Craft Room REVEAL full of awesome craft room ideas!

Last Updated on March 3, 2022

I have been working hard on my home office and craft room. Being selected as a participant in the Leviton Renu Challenge lit a fire under me to get it done! I have had so many awesome craft room ideas for so many years. It's exciting to see them come to fruition.

Hopefully you all saw my mood board inspiration for this room. I set out to create a neutral shell for the room, that would allow the jewel tones and metallics in the room to really pop. So, I painted the room a soft gray color and added a stunning black and cream rug to the floor. With my foundation in place, I got to work adding pops of color and implementing all of my craft room storage ideas, which you can see for yourself in just a minute.

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A quick word about my color palette. I wanted a neutral backdrop that would serve as a blank slate for my creative ideas. Then, the pops of color provide a high energy for the room, which will come in handy for keeping my creative juices flowing :)

I will warn you that this post is photo heavy. There will be tons of tutorials that stem from this room, so for now, just sit back, relax and enjoy the photos :)  The good news for now is that there is a source list at the end of the post. If you see something you like, you can find out exactly where we bought it OR how we created it ourselves!

Now, let's take a look at the before photos again {these photos show the remnants of our twin girls' nursery}. This post contains some affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure policy here.

And now, the glorious after! This is the view when you walk in the room.

Another full view of the room from a different angle.

And here are some more detailed views of my desk area. I LOVE my desk. You will learn more about it in a future post {and see how two separate desks used in conjunction with each other give me loads of flexibility}, but for now know that I purchased the components at Ikea and spray painted the fabulous hairpin legs with gold metallic paint. So happy with how it turned out!

One of my favorite touches in the room is the art that I made for the room {the tutorial for the bird art can be found here and the tutorial for the Silhouette sketch pen quote art can be found here}. The bird art has special meaning to me, as does the quote you see on one of them. It's a quote from an Erin Hanson poem. The full short poem by Erin Hanson is:

“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask “What if I fall?”
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?” 

For reasons I won't bore you with now, this quote speaks to me more than you could ever imagine. So I knew I had to have it in my home office/craft room and bird images go along with it perfectly. I am beyond inspired by Erin's words and love that I have them hanging on my wall, directly across my desk so I can glance up and see them whenever I need some motivation.

I also love the fabulous piece of furniture that the bird prints are hanging above. It's a special piece that was given to us by Joe's family. We used it in our girls' nursery, but I gave it a bold, graphic paint job before putting it in my craft room. You can see the full tutorial here. It provides fabulous storage for ribbon, paper and other craft supplies.

And there are no words for how much I love this piece against the gorgeous rug from Rug USA.

I was able to incorporate another very special piece into my home office/craft room–my grandmother's sewing cabinet. It was passed on to my mom and she gave it to me many years ago. It's full of thread used by both my grandmother, my mom and now me. It's a mess, but I kind of love it that way. I hope now that I have a dedicated craft room, I will start sewing more.

And now, I have to take a moment to talk about the awesome Leviton Renu devices and explain my color choice. I chose of “White on White” Renu outlets and switches. I originally selected “Gold Coast White” hoping they would pick up on the gold accents in the room, but they were a bit more almond than I had hope for. In the end, I am THRILLED with the White on White color. I love {and I mean LOVE} that they are not shiny–shiny switches show fingerprints! They blend nicely into the wall and don't detract from all the colorful accents in the room. And if I ever do want to change the color, I can do it in a matter of seconds. I am telling you, these Renu devices are awesome. You can appreciate how they blend into the background in these photos.

Isn't that fabric you see STUNNING?! I can't wait to share with you how I used it on my chair {you won't believe it} and how I added a band of fabric to my plain Ikea curtains. I just love it! I used a coordinating fabric to add “DIY SUPPLIES” to the curtains on that now close off the closet.

Now, what craft room would be complete without FABULOUS craft room storage?! I love this wall storage that I got from Ikea. It's intended for use in kitchens, but it's perfect for crafts. I painted the silver rails gold and voila…perfection!

I added some personal touches, like the “BE BOLD” printable from the awesome Prints by Poppy Mae Etsy shop. I also added some family photos so I can feel like I am surrounded by the people I love most when I am crafting away. I also added some cork tiles {some covered in fabric, some not} so that I can pin up ideas from magazines, etc. I also added my ceramic chalkboard that I made some time back to jot important notes down. I adore how this gallery/storage wall came together.

And I have to say a little bit about the lighting fixture. I have wanted this quirky light fixture from Ikea for a long time, but I never had a room that I felt it would work in. Well, I think a craft room is a PERFECT room for a bit of whimsy and quirk, so I went for it and am so glad I did!

It was so fun adding gold touches to the room. I spray painted an old lamp that I had and found these fabulous gold scissors and stapler at Target {they are part of the fabulous Nate Berkus line}.

Whew! That's a lot of photos, huh? I hope they give you a flavor for what I have done with the room. What do you think? Is this a room you could craft in?

Source List:

Furniture:

• Geometric Dresser {this is a DIY–the link will take you to my full tutorial}
• Desk components {all from Ikea}:
  
  • Linnmon table top
  • Krille Legs
  • Alex Drawer Unit
• LexMod Chair with Metal Legs {the tutorial for how I totally transformed this chair with fabric and spray paint will be coming soon!}

Gallery Wall

• Cork Tiles
• Wall storage components {all from Ikea}:
  • Bygel rails
  • Fintorp Condiment Stand
  • Fintorp Flatware Caddy
  • Bygel Hooks
  • Bygel Wire Caddy
• DIY Photo canvases {this is a DIY–the link will take you to my full tutorial}
• Ceramic Chalkboard {this is a DIY–the link will take you to my full tutorial}
• BE BOLD print {this is from the awesome Prints by Poppy Mae Etsy shop–you can order digital files OR prints, all at incredibly reasonable prices–a giveaway from this shop will be coming soon!}

Textiles

• Savanna RE22 Black Rug by Rugs USA
• Waverly Santa Maria Desert Flower Fabric
• Waverly Panama Wave Desert Flower Fabric
• Premier Prints Nicole Organic Green Laken Fabric
• Ritva Curtains from Ikea {tutorial for adding fabric and lettering coming soon!}

Accessories

• Nate Berkus for Target Gold Scissors
• Nate Berkus for Target Gold Stapler
• Black and metallic flower pot {this is a DIY that I shared at Houseologie–the link will take you to the tutorial}
• Bird art frames- 12×12 Scrapbook Frame in Black{tutorial for the art itself coming soon!}

Lighting

• Ikea Maskros Pendant Lamp
• The desk lamp I already had, but here is a similar one on Amazon: Robert Abbey 1900 Lamps with Metal Shades

Paint

• Ash Mist by Olympic {sold at Lowe's}

Want to remember these craft room ideas and/or sources for later? Be sure to pin it! Oh, and be sure to check out the room reveals by the other Renu Challenge participants–the photos will be posted some time on September 8th!

Disclosure: I am excited to partner with Rugs USA, Online Fabric Store and Prints by Poppy Mae to complete my home office/craft room project full of ideas that we hope will inspire you. While I did receive free products from these companies, all opinions, thoughts and ideas are 100% my own.

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