House Tour: Mom’s Craft Room

My mom has the dream “office” space.

It’s not really her office, maybe more of a studio, but it’s her creative space and it’s a dream.

We call it the craft room.

I’ve been meaning to share this space with you all for awhile. It’s inspiration – which might spur a little bit of jealousy – but remember that my parents have lived in their house for 20+ years. She’s had almost my entire lifetime to work on this space. I can only hope that in 20 years my craft space is half of the dream that hers is.

This room is in my parents basement. It’s essentially a storage room – cement floors, cement walls, and 2x4s lining the ceiling. My mom has turned it into the most perfect little space.

This room has a space for everything creative: 3 counters of workspace and never ending storage.

I should also mention that my mom is very organized. Everything has a home and/or a label.

Fabric paint, acrylic paint, a deep sink for cleaning paintbrushes…

Every color of spray paint you could ever need…
(My mom thinks she’ll get made fun of for this wall of paint. I keep telling her people will love it and dream of being her..)

Finished mosaic crosses, work in progress pieces, and blank canvases…

Here is an example of the beautiful work she creates. Every piece is unique and I bet she remembers every piece she’s ever made.

Full sheets of glass for mosaic, and glass cutting tools…

And the cut glass is stored here – my dad made this tray holder for her.

Every color of pen, all types of glue, push pins, paper clips, grommets, she has it all…

Scrapbooking stations and paper storage and then my favorite…

The wall of everything gift wrap. I’ve used this space every year for birthdays and Christmas’.

She uses every corner of this space for something creative. Every time I come over to visit she has another project or idea to show me in the craft room.

Rooms like this inspire me to become more organized – the theme of my first two weeks of 2015. I have deep cleaned and organized what feels like my entire house (but unfortunately have a long way to go). I’ve also followed through with some decorating ideas I’ve been sitting on for a year!

What do you think about this creative space?

Happy Day!

PS: Do you have a creative space and live in the Wichita area? I’d love to feature it on this little blog – Email me: kelsey {at} thejaderstons {dot} com