Friday, April 2, 2010

My Scrap Room!

That's right - in our upcoming posts, the Scrappin' Sports and More's Design Team Members are going to share their scrappin' spaces with you!

I will be honest, I was stressin' about sharing my scrap room with the public eye - lol!  I had way too much stuff and I was not using my space or my storage to the best of their abilities!  This blog post  kicked my butt into gear!  I cleaned, purged, painted, rearranged - whew - the end result is SO WORTH IT!  My room has needed this for quite some time now!

The green paint is new - isn't it lovely?  I was holding on to a piece of cardstock for a few years now and I found the exact color of paint from Martha Stewart Living -Oolong Tea!

My scrap room was the opposite, my scrap area and computer area were swapped.

My scrap room / office is our formal dining room, a big space shared with our formal living room, which is my son's game room. :)  The few views are standing in the formal living room looking into my scrap room:

I share both of these areas with my DS, he is very artsy and craft too - he loves to draw, so I love that both of my tables are big enough to share space with him:





This view is walking into my scrap room from our kitchen, you see now that I cleaned & purged I actually have empty shelves & drawers - whoooo-whooo:

The cheerleader stickers are very old - my son, then about 4, bought a sheet of stickers, used all of the sports guys and thought I would like the cheerleaders lol!  They have been on the drawers for about 4 -5 years now!

The largest part of this reorganization was convincing my DH that my shelves & MM boards needed to be moved from the wall my computer desk is now on to this wall, but I need to have this stuff within reach when scrapping:


and this stuff within reach LOL:


This wall hasn't changed in the past few years, occasionally I swap out the layouts, but I love having layouts on display!  These layouts are in album frames from Michael's:


There you have it!  This is where I create!  This is where I spend a lot of my free time!  I love that I am in the middle of the family happenings (I used to be upstairs in a spare bedroom!).  I don't have any new or great storage solutions ... only that I hope (and so does my DH!) that I can keep this place lookin' this good! :)

~Carolyn

12 comments:

Unknown said...

What an awesome room!! I love the green walls (mine are green too) and of course I love the cheerleader stickers from your son!! You have a constant reminder of how precious he is!

Thanks for sharing your space ~ it is so helpful to see other scrap rooms!

Crafty Girl Studio said...

Hey C...this looks fantastic. I love the new wall color. And I think the way you have everything close at hand is wonderful.

Love the crisp look of the white cubes also.

Kim Holmes said...

Fabulous Space! The color is amazing and looks great with the crisp white and wood floors! I love it all!

Megan Smith (aka Daisymeh) said...

Love your space Carolyn - so warm and inviting! The paint color is awesome! TFS!

Jolene said...

Your room looks so awesome!! I'm glad you talked Rick into moving stuff so you could paint and really set it up how you want it. HAPPY SCRAPPING!!

Hi my name is Marjorie said...

Love it C. So neat and clean looking. Doesn't it feel good to get it all done...

Kathy Gleason said...

Carolyn - Looks GREAT! You have inspired me to get organized this weekend!

kshand said...

Carolyn--Love your scrappin space!! Those white cubes just pop against the green walls. My favorite is your displayed layouts!!

Anonymous said...

Carolyn!
Wow love love love your space! so very tidy! Green is my very favorite color too! You would love the new Artbin Cubes we have at the store that hold the Artbin totes! They are wonderful!
Lori Brown

Manny Amadi said...

Great photos
In colour therapy, green is the colour of healing and growth. It’s calming and restful and brings balance to the soul......it’s also a lucky colour!

Kimmarie Baker said...

I love your room C! What a great space to create!

Monique Liedtke said...

What a FABULOUS room!!! I'm soooo jealous of you!! It's so organised and clean and spacious!!! Just perfect!!!