I've been both lazy and productive lately. After finishing my room, I started checking a few other things off my bigger to do list while taking some break days in between. Finally, after months of it sitting unfinished and ugly, my garage door is completely painted. It no longer looks like we are under constant… Continue reading Craft Supply Pack Rat
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Craft Room Project: The End Result – Before And After
I'm calling it. My room is done. Finally!! It only took me just over a year, but it is done! Where it started: The Plan: The Final Result: This has been one hell of a journey and an epically ambitious project, but I pulled it all off. I'll say it until everyone is sick of… Continue reading Craft Room Project: The End Result – Before And After
Craft Room Project: Final Steps
I got the final door hung yesterday. The reaction I got when I showed BG and then Hubby after they got home yesterday was hilarious and also why I am not currently posting new photos of the progress. Each one of them, on their own, walked into the room, looked around, and then asked what… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Final Steps
Craft Room Project: 1 Year Mark
The other day I had a memory pop up in my FB feed. It was from the day I had posted a photo of when I bought my counter tops for my room. From a year ago. Never in my wildest imagination did I anticipate that a year later I'd still be working on this,… Continue reading Craft Room Project: 1 Year Mark
Switching It Up
I have, yet again, moved my work area to a new location. After putting in the last transition piece for the flooring, I am no longer really able to keep working in the basement when it comes to building. That means moving all the rest of my tools out of the area. This is both… Continue reading Switching It Up
Craft Room Project: Drawers Installed
I was so incredibly intimidated by these drawers. Especially after the epic failure of my attempt at the kiln shelf. I was so worried I'd run into similar issues with something not being square and off enough that I just couldn't make any of it work. The first one was a bit of a pain,… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Drawers Installed
Craft Room Project: Getting To Play A Bit
I took a couple of days to shift my focus in my new space to doing a little decorating. From the time this project started, I had been tossing around different ideas and plans for what I wanted on the walls that weren't going to have cabinets on them. I'd been itching to get those… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Getting To Play A Bit
I Knew, But…
I was wary of putting any piece of finishing off my room on hold, knowing it might be hard to get back the motivation and drive to finish, but I thought I'd still be able to pull it off. It is proving WAY harder than I anticipated. It probably doesn't help that I have so… Continue reading I Knew, But…
Checking Off That To Do List
The last several days have been hectic. There have been so many different things I've been dealing with or trying to get done, it has been a kind of musical chairs of tasks and trying to shift everything in a way to actually get any of it done. My room is completely finished except for… Continue reading Checking Off That To Do List
Never A Moment
You'd think I'd have learned by now. Things never really slow down around here. I'd really thought I'd have at least a week of uninterrupted time to work on my room this week. I stupidly forgot to look at my calendar, which was packed full of things I had to do, mostly shifting into back… Continue reading Never A Moment
Craft Room Project: Shelves Are Done!
This was another big piece that needed to get done that's finally completed. Of course, it had to be a challenge, because that is the ONLY way this project can go. I'd forgotten about the bowed back wall. Or, more accurately, didn't consider that what made my counter tops difficult to fit would also impact… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Shelves Are Done!
Craft Room Project: The Cat Milestone
It took absolutely forever, but I reached another major milestone on this project. The stairs are now fully trimmed out with all the major paint touch ups done (I'm sure there will be more before this is done). This includes the doorway to the basement. That means that my ugly, makeshift, temporary door is finally… Continue reading Craft Room Project: The Cat Milestone
Craft Room Project: Working On Stair Trim
I'm slowly chipping away at my list of things to get done on this project. One tiny, or not so tiny, headache at a time. In order to get the carpet installed on the stairs going to the basement, I have to trim out those stairs and landings because it was all left completely unfinished… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Working On Stair Trim
Craft Room Project: Extended Floor Finished
You know I couldn't stick with a plan. My life just doesn't work that way. Again, I rearranged my priorities and the things that needed to get done to fit those priorities. The cats getting access to the basement is still a priority, but the things I needed to get done for that to happen… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Extended Floor Finished
Vacation, Visiting, And More Work
This last week has been packed so full, I've hardly had a second to sit down. Hubby took the week off, in part because this was our week for our visitors and partly to help me get some things done. So even though he has technically been on vacation, there has been no vacationing involved.… Continue reading Vacation, Visiting, And More Work
Craft Room Project: Finally! Floor!
Considering I really thought at one point I'd be able to do the floors first, this has taken 6 months to come about. I'm utterly exhausted and every single muscle molecule hurts, but I have a gorgeous floor. I'm going to celebrate by doing absolutely nothing for the next day or two in an effort… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Finally! Floor!
Craft Room Project: Counters
I am a solid, walking ball of pain today. Every muscle in my body is screaming at me to to just sit down and not move, something that isn't going to happen any time soon. I never imagined that staining countertops would be such a harsh activity on my body, but apparently rubbing stain in,… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Counters
Craft Room Project: So Many Problems
The last several days have been a roller coaster of problems. I spent an entire day working on getting the crown molding up on the installed cabinets only to burn through an entire piece of trim just trying to get the angles right. Of course, I had to make my life exceptionally hard by choosing… Continue reading Craft Room Project: So Many Problems
Craft Room Project: Doors & Hinges
I don't have a photo to go with this post because, even though I've gotten a lot done in the last couple of days, it isn't really visible progress. I finally started working on building the doors for the upper cabinets that are in place. Of the 6 I need installed before I can work… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Doors & Hinges
Too Many Projects
I have had so little time over the last several days to get work done on my room. Instead, I've had to focus on getting some things around the house taken care of that have been a bit neglected. And it seems that every time I turn around there is something else that needs my… Continue reading Too Many Projects
Craft Room Project: Lower Shelves Are Done
All of the lower shelves are finally installed! I spent a portion of today cleaning up some of my filler spots and getting the upper shelves to sit more easily in their cabinets. It was some tedious stuff, but I'm now ready to do the paint touch ups on all the cabinets that are in… Continue reading Craft Room Project: Lower Shelves Are Done
TJ Fox: Sharing the Experience 