Friday 1 July 2011

My lovely new Craftroom and a winner

Here it is, my lovely new Craftroom. It's been quite difficult to take pictures as the airing cupboard is just inside the door on the right so it's hard to get far enough back to fit it in. I had the shelves specially made and how wonderful to have all my punches at hand instead of scrabbling round in a drawer as I had them before. The coloured plastic drawers you can see are part of an 11 drawer unit from Hobbycraft. It has all colours in it so I swapped them around so that the pinks and purple are at the top. These house my papers and card.
The small drawers hold all my Promarkers, conveniently situated on my desk.


The teapot, cup and cupcake string with pegs is the item I bought at the Royal Norfolk Show. Only £5 and just perfect for holding sketch and challenge details.


Here you can see some work from Crafter's Companion on my desk and a view of my lovely new purple chair which is so comfortable and comes with loads of adjustments. Expensive but worth it.

The other side of the room with a smaller desk and a cupboard unit which was in the room before and is perfect for housing lots of stash.

As you can see I have a thing about pretty storage boxes. 

2 handy noticeboards as a reminder of things I need to print and days to post DT cards. The one on the right holds a large e-mail from Sara at Crafter's Companion detailing lots of launches for July. The wall at the back is the side of the airing cupboard. CD rack and laptop conveniently to hand and away from the crafting desk.

I am so happy with my room after 5 years of working on the dining table and having my stuff all over the house. I'm sure I won;t have everything in the right place but need to use it and see how it goes. I hope to finally have some time to make something this evening now it is all sorted.

And the moment you have been waiting for, dada, the winner of my candy is..........
That's Shirley C aka Nannieflash. Congratulations Shirley, e-mail me your address and I'll get your goodies in the post to you. Welcome to all my new followers. I do hope you will continue to follow me I have another small candy to give away to celebrate my Craftroom and I'll post that above.

66 comments:

Saskia said...

Gorgeous new craftroom!!! :)

Sandra H said...

Congratulations Shirley you lucky winner.....;) Sandra H

Sandra H said...

Marianne, Forgot to mention how lovely your craft room looks it's brilliant plenty of space now to spread out all your crafting stuff and what a nice colour you have used on the walls..........Sandra H

Sharon said...

Oh Marianne, I just LOVE your new craftroom. Congratiulations! We share the same taste for lovely storage boxes. Super idea to house your promarkers... I may be using this for my copics, hope you don't mind. Some wonderful ideas here. Enjoy your new room, it is fabulous girl! You obviously love your Purple, like I love my Pink. My laptop is a pearly pink...yummy, hugs Sharon x

Kazabing said...

You lucky, lucky ladie Marianne...lol... I am so so SO jealous! It is absolulutely fab hunni. All I would need is to a fold-a-way bed and then no-one would see me ever again...hehe.
Love it! Happy crafting
Kaza. xxx

Always with a Sentiment said...

Wow, congratulations Shirley on your win, enjoy the goodies.
Marianne, your craftroom is fantastic, so well organised. Beautiful.
Love Sandra xxx

Teresa - My Crafty Heart said...

Hi Marianne,
What a wonderful blog! I love your Craft room and they are my favourite colours too...It looks so neat and tidy too. You're a busy girl I see with loads of cards to do and such beautiful cards they are too. Hugs, Teresa x
P.S I tried my own "fix" tonight on the WD blog...and it didn't work! Commenting AWOL again, I'll try again later!

Knerten said...

Congrats on your new hobby room, Marianne, it loooks fabulous, and I am soo envious...

Miria said...

It's a beauty, Marianne, everything has its right place, congrats to you and to Shirley for the winning! hugs, Miria

Margreet said...

wow Marianne, what a wonderful craftroom....all looks so well organised!
Enjoy it!
xxx Margreet

Claudia said...

WOW, that room is amazing, u must be so excited to work in there... :) here's to wishing u lots and lots of fun sitting and crafting in your fabulous craft room... :)
Claudia W.

Frk. Bogstad said...

I LOVE IT :) Gorgeous color, the shelves are neat. I just say: Wow ...

