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Top 12 Ideas and Articles for Organizing Your Craft Room

By David Fisher, About.com

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Do you spend more time finding the materials and ingredients for your craft project than actually making the craft? Is "Organizing the Craft Room" perpetually on your "To Do" list? When my soap and candle room is well organized, I can easily find what I'm looking for to make a project. Unfortunately, that's not as often as I like, so I set out to find some resources to help me get the craft room more organized. Here are the best articles and resources I found.

1. Organizing Your Craft Room

A great article with clear things to think about and steps to take.

2. The Art of Organizing

You don't have to be an artist to have some "art" in your organization. Tips for the organizationally challenged.

3. Space for Crafts

Lots of great ideas from crafters all over the United States!

4. Make a Craft Room

"Whether it's your hobby or your livelihood, crafting requires space." This article talks about how to best create, organize and maintain it.

5. Organize it for Less!

This article brings recycling and frugal living into organizing the craft room. Author Kim Tilley has great tips on how to use household items in your quest to get organized. No trips to The Container Store for her!

6. Organize Your Craft Work Space

From a corner of your living room, to an entire room to yourself, this article addresses what you need to organize your craft space.

7. Creating Your Craft Room

An online discussion, with comments about what to do if you're lucky enough to have a craft room.

8. Organizing Your Craft and Sewing Supplies

Author Rachel Paxton shares her years of experience as a crafter with tips on how to put it all together.

9. Become a Clutter Cutter

Decluttering tips...including tips on how to get started!

10. Better Home and Gardens Organization and Storage Resources

A large directory of organization and storage related resources from Better Homes & Gardens. Craft rooms, garages, utility rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and more. So no matter where you make your soap or candles, you should be able to find some organization tips here.

11. Get Organized!

A great general article on organizing your craft room from the Crafts Connection Newsletter.

12. What's Your Garage Done for You Lately?

What can a garage do for you? It might let you join this couple in saying, "We feel so ... free!"

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