A Craft Room Storage Idea
Okay, so I got tired of cluttering up my dining room table with all of my craft supplies. I was constantly going up and down the basement stairs to get things I needed, so I decided to carve out a space in the unfinished basement that would be dedicated exclusively to crafting.
I had an old kitchen table that would work as my desk, but storage would be a problem because there were no finished walls to add shelves to.
If you craft, you know how difficult it can be to organize all your supplies at the best of times. One of my favourite dollar stores supplied the idea for solving one of my storage challenges.
Three-Tiered Wire Shelves
You will need:
- four stackable shelf organizers (Dollarama)
- plastic ties
- cardboard or poster board
- contact paper of your choice
- small plastic storage baskets as needed
These shelf organizers are 15 inches long by 8 inches wide by 5.5 inches high. I’m using four of them for this craft room storage idea.
The feet on these shelves are different than ordinary wire shelf units. They are bent in such a way as to make them stackable.
I stacked two sets of two shelves then joined them together in the middle using cable ties,
I wanted to ensure that the shelves could hold any of my supplies without falling through the slots, so I made shelf inserts using some cardboard I had on hand, covered in contact paper. Pieces of poster board would work for this, too.
To make sure the shelf inserts stayed in place, I added some hot glue at each corner.
This gives me three tiers on which to store my most-used craft supplies. It sits at the back of the old table I use for crafting. Of course, this idea could be used anywhere you need extra shelf space, whether that’s in a kitchen pantry or in a bedroom closet, with or without the contact-covered shelf pieces.
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