Kristine: Vox Style

craft room for me!

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:01 -0700

When we first moved into this house, we had 3 bedrooms: the master, one for our combined office/game/tv room, and the third was a guest room. We put our bookshelves and a tv on the wall and then had a blow up mattress for when guests (read: the in-laws) came to stay. Well, we didn't have guests that often, and this spring, I had a brain storm: to stay in this house longer instead of looking for a bigger/better place, let's do some improvements to make it better! We redid our office room quite a bit, and then decided at the same time to turn the guest room into my craft room! Yes, that is complete joy on my face to be able to say that, I have always wanted a dedicated space for all of my many crafty hobbies. :)

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The space was tight, so I needed a good plan going in. It had to allow for the current TV on the wall and the bookshelves, and I wanted to reuse the old couch because even though it's falling apart, it's super comfy (I bought it for my first apartment for $50 from a neighbor's grandma!). Then the other requirements were just to bring in as much storage and workspace as possible.

IKEA prices were the key here, we couldn't have just done it with the few shelves I already had.

My little layout shows what the plan was, and how some things only have a teeny bit of clearance but they still work.

These are the overview pictures - showing off as you walk in the room, the cubey shelves along the left-hand wall, and the bookshelves on the right-hand wall.

The cubeys are awesome, and I've since noticed that quite a few craft/knitting stores use these for their organization too. I've got crafting books, yarns, fabrics, paper goods, and plenty of other stuff stored here, and the desk mounts to the side of it.

Here's more close-ups on the various areas, there's descriptions on each of the photo pages:

I really love it. The couch may go at some point to make way for some non-roll-y versions of the desk chair for when friends come to craft. I wish the TV was lower or could be tilted, but I tend to listen to things when I'm in here more than watching anyhow, so it's not bad (shows that I have to video because the TiVo in the other room is already busy, like Grey's Anatomy while the Office is on).

I also plan to make more use of the bulletin board (which I painted, it was one that was teal and pink from my high school years) and the white board now that they are all set with markers and pins.

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This is me modeling my hand-knitted cami in front of the shelves before everything was situated, but you can see by my smile that I'm happy to be in the room!

Hope you enjoyed the tour :)

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Hot day

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:12:01 -0700

Slated to be over 100 again today, so we are getting our shopping done early at the farmer's market and next, Safeway. Still working on how the right way to hold my camera is now for self portraits; I've had several show upside down in iPhoto when importing!

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Happy me

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:03:58 -0700

After tasting some delicious ice cream, I was content!

(At the Tillamook Cheese Factory, 8/12)

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Last

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:58:24 -0700

On our way to get our new phones. So this is hopefully the last on this one! :) oh and i'm a stripey berry today.

Last

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Mall us

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:53:17 -0700

Cute self portrait at Clackamas.

Mall us

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Hair up

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:31:54 -0700

My neck was hot working the sale my first day. So i wore it up for the longer day of selling books. :)

Hair up

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Sleeveless me

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:59:12 -0700

It's a sunny day, i'm a little late for knitting, but i'm staying late for book sale set up. I have more books than fit in my bag, so i feel like a student or something with the rest tucked in the crook of my arm.

Sleeveless me

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Sat morn me

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:04:56 -0700

I'm a little more awake now after the meeting but i sure had a hard time getting up this morning after being out late with family fireworks last night!

Sat morn me

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Pretty

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:55:23 -0700

I feel pretty, oh so pretty. :) in my new lace cami which still needs a little blocking but i'm wearing it out tonight to dinner and knit with a friend. :)

Pretty

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Shadow

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:05:17 -0700

Action shot, while walking. Sore feets, luckily got a ride to the mall and only walked one way. Not quite the way to get extra exercise, but it saves on some of the pain this way.

Shadow

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