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    DIY Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    Crafting, Organizing

    Confession time: Though I’m a dyed-in-the-wool yard sale shopper, repurposer and upcycler, I’m always a little bit afraid to alter something that’s brand new. Maybe I’m afraid of ruining something for which I paid full price, or maybe I just think if it’s brand new, I ought to be able to use it as is.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    Good thing I fought through my phobia; otherwise, I wouldn’t have this bright and beautiful ribbon organizer for my recently redecorated craft room and home office.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    When I found this wrought iron shelf birdcage at World Market, I thought it would be just the thing to store my ribbon above my crafting table. But I wasn’t so jazzed about the wrought iron finish for my pink and turquoise room.

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    Using a Paint Sprayer with Milk Paint and Chalk Paint

    Enter my handy paint sprayer, plus some Sherwin-Williams Larchmere paint leftover from the office armoire makeover.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    A couple of coats and the shelf transformed from this…

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    …to this.

    Do you love it as much as I do?

    Now, I couldn’t leave the shelf hanging there all alone.

    DIY Craft Room Art Work

    So I gave these two consignment store wall plaques a makeover, too. My husband’s reaction when he saw the “before”: HIDEOUS.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    But not anymore, thanks to a couple coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White and the addition of some fun turquoise print fabric.

    I like these panels as they are, but I think it would be fun to embellish them somehow, maybe with some cool gold scissors or something else crafty. What do you think?

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    Compared to some crafters’ stashes, I know my little ribbon organizer looks downright empty.

    48 rolls of ribbon, stacked one on top of the other. You call that a ribbon collection?

    Well, yes I do. I was pretty surprised when I just counted to realize that this ribbon organizer holds that much — with room for more.

    And don’t y’all be fooled. This isn’t all the ribbon I own.

    Craft Room Ideas & Home Office Design

    See that basket on the bottom shelf? It’s filled with rolls of home decor ribbon.

    Craft Room Ideas & Home Office Design

    And see that bookcase? There’s a whole jar of ribbon scraps, plus another wire basket filled with cards of scrapbooking ribbon. We want even talk about the baker’s twine. Or the ribbon I have on my giftwrap station in the attic.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    My name is Amy, and I have a ribbon fetish. But I’m OK with that.

    DIY Craft Room Ribbon Organizer and Wall Art

    If you haven’t taken the tour of my craft room and home office makeover, what are you waiting for?

    Craft Room Ideas & Home Office Design

    Bring a glue gun, some scrapbook paper and some ribbon and we’ll make something fabulous!

    Filed Under: Crafting, Organizing Tagged With: craft room, home office

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    1. Marty Walden

      April 11, 2014 at 6:11 pm

      This was one of my favorite projects from your reveal! Totally clever and the color just jumps off the wall! You and I need to go yardsaling soon or you might just need to stop by the house because Tim’s cleaning out his trailer and getting rid of a bunch of “stuff!”

      Reply
    2. Ashley @ 3littlegreenwoods

      April 11, 2014 at 11:55 am

      I agree with Kirby! Your space is so “fresh”, light, and airy. Makes me want to grab my paint brush and start changing up my craft room aka Disaster Area!

      Oooo… I love the window treatments too!

      Reply
    3. karen

      April 11, 2014 at 10:07 am

      I have a ribbon fetish too. I go to downtown Los Angeles to the garment district where I buy spools of 50 yards of satin ribbon for $5. Heaven. Have mine on a curtain rod so I can see them. Love it. Karen

      Reply
    4. kirby carespodi

      April 11, 2014 at 5:53 am

      I just love the way all this turned out, Amy! It’s so FRESH (Like that Prince from Bel-Air.)

      Reply
      • Atta Girl Amy

        April 11, 2014 at 11:08 pm

        West Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days. Chillin; out, maxin’ relaxin’ all cool and all. Shootin some b-ball outside of the school when a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my moms got scared
        and said ‘You’re movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air’

        Reply

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