My doll/sewing/craft room hasn't eventuated yet. In fact, I've kind of been taking a break from doll stuff. I've still been doing a little bit of sewing, but mostly for Tiny.
At the moment my room is on hold until I get my tax refund. And then, of course, I'm going to be on a budget. Ugh. But since we bought so much new stuff when we moved, there's not really any household stuff that needs replacing, so my whole refund can go on my space. Theoretically anyway.
Of course, I'm being completely insane. . . I mean efficient and practical about it. Planning exactly what I'm buying, how I'm storing stuff. It's possible scale drawings are involved. But it's hard to plan what to store how and where, since most of that sort of stuff is still packed from the move, so I don't exactly know what I need storage for.
I've spent a lot of time looking at craft rooms on Pinterest. Which I have to say is frustrating. There are a lot of lovely craft rooms but they require unlimited funds, or unlimited space, or custom built ins. None of which are in my budget.
Or the entire room is designed around an antique desk, or card catalogue, or curio cabinet that was gifted to the crafter by a mysterious stranger, in a forest, by moonlight. Something beautiful, but without an easily obtainable equivalent.
I'm also finding a lot of storage ideas. At first I'm drawn to the pretty, artistic, storage. But I'm not really inclined to go that way. I've got a feeling a lot of things I've seen would be inconvenient or impractical in real life. Or only look good until you used any of the stuff, or bought more stuff.
I've actually had a Dream Craft Room for a while. In my dream room, the walls would be lined with white cabinets, like kitchen cabinets, with shelving above them, floor to ceiling. All the craft stuff could be stored in the cabinets, where it doesn't matter if it's pretty, because you can't see it. And there'd be dolls on the shelves.
I'm not going to be able to afford to do that, besides the room is the wrong shape, and I would have nowhere for the dollhouse. But I am going to sort of replicate an adapted version of this in one corner, with a modular kitchen counter from Ikea, with two three by three storage cubes from Bunnings on top. We'll probably find a way to bolt the cubed to the cabinet. The cubes will store craft supplies, not display dolls. And the cabinet has a shelf that would be perfect to store my sewing machine and an overlocker (or serger if you prefer), if I can afford one.
The big issue with the furniture I've chosen is that everything is white (Which I wanted) but the table I'm getting for the house, only comes in black. I'm considering ways to make it white. I could spray paint it. But the table is coated in melamine, which makes me worry spray paint would scratch right off. Or maybe I could cover it with white adhesive vinyl, contact, stuff. But I'm worried THAT would look messy or peel.
Sigh. I might just leave it black.
Do you guys have a craft room? Or a Dream Craft Room? Or any ideas for storage? Or what to do about the black table?
