Craft Room Storage Ideas

Before you can start organizing a craft room, it’s important to determine where you’re going to store everything. The goal should be to use your space in a way that’s visually appealing and that leaves you and your kids with plenty of room to create. Here are some ideas on how to store your craft room contents efficiently.

1. Pick Out a Craft Table

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Place a classic crafting table in the center of your room. This will offer plenty of space for projects, and you can use drawers in your table for sorting paints, markers and other art supplies. Many craft tables can accommodate long rolls of paper and other larger materials. Plus, some play tables have adjustable legs so that they can grow with your child.

2. Use Storage Units

When assembling a craft room, it’s important to make sure your space isn’t too cramped. Incorporate vertical shelves and storage units to store art supplies, craft materials and decorations. Style with sleek designs and patterns to match the aesthetic of your space.

3. Organize Shelves with Baskets and Bins

Storing your art supplies in convenient baskets is a great way to reduce clutter and leave room for your workspace. Assign certain supplies, like paint, paper crafts and clay,  to each basket. You can designate open baskets for more aesthetically pleasing supplies, while leaving closed bins and drawers for unfinished or messy items.

4. Mount Shelves to Maximize Vertical Storage

To free up more floor space and provide extra storage, you can mount shelves to hold crafts and supplies. Using screws and wall anchors, mounting a shelf is a quick and easy project that can display art. Wall shelves are perfect for displaying sketchbooks and delicate paper and clay crafts.

5. Use a Toy Chest For Larger Crafts and Activities

Incorporating a play area can inspire creativity and add variety to your child’s creative time. Store games, toys and larger supplies in a traditional toy chest for a classic feel. This will increase your storage space and provide a more playful environment for you and your child.

6. Store Supplies Under the Craft Table

Store smaller materials, such as brushes and embellishments, in bins under their craft table to make supplies more accessible. This is the ideal way to store small odds and ends that tend to end up on the floor.

7. Separate Art Supplies into Mounted Cups

For smaller mounted shelves, use cups to separate art utensils by function or color. Craft rooms can be full of hundreds of different supplies, and organizing smaller materials into cups can make it easier to find whatever tools you need.

8. Set Up an Easel

If your budding artist loves to paint, an easel is a great way to compile the many art supplies they will need. Many easels include a chalkboard for preliminary sketches, as well as a large roll of paper for painting the final masterpiece. Use the shelves on your easel to sort brushes, acrylic paint and cups for watercolor projects.

9. Make the Most of Tabletop Storage

For those who love drawing and coloring, avoid losing important writing utensils with a designated utensil organizer. This is a great way to keep track of all the little things, like your favorite paint brush and rolls of washi tape.

10. Combine Your Craft Area with a Workspace

If you’re having trouble keeping your craft room organized, try merging the craft space with the study space. Use desk drawers and nearby shelves to arrange supplies that are as useful for school as they are for arts and crafts. No matter how your craft area is laid out, our desks and wall storage units can be customized to fit your space.

11. Create an Art Nook

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Sometimes, young artists need a space that is more personal to them and allows them to focus without too much visual stimulation. Find a corner of your craft room that is comfortable and spacious enough to set up a small craft table. Incorporate a small supply organizer into your art nook so that your kids have everything they need to complete fun projects and can clean up easily once they’re finished.

12. Hang Paper on the Wall

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13. Put Their Creations on Display

The best way to inspire young artists is to display their work where everyone can admire it. Create an encouraging work environment in your craft room by using magnetic strips with clips to hang artwork and paper crafts. You can also use a stylish pinboard and push pins, or even a whiteboard and magnets.

14. Match the Decor with Their Artwork

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If you’re struggling to find a theme for your craft room decor, use your budding artist’s masterpieces as a starting point. For example, if they enjoy creating floral artwork or pieces that involve a lot of plants, decorate the shelves with mini potted plants and line the walls with elegant artificial vines.

15. Encourage Creativity with a Colorful Toy Display

To add a pop of color to your craft area, adorn your mounted shelves with bright, vibrantly-colored toys. Arranging these toys in different color patterns can serve as visual inspiration for art projects.

16. Draw Inspiration from Art Supplies

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What better way to theme a craft room than with art-supply-inspired decor? Make the walls stand out with creative paint splatter patterns and wall art depicting pencils, paintbrushes and other artistic tools. You can even work with the kids to create life-sized models of supplies for the room as a fun sculpting or paper mache project.

17. Make Your Space More Comfortable with Cozy Seating

Not only do you want to create a creative environment in your craft room, but you’ll also want it to be a comfortable and enjoyable space. Incorporate cozy playroom furniture and arrange them spaciously throughout the room to add a soft element to the room.  

18. Showcase Inspiring Books

Books are such a magical part of childhood. Set up a bookcase in your child’s craft room and stock it with plenty of inspiring titles and craft books to help spark creativity.  

With a uniquely styled craft room that’s also practical and accommodating, your hopeful artists will feel inspired to explore their creative side for years to come.