Your craft room probably says much more about you than you realize: your interests, how you spend your free time, your favorite colors, your organizational style. If you want your craft room to say that you’re an extremely organized, tidy person, try implementing these three surprising tips.
- Use frames to hang samples. If you work with fabrics or yarn, odds are you have swatches cluttering up your craft room. A great way to display them is to hang them in a frame. First, find a large frame and remove the glass and back. Next, use a stapler to attach twine, yarn, or any other similar material to the back of the frame, creating a line on which you can hang your samples. Depending on how large your frame is, you can evenly space multiple rows of twine to create a good amount of space for your swatches.
- Create a chalkboard or dry erase board to keep up with your crafting schedule. If you have a lot of projects, it can be easy to become disorganized if you’re wrapping up one craft and immediately starting another. To get better organized—and give yourself plenty of heads up when preparing for your next craft—create a chalkboard or dry erase board. You’ll start with one large frame for both of these projects. If you’re making a chalkboard, remove the glass and back of the frame and replace them with a piece of material that has been covered in chalkboard paint. For a dry erase board, remove the back and you can write directly on the glass with dry erase markers.
- Decorate your space. This sounds a little counterintuitive—add things to the room in order to keep it better organized? Creating a decorated space will encourage you to buy and use organizational tools, including pen holders and colorful storage boxes.
Need a bit of guidance in picking the right frames? Contact Frame Warehouse! We’ll be happy to help you get your craft room organized.
