Craft Room Storage Solutions – $100 Room Challenge – Reveal Week

Welcome to reveal week of the $100 Room Challenge for my Craft Room!!!!  And more specifically my craft room storage solutions. Check in here to catch up on previous weeks:

Week1|Week 2|Week 3|Week 4

Every time I do one of these challenges, I wonder how I am going to get it completed. And then I do!!! That said I’m sure if I had an additional 2 weeks, I would probably just keep going!

Here is what I did to round out this challenge

Craft Room Storage Solutions

Storage Boxes

I made these shiny pink girly storage boxes for under $5 each. Using mostly dollar store supplies. As always I will post a detailed tutorial here later, once I am finished the challenge.

I used foam core to construct the boxes and then covered them with this pink satin fabric that I picked up in the bargain section of the fabric store for $6/m.

Then I added a bit of bling with this fabulous dollar store rhinestone mesh.

I made 6 boxes total. Cost of the boxes is under $5 each. I’m a really big fan of storage containers for everything. I have them in my garage, in my shed and use them in my recycling station. I made these ones to complement my stencilled Billy bookcases

Pillows

I also made a couple of pillows with the pink fabric, and I just re-used a couple of old pillows that I was actually thinking of throwing out. I tossed them in the wash and then made a quick cover for them. Nothing fancy, no zippers. Then at the last minute I decided to add a bit of ribbon as well. I just felt like I needed something pink on this side of the room, to pull it together. Also, these wooden chairs aren’t super comfy on the back, so they are functional as well!

Paper Files

I used to have sooooo many of these IKEA magazine files, but when we moved I tossed  most of them and the magazines that were in them into the recycling bin. I did keep a few of them, and I even had one 2 pack that I had never opened. I used the same metallic paint as I used to stencil the bookcases. Easy breezy really, Have I mentioned how great this paint covers- seriously – Wow. I just did one coat of paint on them, and then I added a piece of bright pink ribbon to them. I bought the ribbon at the fabric store for $5. Expensive compared to the dollar store, but it was the right shade of pink 🙂 Then to finish them off I added my favourite labels to them. I love how they turned out. Now I’m wishing I hadn’t thrown the rest of them out 🙁

White Board

I have had this white board for YEARS! Don’t tell anyone but I brought it home from work… shhhhhh!  I just gave it a cleaning and I used my Cricut Explore Air™ to cut  out the phrase. I think it’s a good idea to have a spot where you can jot down thoughts on the fly.

Dollarama Decor

I saw these flower shaped scarf hangers when I was buying supplies at Dollarama, and I picked up a couple of them to put on the wall, because they were the perfect shade of pink! I just had Greg cut off the hanger portion (because he has stronger hands than I do) and I put them on the wall with a couple of small finishing nails.

Future Updates

There are a couple of more areas that I will probably come back to in this room. I am for sure going to replace the light fixture with something prettier and blingier (that’s a word right?) But that would have blown my whole budget, so it will have to happen outside of this challenge. Also, there is a really large closet that will house more storage. I will have to add that piece on later. I didn’t go though my boxes of fabric and supplies yet either.

Challenge Accepted!

The purpose of this challenge is to show people that you can make-over or set up a space for under $100 using what you have on hand and I accomplished that! You may not have pieces of left-over furniture hanging around like I did. But most of it, wasn’t that great, so you could probably pick up something from a garage sale or even on the side of the road, that would work.  My craft room is now set up and ready to use. Which is good because I am jumping right into the One Room Challenge, so I will probably be doing some work in here. And of course Christmas isn’t that far off either…

Here are some shots of the finished space. It’s so great to have  my craft room all set up. Now I need to get in there, and start working on some projects!

These kitties are from my Grandma’s house. They were in her house when I was a little girl. They used to be pink. As you can see, they keep breaking, and I keep gluing them back together. The one in the back needs a bit of repair again.

Costs this Week

• Foam Core craft board 4 x $1.50 = $6
• Pink Satin Fabric $6/m x 2.5 = $15
• Dollarama Ribbon $2
• Pink Ribbon $5
• Rhinestone Mesh$2 x 4 =$8
• Flower hangers $2 x 2 = $4
• Wal-mart storage containers $5

Total this week: $45 Can US $31.5

Grand Total: $90 US.

Thanks for hanging out with me over the course of this round of the $100 Room Challenge. It has been a blast as always. And a big huge THANK-YOU to Erin at Lemons, Lavender and Laundry, for hosting! I’m so impressed by all the work that everyone accomplished. Now go and cruise around all the other bloggers for reveal week! There are some really creative people here.

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