We have a great office space at the front of our house that has become the craft room. It is a big open space with so much potential for use. We have all our craft supplies, office supplies, sewing supplies and school supplies in here and it also acts as a kind of mud room for the kids’ shoes, jackets and backpacks. That is a lot to ask of a room but I think she can handle it. I have been slowly working on getting it in line with my vision, which I seem to tweak quite a bit as I work and live in the room longer.
One of the first and simplest things I have done in the room is to hang some of my favorite prints and to update the fabric on a bench seat.
This bench has been around for a while and the best part is that it only cost us $12 when we bought it 7 years ago. A few screws didn’t quite line up so it had been returned…nothing a few new pilot holes couldn’t help. (And a few curse words from my husband as he fixed that.)
I put this green/brown/aqua fabric on in Virginia and it was a much needed improvement over the dirty and orange marker stained original. But it had received several years of dog slobber and kid slobber since then and it was time for something new.
The general theme of the craft room (and actually most rooms in my house right now) is nautical. I spent hours searching through the home decor fabric at fabric.com trying to choose fabric for this room and for some living room window treatments (post to come). I ultimately went with this navy and white chevron fabric from Premier Prints called Diva Chevron Slub Premier Navy. I love how it looks and the color kind of pops against the dark wood and white curtains in here.
I picked up the prints from a Zulily sale last year. I loved the crab print and that is what I ordered. But, lucky for me, there was a shipping mistake and they sent me the ship blueprint first, realized their mistake and told me to keep it, then sent me the one I ordered. I found the gray frames at Michael’s.
And that is the first peek of the craft room.
Capturing the Days 