{inspired} craft room/office mood board

As I mentioned the other day, I've been really struggling figuring out what I want our craft room/office to look like now that it's all purdy. 

The room has a number of things it needs to accomplish:

• Sewing space
• Craft space
• Storage
• Creative fabric storage
• Chris' closet :)

And it needs to accomplish all this in a tiny space: 9 ft. x 12 ft. to be exact. This little space definitely has its work cut out for it. Last night Chris and I took a close look at the room and how we use each space in the room and we determined that we don't need the desk that currently resides in the room. We NEVER sit at it, and it just takes up space. That, pared with the beautiful inspiration offices I posted Monday, helped me organize my thoughts and ideas and come up with a mood board.

Details:

1. Sewing table (already own, not as pictured)
2. File cabinet (already own, not as pictured)
3. Turquoise office chair (already own, not as pictured)
4. Rug
5. Armoire (already own, not as pictured)
6. Shelves
7. Painted chandelier (salvaged, not as shown)
8. Fabric. Honestly, the floral fabric is lovely, but its brightness scares the heck out of me. That's why it's on here:). It'll be used for either curtains or pelmet boxes. The striped fabric will back a bulletin board.
9. Woven shades (already own, not as pictured)
10. Offices boxes and storage. For all the *office* supplies that are losing a home when the desk moves out.
11. Orange desk lamp (already own, not as pictured).

As you can see, I'm working to use and/or repurpose a lot of items we already have. I like that it mixes geometrical prints with some fun pops of color. This is a craft room after all! You might notice the lack of *art*. I have a fun idea for fabric *storage* that will turn it into the room's art.

Now that I actually have a plan, I'm so excited to get started on this room!

{inspire} back entry ideas

Happy Monday friends! Did you all have a good weekend? My weekend was super productive, and fun, but it was so hard to get out of bed today!

After a busy and productive work day on Saturday (hard woods are ready to stain!), it occurred to me that I should probably start thinking about how to actually finish the spaces we're working on: back entry and back bedroom (office/craft room). It probably sounds sort of silly, but I've been so focused on getting the hard stuff done that I'd completely spaced the fun finishing details! So, today I'm sharing my thoughts on the back entry. Since the refinishing the hardwoods wasn't exactly a planned project, I'm at a complete loss about the finishing details for that back bedroom. But, since the room is already torn apart (and piled in my living room. ack!), it seems logical to paint, etc. So I need to get creative (with both details and budget!) and get some ideas pulled together. Hopefully this week.

But first, the back entry:

Structural details:

1. Tile, Home Depot. 

2. Board and batten color: Whip, by Miller Paint

3. Wall and ceiling color: Grant Beige, by Benjamin Moore

Finishing details:

4. Black bench we (already own, not as pictured).

5. Bright pot (already own) + large structural plant.

6. Rug. (Not sold on this one and am trying to find something with more color that won't get dirty easily (ha!)

7. Pillow from this fabric (already own)

8. Key bowl

9. Coat hooks

10. ART! I'm loving these: Make Your Own Path and Kite Hill

11. Lighting (been trying to find a space for this for years. Love.)

My goal was to stay within our house color palette, while being bright, fun and functional. I am really loving the red accents. And you can also see that I'm trying to use what we already own as much as possible. I'm still up in the air about both the rug and art. I'm going to dig and see if we have any art in our house I can use, but I really do love both the pictures I've pulled here. So, we'll see.

So, with that in mind, what is some fun (and reasonably priced) art you've run across lately? Any suggestions for my back entry? :)