I know there’s an awful lot of people out there who have turned their spare room into a craft room.  I come across these people all the time - at craft fairs when they buy my craft room plaques

craft room door plaque

and when I’m teaching craft classes, crafting space is always a hot topic of conversation - and those with a dedicated space are always the subject of much envy!

This article from Ideal home may help get you started, if a dedicated craft room is what you’re hankering after: http://www.idealhomemagazine.co.uk/news/Crafts_crafting_room_article_295181.html 

If you can keep your craft room as tidy and co-ordinated as the one in the photo, you’re either a neatfreak obsessive or you don’t do any crafting in there.  Well, I would say that, wouldn’t I?  Mine is an exciting but jumbled mess of paint

messy paint

half-made items

half painted plaques

repurposed items (it’s not shown here, but even my desk is an old door!)

syrup tins

and far too much dust and dirt on the floor (this is the kind of thing I only notice when I drop a half-painted clock on the floor, paint-side down.  Oops….).  Full of authentic sploshes:

floor

You’ll find more pictures of my studio here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/blog/creating-the-garden-studio/ and here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/blog/2010/02/dont-touch-my-craft-room/

Visit the website for the finished products! www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk