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11 Beautiful Craft Room Ideas

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Jamie Wiebe

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Jamie Wiebe is a freelance writer and interior design aficionado. She has more than 10 years of writing experience covering current interior design trends, DIY decor, and home organization and has written for publications such as House Beautiful, Veranda, and ELLE Decor.

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Updated on 09/19/21

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Serious crafters need a serious craft room. It's not hyperbole: if you are (or know) a crafter, you've seen how supplies multiply. What was once a stash of embroidery thread and a nice pair of sharp sewing scissors suddenly becomes a stockpile of every DMC color, 60 skeins of high-quality yarns—and an entire screen-printing setup.

Face it. This kind of hobby needs dedicated space. And as a bonus, this is your big chance to be totally creative with your decor—after all, a craft room should feel inspirational! But as all creatives know, a blank canvas can be terrifying. These pretty craft rooms are sure to inspire your next redecorating project.

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Spark your imagination.

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Whether you're a DIY enthusiast, an artist or a creative who works from home, or you simply feel like exploring your artistic side during your free time, a dedicated craft space is a game-changer. Indeed, dedicating a space that helps you unwind and promotes productivity can make all the difference as you hone your craft or finally make the time to let your imagination soar. So read through our nineteen craft room ideas to get the juices flowing and the projects underway whether you have a spare room to convert or just an empty corner.

Trevor Tondro

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Use Task Lighting

A well-lit workspace is essential, especially when it comes to detail-oriented crafts. If your overhead lighting isn't strong enough, bring in a second table lamp. Or save surface space with a sconce. Hang a pretty picture up, paint the walls blue, and add some contrast with a modern lucite chair, like this small workspace designed by J.P. Horton.

COURTESY OF LINDSEY CAMPBELL

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Keep Supplies Easy to Access

If your craft room is dedicated to weaving and/or knitting materials, take note of this workshop belonging to artist Lindsey Campbell, who runs the weaving-centric blog Hello Hydrangea. Keep all your things easily accessible with a modular wall shelving unit so all crafting materials (yarn, rope, winders, and more) stays organized. Then use glass jars to host remnants for recycling and baskets to assist with organization.

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Make It Kid-Friendly

Kids need a place to let their imaginations soar, too. But they also need a designated place to organize all their markers, pens, paintbrushes, and papers, so make sure you invest in some items that keep it all in one place. An easel with built-in storage for pens, plus a portable carrier to go on the table, and some hooks or a wall unit to hang the finished products on display, as seen in this kid-friendly craft room by Natasha Baradaran, are all great ideas.

Regan Baker Design

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Use Your Walls as a Canvas

Speaking of kid-friendly craft rooms... If you're setting up a craft room for kids to use, consider using chalk paint so the kids can literally write on the walls. Regan Baker secured catch-alls to the wall in this playroom to keep chalk organized and easy to find.

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Customize for Your Craft

A horizontal paper cutter at the end of a counter-height desk allows for easy access to kraft paper for sketching, or gift wrap for presents. Designer Barbara Kurgan included a custom spot beneath the tabletop to keep often-used materials hidden but on hand.

Fantastic Frank

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Opt for a Large Desk

Do yourself a favor and choose a large table or desk instead of something tiny. Even if it takes up most of the room, a big table will allow you to spread out and get creative. If it doesn't have storage or drawers, just use your walls.

Karyn Millet

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Add Temporary Storage

Craft rooms tend to accumulate tons of scraps. Bring in bins and boxes to stay organized and keep clutter to a minimum (or at least out of plain sight). Take note from this craft room in Sharon Lee's Santa Monica bungalow and tuck them under a table.

Lark & Linen

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Choose Pretty Office Supplies

Instead of choosing boring supplies, opt for design-friendly options like that lucite tape dispenser. Then take things like paperclips and thumbtacks out of their original packaging and store them in stylish catchalls and bowls.

Tali Roth Designs

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Consider a Statement Wall

Wallpaper is an easy way to beautify your craft room and make it look more polished in case you ever want to use it for something else. Opt for a grayscale print, so your vibrant artwork and crafts can really pop, as seen in this room by Tali Roth Designs.

Matthew Millman

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Make Space Wherever Possible

If you don't have a spare room for your creative endeavors, it's still worth making space wherever possible. And you can do so in a way that doesn't interrupt the existing flow or feel too cluttered. In this bedroom by Catherine Kwong, the long bench and floating desk, as well as built-in storage and a dedicated pinboard wall, provide plenty of space for getting creative.

