LOL, I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to use your video for defense when my husband and kids accuse me of having way too much in craft supplies and tools. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding of our house, once we finish our rebuild, I'm going to move into a dedicated room that will be craft room. I expect it will look a lot like yours since we have an IKEA a few miles away.
Stacey sorry your house was flooded! I here it from my husband all the time and my kids love spending time in here with me. Sending prayers your way for a quick rebuild! P.S. I love Ikea I wish we had one here but maybe it's better that we don't. Thanks for watching, Cindy
Now that you say that I have seen people do that. I may have to have my hubby pick me up one on his next trip, thanks for reminding me. Thank you for watching, Cindy
I love your craft room. I love all the vintage things that you have acquired from your dad and/or estate sales. I also love all of your milk glass. Those small drawer metal file cabinets are awesome. I've always wanted to find some of those or an old library card cabinet. The shape of your room is unique which is cool.
You have so many pretty older furniture! I love them all. I wish I could find stuff like that. Also, your dad's name is the same as my best friends ex husband. He is a Richard Purcell too.
What is you best friends first name or from what state? That is such a coincidence! I love having the older pieces I kind of wish I had found thrift furniture for my storage.
Love the room. Can you tell me the need for so many surfaces to sit at? Do you just different stations setup for different types of crafts you do? Just curious as I am planning a redo on my own room and trying to get ideas.
Hi Joni, I have so many areas to sit at because I have 4 kids and 3 of them like to sit in and craft with me. I also have an area for die cutting and sewing. I also like to have a lot of room to spread out when I am working on a project plus I sew a lot on my projects so I like to always have my sewing machine out. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching! Cindy
I love your craft room!!! Love!! ❤️ I really love how you use old vintage items for storage. I also collect them as well as white milk glass. You have lots of treasures to enjoy each day. Blessings
Hey, Cindy! New subscriber here! Your craft room is amazing! I love the way you have it arranged and organized! I love all the vintage storage pieces and personal touches! It looks like a very comfortable environment in which to be creative! I’ve watched a lot of videos on craft rooms and I do believe that yours is my favorite! I’m in the process of moving into my daughter’s home and I’m having to make lots of decisions concerning my belongings! Most things I don’t have a problem dealing with, but when it comes to my crafts, that’s another story! I’m mostly a papercrafter, but I also sew and dabble in a few other small crafts! My new living area is about 10’ x 14’ and it’ll serve as my bedroom and craft room! I have a closet that has the rods and shelves removed and I have put in 2 36” x 18” x 72” steel shelves and I will put punches and paper on them! I’m still mapping out where everything will go, but I will get a small storage unit to house some of my seasonal things, at least for the time being! I’m sure my daughter and I will disagree on many things over the next few months! LOL! I’m looking forward to getting it all done and organized! Thanks for sharing your wonderful craft room! You’ve done an awesome job and should be very proud! Take care! Toni
Wow that is a big downsize, good luck with it!! I do think, knowing what I know now, having a limited amount of things would be better for me. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with all the choices I have and then become uninspired. I had my mother living with us for a period of time I pray things go well for you and your family! Thank you for subbing have a great weekend! Cindy
Love the space and all your fun and reminiscent pieces. I also love that you are a multi crafter, enjoying more than one craft. Several years ago, I worked part time for a craft store - I went in knowing one, and came out knowing several with many ideas to go with them (and no paycheck...).
Yes, that would be my problem.....no paycheck! lol Being a multi crafter has its down fall too, I can't ever decide on a project and I get distracted by other crafty things.....lol! Thanks for watching!
I love the mix of vintage and modern storage! This gives me some ideas for my craft room. I thought I wanted the “white IKEA” look so I have white cabinets lining both walls of my loft craft room as well as a large island. My cabinets are not IKEA but are repurposed from a kitchen. I now have ideas how to incorporate my vintage treasures! Thanks for sharing!!
Re-purposed kitchen cabinets are great for a craft room! I love mixing clean white with vintage I think it makes the vintage items stand out more! I think doing a craft room is an ongoing project....lol! Good luck with yours! Thanks for watching! Cindy
Hi, I just watched the tour of the classroom and rarely read replies, but saw your question on the glue. If you haven't received a response, I think the bottle looks like what I use. It is Art Glitter Design Adhesive. Love, love, love it. First saw it on Heartfelt Creations tutorials and ordered it. I have a small 2 oz bottle and a 16 oz refill and just keep refilling the smaller bottle. A little goes a long was, and I won't use any other for my card making. Simon Says Stamp also sells it and it is less expensive than H.C. I think you would like it, but then I don't know what your hobby is. My craft room is our 3rd bedroom and very small, but I have lots of antiques sitting around too, lots of cut glass dishes and vases. Bonnie Smith, New Castle, PA. Sorry, didn't mean to ramble on.
