seriously: Craft Room 2.0 {aka The Studio}

I know that not EVERYONE has a craft room. I don't know why not everyone has one, but c'est la vie!

When I first moved into my condo (over 6 years ago - wow!) the second bedroom was my craft room/storage area. In 2009 I did some major cleaning out in there and some minor decorating rehab:

Then about 3 years ago, Melissa moved in and my craft room became her bedroom. Since she decided to stay a while I decided to move the craft room downstairs. This works fine for me, however it's a bit cramped if anyone else is here. Let's just say as a creative person, that area gets out of hand. A lot.

Not to mention the fact that I am saver ("I might need that later, so I will save it right here - with all the other ~~junk~~ awesome stuff I'm saving"), so most of the time that area is a disaster. I won't share pics of that - use your imagination, and then multiple that by 5 - and you might be close.

Fast forward with me to May of this year. Melissa is getting married!

Since it would be strange if she lived here after she gets married, she'll be moving.

And my wheels are turning over so. many. ideas. of how to design my ~~craft room~~ STUDIO!

I'm claiming that it will be my studio because that sounds more professional.

I plan to do this on a shoestring budget - because that's all I have. I know it can be done, I mean spend 5 minutes on Pinterest and you'll find 572 ways to redecorate on a budget.

I have all of the big pieces that I'll need - dresser, bookcase, storage cubes, table. The closet in that room is great, it has built in shelves that will be great for fabric.

I want the studio to be bright and colorful and inspiring and organized. Most of what I'll be doing is painting and recovering things to match my vision.

I found this idea on Pinterest and I can't wait to see if it will work in there: PAINTED FLOORS!

Here are a couple of inspiration pictures:

How fun are these floors!?!?!? I LOVE the yellow one!

I hope that the floor under the carpet in that room is in good enough shape to do this! I think I am most excited about the floor.

I'm still searching for fabric to use, I can't decide if I will stick with one line, like this one from Joel Dewberry - I do love this:

Or go with a more vintage/eclectic mix - we'll see!

Here are a few more inspiration shots - all from Pinterest:

This cart is from Ikea - and I really like it!! I almost bought it that last time I was there, but didn't...That just means a trip to Atlanta will be in my future!!