Laurana’s Little Craft Room
Today we have a special treat. Laurana’s invited us into her 1.5 square meter (16 square foot) craft room. It used to be a closet; now it’s a completely drool-worthy space. Want to take a little tour with Laurana? Here’s what she has to say:
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I used to scrapbook at our dining table, which was usually so full of my crafts supplies that we had to eat in the living room… To improve the situation a little, we planned to assemble some new shelves for my supplies in our small walk-in closet.
But at some point I realized that hey, maybe it could be possible to fit in a little desk and transform the closet into a tiny craft room! My fiancé was a bit skeptical at first, but finally agreed to completely refurbish the closet with me. And I’m very happy with the outcome of our hard work. It turned out even better than I had expected!
Well it’s nothing like some stunning, spacious craft studios I’ve seen, but it’s cute and it’s mine and I love it :) I’m inspired by its vibrant colours, and it’s great to have all my scrapbooking supplies on display close to my desk.
Small work space is also very practical; it’s easy to keep things organized when everything’s on hand, and you just have to tidy up often because you don’t have enough room to work if there’s stuff laying around.
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Amazing, huh? Laurana makes me want to rethink the little corners of my own home and use lots of color. To catch more pictures of her space and her life, check out Laurana’s blog. Unfortunately for you and me, it’s not in English… but don’t worry. It’s still as totally drool-worthy as this redesigned small space.
Keep it green and simple with 2 more ideas:
May 8th, 2009 at 7:32 am
What a wonderful use of space!
May 8th, 2009 at 7:57 am
That is just great! It’s much better than my little desk in the pantry which stores all of my cake decorating supplies with the water heater, furnace, bread maker (and other small appliances) and food. Maybe some day I will get a small room or closet just for my crafting!
May 8th, 2009 at 8:03 am
OH WOW! I think that is a totally AESOME job! It may be tiny, but beautiful and well organized.
I LOVE THE CAT!!!!!
Thank you so much for the tour! Have a good day!
May 8th, 2009 at 8:40 am
WOW! That is amazing. The cat on the shelf cracked me up.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:05 am
OMG!!! This hot pink on the walls and that Hello Kitty(???) looks so gorgeous! I love the organized space she created there:)Way to go girl!
May 8th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Oh and i just saw the cat on the shelf MomInHighHeels was talking about.. I’m laughing my socks off:))))
May 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I also love that there’s a space for the cat. I noticed that you keep the kitty’s litterbox right in the closet too — not only is there not enough space for clutter, but there’s not enough space to let the litterbox sit for more than a day. Small rooms + litterboxes = scooping more often.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Yes, it’s amazing! And I love the little cat on the shelf – so cute! It is practical *and* stunning. What an awesome room!
May 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
That was excellent and beautiful to boot!
May 10th, 2009 at 2:34 am
wow ! that room is amazing ! i love it !!
May 10th, 2009 at 4:55 am
amazing! and the cat is fabulous…
May 11th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Wow! What an amazing transformation! Love it!
May 12th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Isn’t that cat watching the progress of the whole thing just the cutest?
May 13th, 2009 at 5:31 am
I’d like to thank everyone for your lovely comments. I’m glad you liked my tiny craft space (and my cat Peppi ;))!
May 13th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
HOW FLIPPING ADORABLE…and I love the hot pink!
May 14th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
This is fantastic! I’m eyeing off all the cupboards in my place now. Storage, who needs storage?
May 15th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Wow! What an amazing use of space!
May 15th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
I’m so going to have to study this and take notes on her and your blogs. We’re moving to DC and the house I like is fairly small. I’m going to have to make good use of all the square footage we have. So I’m very interested in small space organization right now!
May 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am
That really does make you rethink areas in your own home. Thanks for the idea.
May 20th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Is that haruhi suzumia?
OMG I LOVE THAT SHOW!
ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! haha.
Watch TORADORA! =]
May 31st, 2009 at 7:09 am
I love your space. You are right, and I have to remember, that small spaces ARE practical. I have an entryway from the living room to back yard for my craftspace. It’s hard to keep organized. Thanks so much for the space space ideas. Love the little kitty.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Oh oh oh…I now desperately want to paint my walk in closet raspberry pink.
November 17th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
LOVE the Haruhi Figurine! LOL. great space and very well organized
November 20th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I LOVE that little craft room. I want to turn my front closet, into a sewing room, so I am just looking for good ideas, and this is a great one! Thanks
January 5th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Very cute, and loving the manga on the wall. I am seeing some Fruits Basket and Yotsuba&! it seems.
Quick question, if you turn your closet into a work area, where do you put your clothes?
January 6th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Good question, Jordan. At least in Germany – homes don’t even have closets. It’s pretty common to purchase large pieces of furniture for clothing storage/hanging. Kinda strange, huh?
Katie
January 10th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
SOSOSOSO cute. I’m just a kid, but I make tons of crafts and sell them for quite a bit of money, but i don’t have a craft room, so my bedroom is my craft room!!! it’s totally covered in craft supplies and I want to do something like this!!! LUV IT!!! and katie hope u can find more fab craft rooms like this to post!!! :) :) :)