♦Designate an arts and craft work space in your home
(that all family members should use). Then if there is a
visible work in-progress mess or a glue or paint fiasco, it's always contained to
that same
spot. And if you have a spill or stain on the flooring there that you just can't
get out, you can hide your "accidents" with a small decorative throw rug (before
guests arrive but that you remove when working there).
♦Set up a four-foot-wide rectangular folding table ($30 from
an office supply store) in your work space. This could be near a window, on an enclosed porch or wherever you'd
enjoy working regularly on your craft projects.
♦If you prefer a table
clear of arts and crafts at the end of each day (and
assuming you're using a work table that's not indestructible like the above one),
hide any paint or glue spills with a table cloth. Pick one that blends your table into the home decor.
You can even change the table cloth out seasonally so it represents the season
or holiday.
♦Keep craft supplies in rolling plastic storage carts with
multiple drawers. Buy craft carts short enough to roll under the table (you can
pull them out when you're actively working there.).
♦When
choosing craft carts, choose ones with mostly shallow drawers. That's so the
majority of your craft items are in plain sight and the drawers don't become
catch-all junk drawers. You don't want to spend time digging through your
supplies to find the right one (which is why deep drawers don't make sense
except for one or two for your bigger tools).
♦You
can buy either translucent or opaque storage drawers. Just put a label on the
front of each drawer so you know what's in there, such as craft ribbon, markers
or small appliqués. With this method, you'll also want to be sure you have a
system for putting items in each drawer. That means categorize by the general
type of arts and craft item and give each category its own drawer.
♦A
portable plastic tool box also makes a great craft organizer (and
stashes easily under your arts and craft work table). Use it to hold and separate small items like
buttons and pins in the top divided compartments. Put your larger craft tools
like glue guns and automatic staple guns in the larger bottom section.
♦The
nearby wall, side of your arts and craft table, inside of any cabinet doors and
similar areas presents you with even more convenient areas for arts and craft
organization and storage. Here's what you can put there:
craft organizers that mount on the wall.
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