Craft Room Reveal! All For Under $150!!

 I've always wanted a craft room.  Isn't that every crafty woman's dream?! A place just for them.  To create, make a mess, stash junk treasures.  I got my dream when we decided this house needed an addition last spring.  What was once our living room became an empty, abandoned room so of course I quickly laid claim to it!    Let's go through the zillions of photos here to see how it transpired, Beginning with it's current state, and then headin' on down the line of what it was to what it is now - YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Before the addition, it was our living room. It had many different looks during it's life as our living room, but here is the only one I have a photo of!  :)

Then this spring, all my crafting paraphernalia got "dumped" in here and it became my disastrous, unorganized craft room.

Pay attention to a few things in this picture.  Like the half mirrored ugly cabinet against the back wall.  It'll go through a transformation and become my favorite storage cabinet!  

I was so overwhelmed with the mess and all the awesome craft rooms out there in blog land that I enlisted the help of my stay-at-home mom friend Debra Lovell.  One day as we were chatting, I asked her if she could do anything to make money, what would it be? Without hesitation she responded "to design rooms for people!"  I said, "how would you like your first job?  I NEED HELP!!!!!!!" 

 After:

Debra set to work painting an awesome design on the ceiling and the woodwork gray, while we ripped out the carpet.  The green paint was leftover from Debra's house, and the gray was something I had on hand.

Now mind you, this house was built in the  mid 1800's so we weren't sure what we were gonna find!  We ended up using quite a bit of wood filler in the floor!  Then painted it all dark gray with paint someone gave me.

After we ripped out the carpet, there was a big gap between the floor and the trim that needed to be filled.  I told Tim it pays to be a hoarder and he should thank me.  In the barn was EXACTLY what we needed.  I painted the long pieces of wood to match the trim and he got busy with his nail gun.

Thanks, honey!  I think that was the extent of hubby's help in this project. :)

This is by far my favorite part of the room!  I found this chandelier in the Jackson Resale Factory for $12.  Debra gave it a good shot of red spray paint. 

The countertop and cabinets is another find from the Jackson Resale Factory, I think I paid $30 for the whole shabang.  They didn't exactly look like that when I got them, but using hardware and paint I already had, I spruced them up a bit.  Click HERE to see the before and afters of it.  I was asked about the little red garbage bin - it is actually plastic and was ugly brown.  Picked it up for $1 at a garage sale.  Click HERE for the before and after and to see how I glammed it up.

Debra's genuis idea of painting that thingy my bobber green and hanging it on the wall is also one of my favorite touches!!  She picked it up for $2 at the Jackson Resale Factory!!  (Click here to see a before and after of the tea cart).

There's the cabinet that was in the before pic - recognize it?!!!  It works great for storing all my scrapbooking paper , stencils, and other items.  Click Here to see the before and after and pics of the inside.  I also have a card display rack for the cards I make, Kam's Kards.  I picked that up for $5 at a garage sale a few years ago!!  Score!

And this beauty!!!!  I'd have probably passed it up normally, but I've been seeing them on some of my favorite blogs and knew I had to have it.  Can you believe I just snagged this wire basket jazz for $6 at the Jackson Resale Factory on Saturday?  Yup, that's right, just two days ago when I was out showing Heather from Design With Life all my favorite junk stops in Jackson (she was visiting with her family from Iowa - woo hoooo!!) we came across this - and lots more! :)  It's  a great place for fabric.  I don't have to do as much digging with the open metal sides.  Ryan, you are the man.

My sewing station.  The doors came off the top so I had to quick sew some curtains with fabric I found for $1.50 at Wal Mart on Saturday.  I hung them on extension rods.  The green curtain is made from cloth napkins I sewed together and hides my totes of silk flowers and hair accessory-making-stuff. For a before and after of the desk click HERE and for the stool click HERE.

Debra's sweet hubby made these shelves out of old wood from our barn.  I took him out and showed him the pile of wood scraps and he found what he needed.  I love the rustic look of them!

If you've been a follower, you'll no doubt remember the horrible "before" pic of this shelving unit!  haha.  It was a $5 find from the Jackson Resale Factory.  Oh, and the Cameo perched on top?  My Christmas present from my hubby!!!!!  YAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rug is an IKEA find - just $20!!!  Oh, and the antique school desk I picked up for $8 a few years ago?  It's had a few looks: click HERE to check those out.

And you know what?!!  I would have stayed UNDER $100 if it hadn't been for the curtains!!  I bought the fabric at Jo Ann's for 40 or 50% off and the curtain rods at Dollar General.  Yup, cheap and cute!  Dollar General is the place to go for curtain rods!!!  Who knew?

Hope you enjoyed the craft room reveal!!!  Phew, I'm glad that post is done! Haha.  Thanks so much Debra for all your awesome ideas.  Contact me if you live in the Jackson, MI area and would like her help, I'm sure she would love to! And thanks to Heather for helping me get this room ready for it's reveal and photo shoot this weekend.  To think you drove 8 hours for it!  haha.  It was great being with you and your family!!  Check out all the printables on Heather's blog Design With Life.  You'll be glad you did.  And don't forget to come back tonight to link up your Trash To Treasures on our party here!!!
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