Prisha Dharmani said...

Wow...what a lovely room..i m jealous.

Thanks for a chance to wonderful goodies.

Priya said...

oh... What a wonderful craft room... I can spend my entire life in your room doing nothing but crafting!!!
Those MS punches are so nicely arranged...
Enjoy crafting!!!
Let see what all creations take birth in that room... )
Love n wishes,
Priya…
http://priya-n-papers.blogspot.com/

Suzi Mac said...

Wow! Marianne, it's turned out beautiful, well worth the wait hon. Love the colour scheme,blind, chair and the fab shelving. BUT!! how long will it stay as tidy as this. hehehe not very! Enjoy your lovely new creative space.
Hugs
Suzi x

Unknown said...

It is beautiful Marianne! x So pretty and peaceful x Leigh x

Linda said...

What a lovely craftroom, it's so beautiful
hugs linda

Sue said...

Love your new craft room,I need one like that.
Sue xx

Kirsty said...

Hi wow you are a lucky lady this looks so efficient and comfortable. A super crafting space and so well thought out. Enjoy. Kitty :D

downrightcrafty said...

love the colour you have chosen and love all the lists and storage
Hugs and enjoy
Kate xx

Vicky said...

It's gorgeous hun...and loving the colour too...!

hugs Vicky xx

Chrissy said...

Yay!! Now I can comment, blogger being so silly today. Fabulous room, you must be over the moon, so organised, love the chair, mine goes up and down automatically.....maybe its broken..lol..would love this one.
Luv CHRISSYxx

Seafield Jo said...

Oh Marianne it's gorgeous, I love the colours and it's all so beautifully set out. I wish you many happy hours of crafting in your fab new craftroom. Jo xx

Pamela said...

Congratulations Shirley. Your room is beautiful Marianne and so tidy! may we see some more photos when you have been working in there! lol
Pam x

Amy E said...

Wow! Your craft room is SO pretty! Isn't it nice to finally have a room of you own, with everything right there at hand?

My neighbors are building me a new scraproom, and I'm so excited too! I can't wait for it to be done! There are some pics on a few posts on my blog if you feel like taking a peek.

Amy E.
scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

Berry said...

This is just soo fab Marianne! Love all the purples and your fab pretty boxes and what a great way to store your punches it must be so lovely to have your own craftroom you lucky thing hugs Rebekah xx

Andrea said...

I love your craftroom - I know exactly what it's like having to craft on the dining room table - that's me - have to clear up after me and put everything away as soon as I've finished every time - :(
Hope you enjoy working in it!
Love, Andrea xx

Anne said...

No wonder your pleased Marianne, it's fabulous. Enjoy it
Anne x

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

Looks fab - it makes such a difference having all in one room. You'll soon know where everything is :)

Hugs Jane x

Claire said...

I'ts a fabulous space Marianne - you are very lucky and I love the colour purple, you will never want to come out LOL. Hugs, Claire x

Mahrian said...

Marvelous, gorgeous craft room, my dear! Love it so much! I'd like to post it someday in my blog because it's an example of beauty and organization. If you allow, of course and with the credits to you and a link back here. And Congratulations to the winner! God bless! :D

kayc said...

WOW Absolutely gorgeous. Just love it. Kathleen x

Mau xx said...

You Lucky Lucky Girl!!!! This is wonderful, I too work on the Dining room table all 6'6" of it full to overflowing plus all the extra storage drawers :((What would I give for a your lovely new craft room but no spare room to use xx

Loz said...

oh wow! I bet it feels like you died and went to crafty heaven! how lucky that you can visit over and over!! I am ssooooo jealous!!! Congrats to Christine ♥

Luciana said...
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Luciana said...

Parabéns para a ganhadora!
E para você, pelo lindo craftroom! Muito, muito lindo!

Nikki said...

Beautiful Craft room and love the layout inspirations that you can look at any time very kewl idea :)
hugs Nikki
Congrats to the lucky winner too

KarenB said...

Your new craft room looks amazing - happy crafting :)

Designing with Debbie said...

