You Asked: Controling Craft Chaos

I recently received a question regarding my current craft storage situation, when it comes to storing crafts for both myself and my little ones.  And this definitely wasn't the first time this question has popped up, so I thought that although I currently don't have my dream ideal craft storage situation/space {it totally needs help in the beautifying department}, it is extremely functional and organized.

We are currently fortunate enough to have an extra bedroom space that isn't used for much more than housing our overnight guests and providing a ton of extra closet space.  And half of that closet space is where I have been housing all of the fam's craft supplies.  And as I mentioned, it is nothing fancy, but it is functional.  I do dream someday of giving the closet a complete overhaul of a makeover adorned with decorative paper, fabric covered bulletin boards, oodles of baskets and bins complete with a cute little stool.... or adding an armoire to my personal office space, that would be used to store my wrapping and scrap supplies.... {enter sigh here}

Inside our guest room closet you will find this:

It packs a lot of storage punch, housing all of my wrapping goods, loads of kid's crafts and more loads of scrapbook crafts.  IHeart storage carts!

Our wrapping paper and decorative paper are stored in bins sized accordingly.  In fact, the decorative paper is just in a plastic waste basket and the wrapping paper is in a taller sized wrapping paper bin with the lid removed {since our paper is much taller than the bin allows for}

Ribbons and bows are stowed away in another bin perfectly fitting for the occasion, a two story compartment bin that holds bows on the bottom section and scissors, ribbon, tags and pens in the top section:

And as far as kid's crafts go, I have stacked a craft cart on top of a large storage drawer to create a massive amount of organized storage.

That white craft cart holds it all from coloring books, scissors, glues, markers and crayons, construction paper, dry erase boards, activity books, craft paint/brushes and other miscellaneous art project supplies!  And my favorite part is that the drawers slide in and out super easily {as compared to other plastic storage drawers}, and they are all lidded carrying cases that can be toted out to the table and put back with ease!

Out comes the drawer, and look at the oodles of things I was able to tuck inside:

Even the loads of paint supplies that we have acquired over the years, tuck away perfectly into what would seem to be a small drawer!

And as I mentioned, I have a much larger drawer at the bottom, which is where I keep larger items like paper plates, bags of foam stickers and mega amounts of crayons, plastic cups and paper bags, along with 4 gladware containers filled with markers and crayons specifically for each daycare kiddo, and a cup of designated unbreakable crayons for the really little daycare kiddos.

As you can see, those gladware containers couldn't work more perfectly for housing some mini markers and crayons, you could even throw in there a child size pair of scissors with a glue stick {which I did have in there until my 3 year old went a little too glue crazy one day...}, creating a mini craft bin for your little traveling artist.

As far as my scrapbook crafts go, I have a similar setup, only the cart that I sport, was made more specifically for scrap-booking than kid's crafts.

It contains a total of nine drawers of different purposes, the narrower top drawers are either divided or not, and the larger lower drawers actually have snapping lids to allow for portable paper storage.

And no, I don't scrap enough to have one of those super handy and amazing scrap bags on wheels, which also provides a ton of storage for on the go scrappers.  I use a handy tote to fill up with just what I need for a project day away, and then load my cart back up when I return.  That was the most budget friendly solution for myself.

As for the white bin on top of the scrapping cart, it holds all of my corded craft electronics, such as my laminator and hot glue gun.

And that's a wrap!  {pun intended}

Of course, if I go ahead and do any type of craft storage makeovers and updates {as I envisioned and dreamed about above}, I will make sure to keep all of you fabulous individuals in the loop via this blog!

And if you are looking to replicate some of my current storage ideas, this cart, was found at Target:

And this one was found at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store, {currently on sale!}:

Your turn!  Anyone have an amazing craft zone they would be willing to share with us?  How about some inspiration for me to go by when I finally get to makeover my closet space?  Anyone crafting out of an armoire, amazing closet or have an entire room devoted to the hobby?  How about you talented scrap-bookers , how do you store the plethora of supplies that comes with the task?