Nicole Franzen

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Make It Comfy

Making your craft room cozy can have a surprisingly big impact on productivity. If you're comfortable, you'll be able to work uninterrupted for hours. Throw a sheepskin over your chair for added comfort and style points.

Lark & Linen

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Spread Out Your Mood Boards

Don't be afraid to stick things to the walls. In fact, a physical mood board can help you when you're in a creative rut while also beautifying the entire room. It's a great way to brainstorm and track your progress, so don't worry about keeping the walls bare. Lark & Linen proves just how pretty it can look here.

Beatriz da Costa

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Install Built-Ins

Built-in storage will save you so much space. Opt for floating shelves to put your decor on display and then tuck away unsightly essentials into the cabinets below. A statement wall in paper or color you love will also inspire creativity. We're digging this fun blue print by Brooke Crew.

Nicole Franzen

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Keep It Neutral

Even if you're drawn to bright colors, a bold, complicated color scheme can make your workspace feel visually chaotic. Try a neutral palette that inspires a soothing headspace.

Amber Interiors

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Use Your Kitchen

If you don't have space in your home for an entire craft room, just use a little nook in another room. Whether you convert a walk-in closet, or in this case with a craft space by Amber Interiors Design, just make it an offshoot of the kitchen, a little desk with a drawer and a stool is all you need to get crafty.

PHOTO: Chuck Willis; DESIGN: Leanne Ford Interiors

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Have a Durable Sink

Doing arts and crafts can get messy. In fact, that's the only guarantee. So if you work with a lot of paints and pretty much any tool with pigment, you'll need a durable stainless sink. This stainless steel one with plenty of depth in a space by Leanne Ford Interiors is the perfect example.

Crafted Life

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Make a Paint Chip Wall

This paint chip wall is such a nice way to incorporate color into the décor scheme. It also comes in handy as you work on new projects and need to come up with color palettes.

Victoria Pearson

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Incorporate a Sliding Table

Whether your craft space is a room of its own or lives inside a larger room that serves a different function, a built-in sliding table is a huge space-saver. Karyn Millet added one to her home office here.

Crafted Life

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Hang a Pin Board

A pinboard will ensure that you stay organized and can access your supplies easily. It can also be a good place for your mood board and other inspo, like The Crafted Life exemplifies here.

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Dream Workshop 2.0 Photo review of the idea and options for the realization of the Master's dream: Own Workshop

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Welcome to our "Dream Workshop Ideas" page* - your ideal workspace for creativity and work!

This is an update of the overview photo gallery, in which we have collected a variety of ideas and options for realizing a dream: My ideal Workshop. In version 2.0, the information is structured, supplemented with explanations, and of course, many new diagrams and photos .


* This photo review was created for informational purposes and is not a product, you can print this page yourself and for free.

What lover or Master does not dream of having his own private corner where he could embody his dreams and ideas? And our Russian person has a Kulibin vein laid down with genes. Give us only time, place and tools in our hands and oh, we will turn around here, and how the soul will sing ...


In this photo-gallery article, we continue to collect a variety of ideas and options for realizing our Dream: from a toolbox and a workbench in an apartment (house, shed) to a full-fledged, free-standing Workshop equipped with a full range of equipment and tools that you may need. Be sure to consider such a solution as a mobile (mobile) workshop. There is also a photo
Workshop from a historical point of view - as carpenters did in past centuries. Of course, modern solutions have also been added.

Everyone has their own path to their Dream Workshop, but as in any other business, the solutions and the result depend on the approach and experience. You can do it yourself as easy as possible. Often, this is exactly what we are used to: to make it quickly and cheaply, without embellishment and amenities. Because there is always not enough money or time, and therefore we have what we have. But still, using examples of other solutions - with invention, a thorough approach and creative hands - we will show how you can make your own Dream Workshop .

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Each of these sections will be discussed in detail below.

Let's take a look at some examples of work surfaces.
The working surface and its execution strongly depends on the direction of your activity: modeling, carpentry or some other craft. It also depends on the conditions of accommodation and your capabilities.

Consider in general the options for working surfaces, depending on the direction of activity.

Modeller's workplace looks like this:


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The photo above shows the modeller's workplace. Many Masters also have to work - just a part of the wall and a desktop. But not everyone will have such an organized space that the order will turn out by itself, as a result of the placement of tools and paint material in abundance in open structured access on the walls within an arm's length radius. The desktop is completely freed, there is only a protective mat with markings. On the left on the magnetic holders are the tools necessary for the work. Local illumination completes the idea of ​​the Ideal mini-Workshop.

Jeweler's workstation and table:

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In the photo above - not a standard, but convenient solution - a semi-circular workbench for precise small work - suitable for a jeweler and for any Craftsman working with small items - everything is within reach.

