DIY Square Craft table {Imagine the Impossibilities}

The last few weeks I have been kicking butt at getting my basement turned into a Craft Area ,you can take a look back at the Reveal

          Big Reveal {Imagine the Impossibilities}

   I thought I should start the step by step's with the Square Craft Table . I have seen DIY sqaure table tutorials all over blog land but usually it included using these Square Storage Unit's like this :

Which I LOVE!! but I really wanted to do this project using what I had and spend no more the $100 on the whole craft room project from start to finish . So I Grabbed 2 white desks I got from target last year when we moved in one was for BIG and one for me I only spent $80 Total { Clearance Rocks my socks }.

Target does not have it anymore but if you are interested in finding one similar the company who makes it is called Delany .

*I Took both desk and put them Back to back 

*Then I grabbed my Fabric which I love and only Paid $3 a yard for at Walmart

*The Desk's have a lip around the top so I took the handy dandy Glue gun and 

 and glued it underneath the lip all the way around I might add some trip around it. 

linking up at :

http://www.52mantels.com

http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com

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Big Reveal {Imagine the Impossibilities}

Here is a Look back this is what it looked like when we first seen our house before we bought it .

And Here is what it Looked like after a year of us living here { Head down in shame }

Thank you for the Ladies who started the Imagine the Impossibilities challenge as you can see I needed the

kick in the Butt .

So I got it all Cleaned well most of it there is still a lot of  “Designing” but the hard part is over !

{ I will let the pictures speak for it }

 

Here is the Craft Area { I will go over the steps of what I did to get this look in another post tomorrow}

Tada!

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http://www.tipjunkie.com

http://www.homestoriesatoz.com

http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/

http://www.craftyconfessions.com/

http://www.askannamoseley.com/

http://www.madincrafts.com

http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com
http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com
http://organizeyourstuffnow.com

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A look at the Before of My Craft Room {Basement}

A year ago we moved into my Dream House I love it only problem it wasn't my HOME yet it was still their house which is Ok with me since now I get the fun part of making it into a home . Im slowly getting there a couple weeks back I posted 3 Boys 1 Room we did a huge makeover on their bedroom . Next up was the {Dungeon} it was always suppose to be a "Game Room" but since Big now has a office upstairs ( I will post that makeover later) and the boys have their living room and are also scared of man eating spiders which is fine by me since now I get to turn it into my Craft {work} Room .
I thought I would give a quick Recap of Before pictures Here it is when it was "Their House"

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Shipping/Cereal Boxes to Scrapbook Paper File

I posted a few days ago about the Imagine the Impossibility's Challenge I'm joining in on I just might have bitten of more then I can chew with this project , My New goal is too have everything cleared up and then next month I will go through and paint everything too match . 

Onto How to make a Scrapbook Paper File ( D.I.Y)

So how do you store your scrapbook paper ? Me oh you know the Best way you can in a pile all mixed up with different sizes in a box . I knew I would have to figure something better out at some point well guess what that point is NOW ... So after looking in circles for hours I remembered that a few weeks ago the mail man left us a "Welcome" to the neighborhood package that had 10 large flat rate boxes and a bunch of smaller sizes about 25 boxes total ... Funny part is we have lived here for a year! 

They are Perfect Size for scrapbook paper ( I DON'T RECOMMEND GOING TO THE POST OFFICE AND TAKING THESE BOXES FOR A DIY PROJECT ) I really shouldn't have used them for this but once the thought popped in my head I had to try it , I'm WEAK like that .  You could also use the LARGE cereal boxes to Do this or check your local stores and see if they have any boxes you can have . 

So I closed them up on both sides and cut them in half to end up with 10 paper slots . I got out the Glue Gun and Glued 5 of them together which gave me 2 stacks . 

Too make it a little Prettier I Wrapped it in Fabric I put paper around the box first to smooth it out a bit 

I painted the inside of them White since putting fabric on the inside was just a pain. 

I will be posted More of the ways I'm making this basement work for my craft supplies. 

( Sorry for the BAD pictures I was using My No Good point and shoot I always forget to have my batteries charged )

Stay tuned to see where I put it in my NEW craft office 

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Imagine the Impossibilities

Im going to join in the Imagine the Impossibilities , I really need a Jump start to help me get my "craft" office together . I will be moving into the basement from upstairs I started the switch MONTHS ago and just kinda piled all of my stuff into the basement and everyday I keep putting it off . So by 1-30 I MUST have this complete . Here is a Picture of Now 

Follow along with the hosts 

Andrea from The Cottage Market.

Karah from The Space Between.

Kari from Thistlewood Farm.

Kelly from Eclectically Vintage.

Linda from It All Started With Paint.

Stacey from A Sort of Fairytale. 

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