My craft room “after” is so very, very close to being ready… one very stubborn shelving piece is all that stands between me and that great feeling of accomplishment I’ll get when I post the pics. But dammit, it’s one tough shelf – and last night a flat tire derailed my plans to conquer it. Instead, I spent 1.5 hours wandering aimlessly around Walmart while I waited for a new tire. Pffffft.

So to buy myself another day, I’ll share with you my “inspiration collection” – a bunch of ideas I threw into a folder for reference when I was pulling the room together. Because no space should be without inspiration, especially not one meant for creative endeavors.

First, the color. I flip-flopped between blue and green, eventually settling on green (as usual). I wanted an energizing green, something trendier and brighter than the other greens found throughout our house. Kinda like this:

See? Lime green can be both modern AND traditional. Woweee.

Crafty blogger Heather Bailey’s studio was a major source of inspiration, too. She is a fabric designer, and you can see she’s got an amazing eye for mixing color and pattern. Everything she does is delicious and super cute. You can see pics of her studio on Flickr.

My craft room isn’t nearly as beautiful, but I did try to work in some girly details and hope to sneak more in as I go.

As for organization, I had some good stuff to work with – I’m taking almost everything I purchsed last year when I had to cram my craft supplies into our downstairs office. (You can check that out here.) I had shelves and Tupperware galore; what I added was a pegboard to hold my tools out in plain view. Kinda like this:

It came together nicely, and now I have no excuse not to craft. Oh, execept the old “working on the house” excuse, which explains why I never do 99% of what I plan to do.

Stay tuned……. it’s coming, I promise!