Beautiful craft room I am so jealous. I need a bigger house. Congrats to the winner.

Maria said...

Gorgeous new craftroom!!! congrats!!!!!!

Hugs

Maria

Unknown said...

Hi Marianne,
what a gorgeous new craftroom - you lucky girl you and in my fave colour too!!
I wonder if it will look this tidy after a few weeks crafting in it???? LOL
Congrats to the winner!
hugs
Dawn xx

mariella said...

your craftroom is my dream!!!!i love it!!!!

Heidi said...

You are such a lucky lady, this is an amazing crafting space ( I still work on the kitchen table!!!) The shelves are wonderful, love the colour coding for your papers etc and the wee washing line is a fun addition. I am always losing my wee note book, where i jot down the sketches etc. Know what you mean about pretty boxes, several of my crafty friends have a few of these scattered around must be part of the crafty addiction and love of pretty papers. I am really chuffed that Shirley has won the candy, she's a lovely lady and makes some amazing cards to boot. Hugs Heidi and Happy Crafting in your new room.

Lisa said...

Hi Marianne, Wow it looks wonderful! I am sure you are going to feel so inspired working in this lovely room :-)

Congratulations to Shirley on winning your candy :-)

Lisa x

Donna Mosley said...

Your craftroom is amazing Marianne, it's so pretty. You will have loads of fun in there. Just seen your picking flowers card on the telly.

Donna x

coops said...

wow your craftroom looks fabulous marianne and i love all your pretty storage and its so tidy :D
huge congrats to your candy winner and thanks much for the chance to win :D

xx coops xx

angelique (anlou) said...

hiya sweetie
your craftroom is amazing hunni
i jst love how you placed it all
congrats to shirley
thanks for the chance sweetie
hugs angelique

pinky said...

Oh wow Marianne, what a great job you both have done. Your new craft room is a dream and I wish you many happy years in there:)

Amanda xx said...

Youre room looks absolutely divine...looks so relaxing and a great creative space....my hubbie is 'supposed' to be sorting out mine...but it is taking forever...xxxx Amanda

Wiccababe said...

congrats Shirley
and can I just say, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous of your craft room - I would love a whole room for crafting and even better because it's lilac :)
enjoy your new crafting space Marianne
Debz
x

Aldona said...

WOW fantastic!!!

The Art Town said...

i like your new craftroom. wish i have one too.. ^^

Ardilla said...

So beautiful... congrats for your new craftroom!!!!

dolcreations said...

AAAMAZZZZZING Marianne! Totally love the shelf with all your punches, love the chair and your banner and the colour of the room. Such a gorgeous place to great...nice a bright and totally cheerful!Thank-you so much for sharing your pictures...I could hardly wait to see them!

Orsynia said...

Your craftroom is fantastic!
Congrats Shirley:)

Rachel said...

your craftroom is very, very fantastic!!!:)

Pam Leng said...

Wow this is an amazing craft room, bet it won't stay that tidy for long Tee Hee

Pam xx

Лиса said...

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Yvonne said...

OMW ,Marianne, this is beautiful, thought it was great before, but this is STNNING!
I do love your colour choice, and so happy feeling!
Now how much mess have you made, lol

Lynsey said...

Wow Marianne your craftroom looks so pretty and neat and tidy of course! Love the bunting and your teapot string, love that idea!
Hugs Lynsey x

Lisa Jane said...

wow it looks fabulous .. love the lilac and your new chair looks so comfy!
Lisa x

Roberta said...

Wonderful this craftroom...I hope I'will have one like this!!
Hugs.
Roberta

Vollya said...

your room is great!!! i'm happy for you!!
and i think it's a dream of every scrappy-girl)))

Kaz Bee said...

What a beautiful room, I'm sooo jealous :)

Renee V said...

Lovely shade of purple!! Your craft room is gorgeous!! What I wouldn't give to be so organized ;)

Caroljenks said...

What a beautiful craft room - and GORGEOUS colours! I bet you are enjoying all of that organised fun! Love it!

Carol x