Office/Craft Room Organization

I should start out by saying that our house is pretty small compared to a lot of bloggers out there.  Between 800 and 900 square feet, I think.  When you have a small space, you have to utilize all the square footage you have.  I think it was Nate Berkus who always said make use of your vertical space.  That is why I decided to do a wall of Expedits.  This photo breaks down all the shelves.

The project materials are in the four shelves that are under the desk.  As you can see, some of my shoes are stored in here as well.  That frees up some space in our bedroom closet for other things.

On my husband's side of the office, there are 2 Billy book cases flanking the desk.  The left Billy is the fabric storage closet.  You can find more info about that here.

The right Billy book case is basically my husband's area to store things.  I think he has 3 shelves in the whole room.  The rest is all my stuff.

His side has the mail sorter shelf.  You can find more info about that here.

Now onto my side of the office.

This cabinet is where I store my sewing stuff and the overflow of fabric from the fabric closet.

The last Billy book case stores my photo equipment, various types of paints and hardware (nails, screws, etc.)

Under the middle desk is where I store my step stool, the dog pillows and my cutting mat (not visible in the photo).  My husband made a custom shelf for the cutting mat to lay flat and out of the way.

The bulletin board is a perfect place to pin paint samples, coupons and receipts.  I made this with left over materials in a very generic fashion thus no tutorial about it.

The rod under the bulletin board can hang pictures or fabric swatches.

There you have it.  If you couldn't tell, I love organizing things.  I get such joy knowing where everything is.  

Oh and by the way, if you were wondering why i didn't include the closet in this post, it is because I converted this closet into our hall/linen closet.  It doesn't really have office/craft room related items in it.  I guess it has a few, but mainly it stores our toilet paper, hair products and that kind of stuff.  I will do a more thorough post about that here soon.

I'd love to hear your comments on my office/craft room organization and if you missed the room reveal you can check it out here.

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