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Despite the antiquity, and now such a table - bureau is attractive for a hobbyist, with original swivel drawers:

In the photo below is another "folding" workplace (transformer) of the Hobby Master: The Magic Box - "Magic Box", so named because of its versatility, made in Switzerland in the 1950s by Mummenthaler & Meier.
A fully foldable multifunctional desk or compact home office that allows you to get rid of any work clutter by simply closing the doors. It has built-in lighting above the tabletop.
Dimensions open: 167 cm x 73 cm x 113 cm, closed: 83 cm x 53 cm x 113 cm.

And another variant of Mummenthaler & Meier's rare The Magic Box, a 1950s tall teak cabinet has a hidden worktop surrounded by handy drawers and adjustable shelves.

Important note - for a seated workstation, the coverage area must be considered. The diagram shows the minimum allowable dimensions:

The workbench can be of various sizes and shapes. You can see more about this topic in our photo review of workbenches .

Mini Workbench:
It can be like a desktop:

and as a mini workshop Bench

folding carpentry workbench:

Desktop with a workbench:

Examples of a full carpentry workbench may look like this:


Here's what the industry standard recommends for carpentry workbenches.

"... In the carpentry workshop, workbenches are arranged perpendicular to the windows so that the light falls from the left. It is advisable to arrange workbenches in 4-5 rows of 4 workbenches in each row with a distance between rows of at least 100 cm. Area per carpenter: 4.5 sqm

The industry standard for wood-based joinery workbenches is:

What experienced Masters recommend: the height of the working surface of the table should be at the level of the phalanx of the thumb.

Regarding the height of the working surface when working while standing in ergonomics, there are the following recommendations:
in the picture First rice - for precision work, Second rice - for light work, Third rice - for heavy work:


More solid examples of carpentry workbenches:

The assembly table is of great importance in the workshop, where you can assemble products.
But in many cases, it is replaced by either a workbench or a multifunctional table.
In this regard, the MFT-3 table from Festool is an excellent ready-made solution:

and its smaller brothers who have taken this idea into service. For example, workbench KREG

DIYers went further and improved this idea in their own way:
Folding table a la Festul in a mobile version

Or a stationary table in addition to the MFT-3 table itself

All home-made improvements and options are in the 2019 update reviews


A large work surface is often needed in a workshop where large workpieces need to be worked on, and therefore often, in order to save space, a table or workbench can be combined with machines into a large single work surface:

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When a workshop is located in the garage, you want to have a mobile workplace, a table, a workbench, a machine tool (and more than one), a storage system - in one "bottle". As they say: "everything - to the maximum."

You can see a detailed review of workbenches on page "Carpentry workbenches and tables for carpentry"

Usually, the storage system begins with the simplest hooks and nails.

But it can be creative and tasteful. And even jars of salted cucumbers will look appropriate.

Many start with simple shelves and gradually expand into a tool cabinet

A simple, easy to repeat, yet beautiful and convenient way to organize tools. Everything is open and at your fingertips.


And here is the Japanese option for placing carpentry tools (now it’s clear why all Japanese planers are about the same height):


Deeper shelves are needed for European tools:

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In the photo above - a full-fledged wardrobe is made in a minimalist design without frills from furniture panels, slats and boards. But thanks to this, modern hand tools from Lie-Nelsen and Marples companies and grandfather's "antique" planers, grub tubes, calves, rotators and other carpentry "exotics" coexist perfectly in it.

An equally important question: how to store clamps. It can be a hanging shelf with lodgements:

Or on a movable trolley, you can make it yourself or buy it, for example Piher Rack on Wheels

Do not forget about the storage location of the material.

Moreover, the option in the photo below is preferable, as it provides good ventilation for almost every board.

Below is a photo and diagram of lumber storage on a mobile rack:

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Workshops — Simple things

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Inclusive workshops "Simple Things" are


7 workshops in St. Petersburg, where adults with mental disabilities work together with professional craftsmen and volunteers.
As a result of their joint work, beautiful and high-quality products are created.

Inclusive workshops "Simple Things" are


7 workshops in St. Petersburg, where adults with mental disabilities work together with professional craftsmen and volunteers.
As a result of their joint work, beautiful and high-quality products are created.

Ceramic workshop

Our branded mugs with a finger, the most comfortable glasses "Beauty", soap dishes that sold out in a month in Lush stores, and much more are created by leading workshops, craftsmen and volunteers. Everything is made of ceramics: products are molded and decorated by hand. The workshop managed to make a collaboration with a new flower workshop: flowerpots for greenery - handmade, perfect colors for any interior and, of course, the work of masters.

