece flooring from his baby playroom, and took my “craft room”/office/second guest room back!  He wasn’t spending any time in there anymore so I decided that instead of letting the space go to waste, I would revamp it and utilize it again!  I have to say, I LOVE the way it came out and I LOVE having an office again.  Here are some pics with sources…

This is the view from the hallway walking in. wall color-Fashion Gray (Behr)

This table actually use to be a console table in our kitchen nook.  You can see those pics here. I found it at TJMAXX 2 years ago on clearance.  It’s the perfect height for a desk and small computer table, which is all I need, so its now my new desk! chair-World Market

Making these shelves from old windows has to be one of my most favorite DIY projects I’ve ever done!  I found these old windows at a local consignment store (Patina Interiors).  I wanted them to be multi functional as well as decorative.

First, I nailed 4 inch nails all around the perimeter, evenly spread apart.  These nails are to hold my thread spools for monogramming projects.

Then, I went to Home Depot and bought wood and       to make shelves.  I had Home Depot cut the wood for me while I was there into 6 pieces that are 10 inches wide by 7 1/4 inches deep.  I attached them to the wall with these black shelf brackets.   At the time, I really wanted something less decorative but these were the most simple brackets I could find.  I’d love to replace them one day, but for now they work great.  I decided to keep the boards in their raw form instead of paint or stain them because I thought they looked more “crafty”.

The flowers are crepe myrtle blossoms from the trees in the park behind our house

excuse that thread hanging down.  I didn’t see it until now, oops!

close up of one of the nails that holds a spool of thread

 This one little window pane was too thin for a wooden shelf so I used this basket from TJMAXX as a shelf.  All I had to do was turn it long ways and hang it from a nail.  It’s perfect for holding my bucket of paint brushes.

This wooden marker holder use to hold 3 wax candles.  I painted it with a wash of leftover white paint (probably Decorators White by Sherwin Williams if I had to guess) and put my monogram in front of it.  The gold letters are from Hobby Lobby.

I use leftover glass jars ( from pizza sauce, pickles, etc) to store the excess paint from each of my projects. I label each jar with a peel and stick chalkboard label from Hobby Lobby .  Sometimes I’ll even write what I used the paint for so if I have to go back later and do touch ups, I can remember which color I used.

And that’s it!  I plan to be back later with some pictures of a cool shelf I found on clearance at Target.com for this new craft room space!