Before...
Before we gave the extra name of "Jenny's craft room", I was never motivated to get it cleaned, nor organized. It was also the "dumping room." Every time we come back from shopping (I'm not talking about shopping in the mall...but more like Target, Home Depot - that kinda shopping), we'd chuck everything on our very nice formal dinning table. Then when we invite friends over for dinner, guess where all these things go?? You're right! The Dumping/Guest/Office room!!! After the dinner, all the things that were dumped there, remains there. Only when we have guests coming to stay over, that's when I scramble to chuck everything in the closet or our master bedroom (there goes my secret).
Over in the Summer, we wanted to get Yesmin a study desk that she can use in her room. Nd suggested that I should get one for my scrapbooking/crafting too! (What a smart husband! He was tired of seeing my scrapbooking stuff in the formal dinning room) I search high and low for the perfect desks. All the new ones rarely have drawers, so I looked into Craig's List. It was so difficult to find one that goes with the rooms...finally, I found this lady selling 3 of them. One bigger than the other 2. There were 3 drawers each and in excellent condition. They were made of wood, which means we could paint them or stain them! So, I bought the bigger one for Yesmin and the smaller one for myself! And both desk only cost me $80!!! Yiippeee. So, we stained and painted over the Summer. Added matching shelves, and wall cabinet from Ikea....After...
~"Ta-Da!!!"~NOW, I am motivated to get the place CLEAR OUT once and for all! :) In fact, Nd is planning on constructing a Murphy Bed (wall bed), as this queen size bed takes up WAY TOO MUCH SPACE! I can't wait for that to be done, but I know it will take a while, as IT IS a BIG project from him. When that is done, I wish to put a folding table in there, that way, the kids can do their art and craft in there while I scrapbook! :)
~My official scrapbooking/craft table!!~ :)
~The so-called office~
~Storage space for my scrapbooking/card making magazines, stamps, inks, photos, cards..etc~
~One of my very well organized drawers~