Our branded mugs with a finger, the most comfortable glasses "Beauty", soap dishes that sold out in Lush stores in a month, and much more are created by leading workshops, craftsmen and volunteers. Everything is made of ceramics: products are molded and decorated by hand. The workshop managed to make a collaboration with a new flower workshop: flowerpots for greenery - handmade, perfect colors for any interior and, of course, the work of masters.

Masters

Oksana

Artist, ceramist, teacher.

Masha

Artist, ceramist, photographer, teacher.

Katya

Artist, ceramist, teacher.

Graphic workshop and art studio

Artists work here, drawing on assignment or on their own.
The designer transfers their work to circulation products. This is how bottles, aluminum mugs, coloring books, stickers and other things appear. You can order the design of the corporate identity of the company from the graphics if you place an order for corporate gifts.
Artists-discoveries have happened in the graphic workshop over the years. This is how the Art Studio was formed - a workshop in which artists look for new forms and meanings, create projects and make exhibitions.

Artists work here, drawing on assignment or on their own.
The designer transfers their work to circulation products. This is how bottles, aluminum mugs, coloring books, stickers and other things appear. You can order the design of the corporate identity of the company from the graphics if you place an order for corporate gifts.
Artists-discoveries have happened in the graphic workshop over the years. This is how the Art Studio was formed - a workshop in which artists look for new forms and meanings, create projects and make exhibitions.

Masters

Masha

Organizer of exhibitions, artist, jeweler, teacher of animation studio "DA".

Katya

Animation artist, photographer, teacher at the Da animation studio.

Sewing workshop

People love to sew and embroider in the sewing workshop. Here, the leading workshops and craftsmen came up with a collection of canvas bags with designer embroideries, sweatshirts, buffs and those same hoods. Of course, here they make bags, T-shirts, mittens, hats, learn how to work on a sewing machine and cut out flags that decorate your home, office and favorite restaurant.

People in the sewing workshop like to sew and embroider. Here, the leading workshops and craftsmen came up with a collection of canvas bags with designer embroideries, sweatshirts, buffs and those same hoods. Of course, here they make bags, T-shirts, mittens, hats, learn how to work on a sewing machine and cut out flags that decorate your home, office and favorite restaurant.

Masters

Masha

Artist-designer, art critic, teacher of the animation studio "Da".

Vera

Fashion designer, tailor-cutter, teacher at the Da animation studio.

Cooking workshop

In the culinary workshop, the chef, volunteers and masters prepare simple meals and sweets, as well as jams and caramels for cafes and corporate orders. Under the guidance of the chef, the masters choose the recipe, make a list of products and prepare a 3-course dinner.
Now in the Normal Place the culinary workshop is preparing lunch not only for the masters of "Simple things", but also for the art residence "Perspektiv", the "Senior" project and all the guests of the cluster. As a result, the team completes the amount of work of a small restaurant every weekday in the first 3 hours.

In the culinary workshop, the chef, volunteers and masters prepare simple meals and sweets, as well as jams and caramels for cafes and corporate orders. Under the guidance of the chef, the masters choose the recipe, make a list of products and prepare a 3-course dinner.
Now in the Normal Place the culinary workshop is preparing lunch not only for the masters of "Simple things", but also for the art residence "Perspektiv", the "Senior" project and all the guests of the cluster. As a result, the team completes the amount of work of a small restaurant every weekday in the first 3 hours.

Masters

Ilya

Travels with a mobile cafe to festivals and works as a cook in the inclusive cafe Simple Things.

Joinery

In the carpentry workshop, they work with different types of wood, cut cutting boards, bowls and beautiful toys. In April 2021, the leading workshops, together with the craftsmen, launched a furniture collection: tables, cabinets, stools and, of course, the Don’t Climb staircase.

In the carpentry workshop, they work with different types of wood, cut cutting boards, bowls and beautiful toys. In April 2021, the leading workshops, together with the craftsmen, launched a furniture collection: tables, cabinets, stools and, of course, the Don’t Climb staircase.

Flower shop

In the flower shop, they replant and restore houseplants, as well as green spaces. The hosts, together with the masters, learn to select the right environment and conditions for the greens. The workshop began its work in 2022 and has already managed to organize its own store (in the Normal Place and in the Cucumber Cafe), as well as to plant trees and shrubs on large areas - the library named after. Mayakovsky and the entire charitable cluster "Normal Place".

The flower shop deals with replanting and restoring indoor plants, as well as landscaping spaces.

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