Walked into my craft room the other day and took one look at this............................
and thought you HAVE to do something, girl!
Lo and behold, that evening, when I was browsing the blogs I came upon Antie Joy's A Day In The Life blog. Joy is a very personable lady who lives in Oregon too, and ta-da! there was my inspiration. Joy had recently redone her studio and redressed her shelves to the Nimes!
I decided I needed to have me some of that, so I started with the broom and a box and cleaned up and decluttered and rearranged the shelves first....like this..
That's when I thought...hmmmmm....this white looking set of drawers sitting underneath my new arrangement looks really blah......
Well, that won't do......the next inspiration came from looking at too many blogs and reading too many magazines..........I got out an old book written in German and started tearing pages out of it..........
Just glue them on with some Modge Podge and let it dry........
With a sharp razor blade I trimmed off the excess paper, glazed the whole thing with some dark walnut stain and varnished.
Added glass knobs and a box-store set of drawers takes on some character.
Well, now, you probably noticed the lovely blue drawer fronts on dresser below......that will never do.....out comes the white paint, a glaze of stain and a little sandpaper and here we go...........
Rest of the room is looking much better too........at least you can see the floor.....yeah, I painted that too....but it was five or six years ago.
Recognize the paint brush holder? I got it for a dollar at a church rummage sale, it is a silver plated cruet set holder....repurposed.
And I will leave you with my card.......
That is how it goes for me.....one thing ALWAYS leads to another!
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32 comments:
LOVE it Jan...I'm super jealous!!
Isn't it always that way? LOVE your business card holder - very cute!!
Nice makeover. I love the repurposed cruet set. I'll now be on the look out for one.
Lookin' good! That little set of drawers really cleaned up nice. Are you inspired now? :)
I love your drawers with the pages on it!! And the knobs work perfectly!! Thanks for sharing! Hugs ~~ Suz
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I like what you did with the drawers...it really dressed it up...Great Job! Thanks for sharing over at Cottage Instincts.
Ooooo I just love a freshly organized space! It just makes me giddy! LOL Great job on the drawers.
awesome!! love what you did to the drawers!!!
First time visitor and I truly am inspired. Presently I don't have a special "My Room" but I do love yours! Seems we may have a Havanese in common. Thanks for the inspiration!
Looks great Jan,
Don't you wish it would look like that every time you walk by? It only takes about 5 minutes and mine is a disaster again!
JOY!
Like what you did with the place! Those drawers turned out great.
Great idea with the drawer fronts - it came out great... I will have to keep that in mind for any future re-dos!
What a great metamorphosis! Love the book page drawers and the dresser in white. You've got some wonderful supplies on hand, too. So much inspiration sitting on your shelves!
Great idea with drawers. I really love the hand! Nice to meet you on CED!
Love the drawers=)) What a neat idea=)
Cool! Here's mine http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2011/01/lip-implants-and-creepy-mech-doll.html
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Such a nice room to craft in...it looks great!
This is an awesome post, I would really love it if you linked this up to Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage as well! Have a nice Week! Mary :O)
I could SO use your help in redoing my sewing room which right now looks like a cyclone hit. I love your renovations. You have so much talent!
What a wonderful room,love your vintage stamps!
great craft room makeover. very creative.
I am always so happy when I reorganize my studio! Looks great! Funny I have a hand from a mannequin kind of like yours!
:)Heidi
Great projects - love the hand and those drawers look great!
Oh! I need to reorganize too ! You did a great job and fun redo!
Happy VTT,
Sally
Great craft room. I love it! Ahhh . . . to have a space just for creating!
Oh, I love your craft room redo! I am in the process of trying to figure out what to do wiht my craft room/guest bed room, and your projects are inspiring me. The business card holder is wonderful--how inventive.
Great vintage box cameras in the header, as well. I will have to post some pics of our collection one of these days.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your craft room and the fun "containers" for all your "stuff". I'm working on mine and NEEDED this inspiration!! Thank you!!!
(and loved the old papers on the drawers: perfect!)
Thanks for leaving a nice comment on my wall! :)
Love your room! I'm so glad you stopped by so I can put you on my google reader. We ARE enjoying the sunshine!!
Love your craft room!!
How super organized everything looks after the reorg. Love your decoupaged drawers - it's got such wonderful vintage charm!
Hi! I found your blog via Cottage Instincts - glad I stopped by - you have a great blog and a great craft room, too!
What an awesome room! LOVE, love, love your blog here...your new drawers are so pretty!!!
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