Create a Crafty Closet Workspace

Creating a craft closet is a great way to house your crafting supplies when you do not have the extra space for a designated crafting room. It keeps your craft supplies neat and organized without spending a lot of money or time on the project. There is no need to buy expensive materials when you can easily use your own creativity to design and update the organizational supplies you already have available.

Choose a closet in a quiet area of your home such as a bedroom, den or family room. Remove everything from the closet and designate a new "home" for each item in a new area of your house. Clean the closet from top to bottom to remove any dust, cobwebs or grime that could damage your craft supplies.

Find a table small enough to fit inside the width of the closet. It is okay if it hangs out a little bit, as long as the table is not too wide. Hang 3 to 4 shelves inside the closet, above the table. Make sure to leave enough headroom for workspace. Use any kind of shelving you have, that will fit inside the closet, to save money or pick up a set of closet shelves at a local discount store for around $50.00.

Organize your craft supplies into small baskets, photo boxes and glass jars. Designate the supplies by color, type or size and place each category into separate containers.

Recycle aluminum cans to create bins for markers, pencils, crayons and pens. Wrap a sheet of patterned or colored paper around the outside of a clean can to add decoration. Use glue to attach the ends of the paper to the can. Embellish the can with small craft supplies like paper flowers, chipboard letters and stamped images. Old canning jars also work wonderfully to house sewing thread, needles, small stamps and ribbon scraps.

Create containers for paper, magazines or soft covered books using old cereal boxes. Use a craft knife to cut diagonally across the top of the box. Cover the outside of the box with patterned paper to decorate.

Get creative and start thinking of all the materials you can use, along with the above ideas, to create your own craft closet at home filled with your favorite supplies and a workspace all in one.