Cindy! Omgosh! I love your new space! I need that Alex art cabinet.....wonderfully inspiring! Drooling on all your art supplies! Yummy......catching up on channels and on you, miss you. Sorry I’ve been away. Hope all is well with you and your beautiful family, love and hugs, vicki
Hi Vicki!! Don't be sorry you are very busy with your growing family! I too have been so busy with my family, they are growing up so fast! I have missed you too! I have so many videos to catch up on too including yours. I don't know where the time goes! I love my art cabinet too. WHat is it about art and craft supplies that bring so much joy by just looking at them.....lol! Thanks for watching sweet friend. Sending blessings! Cindy
Wow! Love your craft room. We have a lot of the same things. I have some of the same Ikea furniture. My home has a lot of light gray wall with white doors, too. I have a small white glass collection. Sooo pretty! Your room is very roomy. I wish I had the large island. That is nice! I love craft room tours. Thanks for sharing your amazing space! 💕🦋💕
Thank you so much!! I do enjoy the Ikea furniture, makes organizing a little easier. I have changed some things since this video and hope to do an updated tour soon! Thank you for watching!!
I’m a new subscriber! So glad to have found your channel. Love your spacious, organized, speckled with nostalgia pieces that are furniture pieces of family members, and honoring them in a special way in your creativity space. I’m currently trying to work with our room that has a bump out space above the garage. I want it to be my hang out to watch my girly shows, read books, and create with my junk journals, stampin up stamps, I used to be a sales rep., love their stamps and products. Will definitely look you up for anything I fancy and need to have. I’m getting great ideas of how you store items and use your space that you have set up so great. I’m also into collecting Milk glass and will be combining my collection with my mother’s collection to display in our hallway built in shelving corner arrangement. I’ll see it from across my craft/momma relax room/guest room with bed for visitors ~ or we have an extra space to stay for someone in the family caught COVID ~ Momma is going in that room. I’ll reach out on any orders for stampin up, and maybe check back on questions I may have for myself in starting my own you tube channel and creating junk journals. Right now I’m dealing with my dad’s estate.. lot of heavy lifting of heart and just things to have to deal with and finish. I’ll check some of your other videos too for inspiration. Oh and I love your bird drawings and paintings. I love birds. One day I’ll try my hand at painting too. 💖💫
Thank you so much Elly for your kind words!! I don't do Stampin Up any more, sorry. It sounds like your space will be wonderful once it is finished. Estate's are always a difficult thing, sorry. I hope to have a new room tour up soon there has been some changes I am excited to share. Thanks for watching and subbing and good luck in your room! Cindy
Beautiful w/so many creative storage ideas. Love it! May I ask what you do w/those Doilies? I have SCADS from great gramma etc. I mean bins full & want to use in some way rather than donate - which I have lately in my need to clean out.
I use the doilies to make fabric flowers as part of the layers then add it to a card or some kind of project. I have made a flower with them and then made a pin to add to my sweater to wear. Don't get rid of them they are wonderful to have to use on things. I added one to an altered mason jar, it looks so pretty. If you look up shabby chic projects you can get a small idea of what they are used for. Hope that helps. Thank you for watching and have a blessed day! Cindy
It’s a beautiful room and I love your setup! Where did you get your chalkboard? I have been searching for one like that for months! I absolutely love that rotary stamp organizer, I have searched many antique stores for one but what a lovely memorabilia piece to keep in your family.
Hello, thank you so much for watching!! I purchased the chalk board at a thrift store, sorry I can't help you with that. I know they are hard to find. I haven't seen anything like it since I found that one. I was so excited when I found the stamp organizer at my dads!
Thank you for all the wonderful comments! Thankfully we are not by any of the fires so we are safe! My heart goes out to all that have been effected by the fires! Thank you for watching and commenting! Have a blessed day! Cindy
Thank you so much! I am still here making videos I have a lot since this one and will hopefully have a new room tour soon. Thank you so much for watching!
