Martha Stewart Craft Room

If there is a such a thing as craft p*rn, it would be have to feature photos of Martha Stewart's craft room.

Am I right? What appeals to me is the organization. Obviously, she's the type that puts the glitter right back in the drawer after she's finished with it. The drawer that is organized on the color spectrum and then probably alphabetized within the color spectrum.

And it is hyper-tidy. There is no glitter spread all over the jute rug. Doesn't look anything like this, anyway. And Martha doesn't need to dress like a hobo to get her craft work done. She's all about the carefully pressed Faconnable. 

Which is a long way of saying, I dress like a hobo when I go up to my art studio, and it is floor to ceiling with paint, scraps of paper, glitter, coffee mugs, and giant stacks of books. Also a long way of saying that while I was flipping through a mail order catalog, I came across this Martha Stewart Living for Home Decorators Craft Space Furniture Collection.

Martha is no fool. She offers the collection in three colors, including this "rhododendron green", so you can pretty much kit out your craft space exactly like hers. I was into the flat files and the gift wrap hutch.

 
I've always made do with whatever we had on hand, but it's seriously tempting to just pimp out the art cabin once and for all. If you had the money and the time, how would you make your art and craft space a better space to do projects?

Comments

[Kasey ~ in Oz]

My problem is when I'm creating, stuff doesn't get put away, "ain't nobody got time for that!" Then after the creating has finished, there is always other demands on your time and craft desk clean up usually only happens now and then or when there is less than a 12 x 12 patch to work in!

Having storage like this might help but it all looks to staged for my taste, where is the creative chaos?

[Martha]

It looks like she doesn't actually do any work there. Just show off that she has the potential to actually do something there and let everyone drool over her craft room.

[beccajo]

i think i've found the solution-one room for storage alone (well, i should say one room for things that can't freeze and then another part of the barn for things that it won't hurt) and another room to actually work in.

i read the reviews on this line of furniture and they all said said it's pretty flimsy on the insides. the outsides are lovely and sturdy but the drawers and shelves inside are pretty crap. :(

[Kim Taylor -- The Sassy Crafter]

Have you been reading my mind? My craft space is a capital-D DISASTER right now!

I think that part of my trouble is that I don't have good homes for all the stuff that I've acquired in the name of art. Having some unified storage like this might help (unlike the stacks of vintage suitcases I have, which are oh-so-charming but totally difficult to actually retrieve things from).

For me, I think the other part of the solution is that I need to do a good purge.

It's always hard, because I know I'll find myself saying over and over, "I might NEED that one day." But what's the real cost of keeping all that stuff?

If it means that I don't have a good space where I can create, then I think the holding cost for those items is way too high.

[anjou]

Been following you for a little while and this entry just made me comment. LOVE this room.... you're right, definitely P**N for crafters!