I have always wanted a craft space to call my own.
My mother has an amazing space for all her material and threads for her embroidery, and yes, there is a very large red sticker on the door informing all that enter that anything in there is mine (one day) Although I will be happy to share some of it with my sister-in-law. My mother knows this, and we laugh about how she can't get rid of anything as I may want it after she is not here any longer. By the way, she is likely to be here for at least the next 5-10 years, so it is not as morose as it sounds!
Ok, one advantage she has is that she lives alone and therefore had every right to transform her spare room into a craft area, no one else was using it!
Me, well obviously for the past 20 years I have been a mother to 2 adorable boys, and while I would never change any of that, I was a very hands-on mother and could never find the time to hide away to do any craft without them coming to find me! I just knew I had to bide my time until they didn't want me as much to be a part of their day.
I did then move out of the house and whilst I did get back into crafting whilst I was away, moving back meant everything got packed up again and it has taken me a long time to actually unpack the boxes.
Since moving back, my eldest son has now moved out. What if he comes back, I hear you say? Yes, he could but seeing as he has moved 600 km away (not that that makes any difference to him wanting to come back) he has also just got engaged to his girlfriend and so I sadly, don't see him wanting to move back home any time soon. But if he did, the room would be his again in a heartbeat.
Until that time ever comes around, then I have moved the furniture around and have started to create a craft storage area. It took time and planning, two things I like. I searched websites for units to use and shelving that may be suitable and finally came up with flat pack kitchen units that were sturdy and cheap from the local hardware store. I measured and planned to gain the best storage space that suited what I needed. I have a combination of several products from 2 stores, and I have plenty of space to put baskets full of items and also some flat shelving for papers etc.
It is not finished, as now I have the fun task of unpacking my boxes and working where each craft item goes as I do several different crafts from paper to knitting, to sewing to anything I want to give a go. Well, apart from painting and drawing, can't do any of that to save my life!
This was the start and then I finally got the last of the units in place. I brought some beautifully stained pine to create a work surface on the top and it is now all secured in place so nothing will move. It is not secured to the wall, as most pieces are away from the wall, but the units are sitting flat on the floor so not going anywhere.
Whilst I may not have a lot of space in this room to create lots of craft and I may still have to move downstairs to a bigger table to complete some things, at least it is stored in the open and I can find what I am looking for, or at least I will be able to when I am finished.