Hi Cindy - I so enjoyed seeing your new studio! I love your main stamp cabinet and boxes that you made! It's an awesome piece! And you have some wonderful ephemera and keepsakes from estate sales and family. So glad you shared this new tour. I love seeing what you are creating though I too am often too tired in the evening to get much accomplished. I definitely craft best in the morning when I am fresh. Lol! Thanks for sharing! Hugs!!!! Jill
I love that cabinet too Jill, so happy I was able to bring it home. I know I love to create in the morning but rarely get to. Thanks for watching Jill have a blessed weekend! Hugs, Cindy
Hi Cindy, I keep forgetting you changed your channel name. LOVE your new room. It's so big and well organized, you know I LOVE all the vintage pieces, especially the index card drawer units. OMGoodness. Still waiting to find some of those. The Typecast ribbons might fit your dads royal typewriter. TFS. Hugs, Tammy
Hi Tammy! :) Yes I love all the vintage too! It is amazing how quickly I can fill up a room with stuff....LOL! I got lucky with the index card units, an automotive business was closing and they were clearing things out. Keep and eye out at estate sales that is where I see them the most. Thanks for the tip on the Typecast ribbon I will have to give it a try. Thanks for watching and commenting! Big Hugs, Cindy
Hi Karyn, the wall color in the hall is the same as my craft room. I is from Sherwin Williams called 'Seattle'. You won't find it on any paint swatches, it was a color from Frazee Paint Company which was bought by Sherwin Williams but they still have the paint color in their system you have to ask for them to look it up. Thanks for watching! Cindy
I love your craft room! I’m inspired to get busy cleaning up and organizing my craft room. It is in a similar space and I have a mix of white cabinets and vintage treasures to house my supplies. Your video has given me some ideas about how to mix old and new. Thanks for taking the time to share!!!
Wow! Your craft room is astounding! It’s beautiful and fully organized. I love how you have your stamps in handmade boxes in that old cabinet! Everything fits perfectly. I hope it’s ok to make a suggestion? With all your supplies you could create colorful fronts to all those stamp boxes, perhaps something coordinating with the brand or the theme inside each one, or perhaps a patterned cardstock unified look. Please tag me here if you decide to do that! Thank you for sharing all your thoughtful ideas. I loved your personal artwork on the side of the file cabinet too. Hope to see more of your creative talents. May you be blessed, Chris
I love, love, love your room. My room is vintage and I have lots of old things that I love. I love all your vintage storage pieces. Would love to see inside the box that you have all your metal goodies in. I'm loving your videos. I'm going to a big flea market in Sacramento in 2 weeks so I love all your estate sale hauls. TFS. Hugs, Diana
I love old things. I always try to imagine it's past life plus the quality of them are so much better than new things! Thanks for watching and have a great day!
Diana of Rocky Road Creations, what big flea market in Sacramento are you talking about? I live in Elk Grove, just south of Sacramento. There's a huge flea market in Roseville and also another one in Galt. Where do you live? I'm always looking for someone to go to flea markets, estate sales, garage sales etc. I also have a lot of vintage old things. A lot is from my mom and grandma.
Hi Lisa, It's off of Broadway and 21st St. Under the freeway. It's on the 2nd Sunday of every month. I live in the foot hills near Yosemite. We have friends in Stockton so I get to go to it once in a while.
Thank you so much! The insert for my Copics is a florescent light grid. You can get them at Home Depot in the lighting area. It is a grid cover that goes over the big Florescent lights. You can cut it down to fit whatever size you want. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching! Cindy
LOL.....I definitely could use the cushion for that and actually I will sit on it while I try to find some paper to use.....:) Thank you for watching and commenting! Cindy
I love how you have a Hodge Podge of treasures - they all have their own character yet work well together to make a very inviting space. I am sure your father in law is pleased that his treasures ended up in the hands of someone who loves them as he did. I LOVE the tiered piece you keep your yarn in by the door the best I think. TFS - I paused to feed my animals and couldn't wait to get back to you ^_^
Thank you! I do love seeing all the things I have collected they give me that little bit of butterflies in my belly when I see them. Thanks for watching!
I would love to have my own room just to do my crafts and makeup etc. Everything looks great. I love the wall hanging just before you walk in. I also love all of the shelves. . I hope you have a blessed day.
