Blog-Tember Day 8: House Tour

Prompt: A house/apartment/room tour! Give us a glimpse of your space.

Instead of a whole house tour, I’m going to highlight my favorite part of the house: my craft pantry! When we looked at the house, I was amazed to see a butler’s pantry between the kitchen and dining room. This house isn’t big enough for a butler’s pantry, so what to use it for. J jokingly said it could be my craft room and it turns out that the space is perfect for that. I am primarily a paper crafter (cards and scrapbooking), but occasionally do other crafts. I need a lot of storage area for my supplies and a nice counter or table to work at. This space is perfect suited for my needs. Please excuse the mess. Although I try to clean up after projects, the room tends to look this way during my big crafting days. I thought it would be more honest to leave the mess in the photos. If you look hard enough, you can spy supply items for Arthur’s 3rd birthday party next week. Part of my counter always becomes a catch-all for random projects.

Looking in from the kitchen.

Looking in from the dining room.

My main counter/workspace (before cleaning anything up).

Ink and stamps cabinets (my favorites).

Depending on the week, projects can spill over into the dining room. If the twins are not here, there are only three of us eating at a table meant for six. So I use it sometimes. Here I am prepping for new card buffet class.

Not highlighted: general office supply cabinets, paper cabinets (although you can see a ton of cardstock in magazine files on the floor), Project Life cabinets, kid’s crafts cabinet, tools drawers, and a few others.