Want to sort your stash without blowing a lot of cash? Here are some organising ideas that re-purpose or recycle household items to get your craft or sewing room organised and they won't cost the Earth.
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Lots of leftover boxes from Christmas? Make a tool organiser with some old cardboard in this tutorial shared by Brenna at Design Sponge.
Ashley Campbell shared a tutorial on Design Sponge to convert an old suitcase into a wall mounted vanity and towel holder. Personally, I can see this in a studio.
Cathe Holden shared a tutorial on the blog Craft to reuse the back of old canvases to create wall pockets.
JCHandmade, shared a tutorial to make fabric covered magnets - a great idea for use on a magnetic board or on a filing cabinet. Hint: To see the next steps in the magnet tutorial, click "Next" in the top left.
Serena, author of the blog, The Farm Chicks, has another idea for making recycled fabric magnets from plastic bottle caps. Click the link to get the tutorial.
If you own a mobile phone (cell phone to those in North America), you don't want to trip over the cord. This tutorial created by Ashely from Make It Love It, tells you how to create a holder for charging your phone out of an old lotion bottle. It's practical, pretty, and it's eco friendly. What's not to like?
BHG.com has a clever idea for reusing an old garage door panel to display your artwork. Click the link to find out how to do it.
Melissa, author of the blog Shabby Love, shared how she organised and decorated her craft room. My favourite idea was using an old crib mattress spring as an inspiration board. Click the link to see more of Melissa's craft room ideas.
Brooke at Spruce Your Nest shared a tutorial that turned humble spoons and a plank of wood into an awesome tealight holder. However, I think that those spoons would make great hooks for brightly coloured ribbons.
If you really need some furniture to store your stuff, take yourself off to a secondhand shop, procure a buffet table and make it over using yardsticks and this tutorial from Laura at the blog, the Corner House. Wouldn't that make a great place to stash your stash?
If you want to sort out all your coloured pencils, use this idea from Tonya Staab - wall mounted pencil holders.
Jennifer Ackermann-Haywood, author of the blog Craft Sanity shared some simple ideas for crafty diy organising, like covering a can in yarn.
Diana Henkler made a no-sew ribbon memo board on the inside of a cupboard and shared a tutorialon the blog, Momtastic.
Check out this giant post of ideas for organising your craft room from Shannon of Madigan Made. Mostly it looks like Shannon re-used the storage she already had but labelled it and made it pretty using a paint chip look.
Don't you just love it when you can make something old new again and not break the bank doing it?
I love the suitcase turned shelf! Awesome!
Posted by: Stephanie in Mi | January 17, 2012 at 03:53 AM
These are so creative. I wish I had thought of the pencil organizer when I was teaching school. The suitcase as a cupboard is so unique and looks great. Super!
Posted by: Kitty Babcock | January 13, 2012 at 04:06 PM