Wow, you have a lot of draws, cabinets, cubbies, shelves . . . . with everything filled to the gill. Really organized! Happy Storing to you! This video has made me make a life changing decision.
New subbie. You Tube recommended you & I agree. Lovely room. Wish I had all that space. My supplies are scattered all over my tiny bungalow in nooks & crannies, whereever I can find a space for them. Can't wait to watch your other videos. TFS
Thank you Vicky! I do have a lot of space but sometimes I wish I didn't have so much! I get overwhelmed with all the possibilities! Thank you for watching and subbing! Have a great day! Cindy
Old, heavy, industrial, gray file cabinet. I GET it! I am the same way! LOVE your craft room! I have that same green cutter, only mine is a little more beat up. I got it at a second hand store. Very sharp and perfect. I am working on my sewing studio, so I appreciate you sharing your ideas. BTW, my daughter gave me a white, distressed, cabinet door, with a solid panel in the middle. It is crying out to be used some way. Any ideas? I was thinking maybe putting some cute knobs on it and hanging stuff; I just don't know yet!
I know the file cabinet puts a smile on my face every time I look at it :) I LOVE the green cutter, I had been wanting one for some time, I was sooooo excited when I found it and it still works like a dream!! I like the idea of hanging stuff from it or swing some twine with clothes pins on the top then maybe a small wire basket at the bottom. It kind of depends on the size of the door. I would look on Pinterest. Thank you for watching! Have a wonderful day and good luck!! Cindy
WELL DONE, LOOKS SUPER.... PLANNING TO REVAMP MINE LATER IN YEAR...HAVE SOME PROJECTS TO FINISH FIRST, THEN I WILL BE LIKE A WOMAN ON A MISSION lol..loL... THANKS FOR SHARING X
Thanks for sharing. Love your space. I had a question about some rubber/silicone brushes on your work area. They are on the kitchen island you want to paint white. What do you or how do you use those brushes? Tia
I actually just purchased them not to long ago. They are used for sculpting clay but I bought them to use with my hot glue gun and regular glue. Sometimes I get to much glue or need to move the glue but my fingers don't work very well so they help me get into the little areas. Also the other end of them have round balls on them and I use that for making paper flowers. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching, Cindy
Hi Cher, the link to my Stampin Up! site is in the description box under my channel name. Click on the show more and it is there just click the link once there there is a tab at the top that says shop now. Hope that helps and if you have any more questions let me know. Thank you! Cindy
This is a craft room after my own heart. I actually have the same taste in decor/crafting supplies and have a few of your vintage storage solutions as well.
I purchased it from Ikea. The bottom pieces are two Kalax cabinets and the top is two of the desk tops from Ikea. I love it too! Thank s for watching and have a blessed day! Cindy
It is a plastic shield/grate used for fluorescent lighting. You can buy it at Lowe's or Home Depot in the lighting area. I just cut it up to fit in where I want it. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for watching, Cindy
I lived in Lawton OK from 7 to 11 yo. I have many memories of my childhood there. My uncle was in the army i forgot the name of the base. Im 42 yo now lol. But what i mostly remeber was the tornadoes watches and warning i got scard by those now i hate storms and thunders lol. You have a. Lovely room ❤
Lawton is further south but I now what you are saying about tornadoes. We moved here from the west 10 years ago. When we first got here the tornadoes scared me to death. I have to say I have gotten used to them now especially since we have a storm shelter. Thank you for watching! Cindy
Hi, I just finished watching your craft room tour. Love it!! Can you tell me a bit about your scanner that you said was a present to yourself? I believe I saw it was an Epson. I’ve been wanting to get one but my husband and kids keep telling me I don’t need one. Have you used yours much? What things should I be looking for when I search for scanners?
Hi Jeanne, the scanner is an Epson Perfection V600. I did some research and I wanted something that would scan vintage images as well as old photo negatives. The research I did showed that this was a great scanner for that without breaking the bank. I have scanner a few things and they came out beautiful. I haven't had much time to play with it much more hoping things settle down a little here so I can play more. The vintage post card I scanned looks almost like the real thing. The real one had embossing on it so that is the only thing that gives it away. Hope that helps, I know once I get to play with it more I will LOVE it. Also I want to use it to scan some of my own art to make copies for Junk journals. Thanks for watching, have a great day! Cindy
Thanks, Cindy! I am planning on scanning some vintage items, as well, so I'm glad the scanner works well for doing this type of stuff. By the way, the stamps, matchbooks, and sugar packets from your father-in-law are amazing! I will be eager to see how you might use them! Love your videos! Jeanne
Great creative space! I looove the vintage love letters, and that you have all those special things of your father in laws. They definitely don’t make things as beautiful as they used, I mean look at those sugar packets! Can I ask where you got the metal three tier that holds your fabric in the corner? Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
I feel very blessed to have the things from my dad, I think of him every time I use them. The metal tier I purchased at an estate sale but I have seen tall tiers similar to mine at Hobby Lobby. Thank you so much for watching and commmenting! Have a blessed day! Cindy
The top for my island are two desktops from Ikea and the Big Shot is from Tuesday Mornings. They had them about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Thanks for watching, have a great week! Cindy
Thankyou so much for sharing, you have an awesome creating crafting space, i noticed when you showed your back corner standing craft table it looked like you had a plastic pipe tower stand, is this for when you do filming of your video's, I am a long time scrappa & are thinking of starting filming & joining youtube to share my creativity. Please could you share about your set up & how you film your video's, this would be muchly appreciated thankyou. I'm a new subby, have a happy scrappy day.
Hi Caroline, yes that pipe looking contraption is what I use to film with. I have only used it once since being in the new room so the lighting isn't very good, I have to work on that yet. I did use it in my old room and it worked great. I just had my husband pick up some PVC pipe at the hardware store and build it. If you need more help just let me know, I maybe could put a quick video up if needed. Thank you for the kind words and subbing to my channel! Have a blessed day! Cindy
Thankyou for your reply, could you please do a video detailing about how you made your stand and about your filming set up, that would be awesome and muchly appreciated, I did mean to ask you in my last message to you, do you attach a camera or do you film using a mobile phone camera on your tower stand? Thankyou so much, HAVE A HAPPY SCRAPPY DAY. 😁
I can try to get a video up next week, this weekend is to busy with Easter. Hopefully next week I can but the kids may be home from school. Where I live the teachers are going on strike so no school at least Monday as of now, I will get one up eventually though. You can use a phone or a video camera, I have used both. Although I don't like using my phone because it takes forever to upload the video but I know a lot of You Tubers use their phones. Have a great weekend!
We are in Edmond. That is a bummer, I was hoping closer! It is always nice to meet a crafty friend. I don't know anyone in my area but I don't get out much either.....lol!
I love your craft room! I have a couple of questions. Is your island composted of 2 Ikea Kallax units covered with two Ikea desktops on top? I’m looking for a good island unit. (I was going to get one of those Ikea motorized changeable height tables, but reviews are that the mechanics inside break,). Second question....do you find the Ikea dresser or your large Kallax unit more practical? I’m trying to plan my craft room and want to get a mix of y’all and short Alex units... desktop, kallax, and possible that large wardrobe style cabinet that is around 92” high with doors that open and shelving. Trying to make the most of space! Thank you!
Yes, my island is exactly what you said. I actually love both units equally. The large Kallax unit I wanted to store the 12x12 paper and I love having the baskets to store things. I like having a lot of smaller spaces like that because I can store things like envelopes and tags in one and all my polymer clay items in another. I also like having the dresser unit for the larger drawers for things like my ribbon, flowers and fibers that I have more of and take up a lot of space. Hope that makes sense and helps. I know when I had to pick out the furniture for my room it took a lot of thought, research and planning. I knew I wanted the Alex units for my little things and the Kallex for my paper. If you have any other questions please ask. Thank you for watching and good luck. Cindy
Daydreaming to Create - thank you Cindy!!! This is very helpful. I can tell you put a lot of thought and research into yours...it is very well organized. About the center island....Do you have those desktops bolted down some way?
I was going to use galvanized piping and flange to create a lift with the desktop so I would have an open space where I can store things like paper trimers and such. However I haven't done it yet and don't know that I will anymore, I like it the way it is. Right now it is just sitting on the top so it will move around if you lean on it.
Buttons are so fabulous! I remember when I was a kid my mother had a small jar of buttons and I would love to sit there and look at them all! Thanks for watching!
That's awesome. My grandmother had large tin full of buttons I used to play with. I would sit and arrange them by color, then by size and then by shape. My grandson does the same thing. LOL. You can never have enough buttons! LOL.
