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Young House Love » Our First House » Making A Craft Space & Gift Wrap Station

| By Sherry Petersik | February 27, 2008 | 10 Comments

Making A Craft Space & Gift Wrap Station

Oh, we have such a cute little mini-makeover to share. John stayed home sick today (feeling flu-ish) but somehow I found the time to pull a little presto change-o while he napped on the couch. Since we love our new wall of frames in the third bedroom so much, we need an excuse to be in there more than once a year. So I swapped out the never-used-reading-chair for our old kitchen table that had been living in the basement, creating the perfect card-writing & present-wrapping station.

One of our hall closets was jam-packed with bags, wrapping paper, tissue paper, and ribbons while my desk in the den was overflowing with cards, stationery, and envelopes for every occasion. Making a little gift-wrapping and letter writing home-base with everything organized and accessible was the perfect solution. And John awoke to a whole new reason to visit the wall of frames in the third bedroom (and a much emptier coat closet, whew). But enough jabbering, how about some photos?

Here’s the ol’ chair-in-the-corner set up:

Chairbefore 1

And here’s our fun new present-wrapping & letter-writing station (made completely with baskets, folders, cups, bags, and even a planter we already had… gotta love a free mini- makeover):

Deskafter 1

Now for some fun (and totally do-able) details. First, a planter full of wrapping paper (soooo much easier to take care of than any plant I’ve ever met):

Plantercloseup 1

And my bag basket! I turned a woven basket that used to be full of books into an organized gift-bag and tissue paper catch-all. I know it’ll save me mucho money since I can see everything I have instead of re-buying stuff that I can never seem to find.

Bagbasket 1

And here’s my favorite part, the colorful (and über-organized) desktop. I love the old basket-turned-filing-cabinet I threw together (it holds printed manila folders full of envelopes and cards for all occasions).

Folderdetail 1

And here’s another shot from a slightly different angle, just to show you how everything is at arms reach.

Seconddeskview 1

I’m so excited to go write some thank yous and wrap some presents. Bring on the birthdays.

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Comments

  1. Avatar for AimeeAimee says

    February 27, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    I love mini-makeovers, but most of all, I love spaces being used! Well done, and very nice looking too.

    Reply
  2. Avatar for JoanneJoanne says

    February 28, 2008 at 2:13 am

    What a great idea! If only the Makeover Fairy would come to our house while I’m napping and wave a magic wand to transform our lives. :-)

    Reply
  3. Avatar for JenniferJennifer says

    February 28, 2008 at 11:08 am

    That looks so fun! I love wrapping presents. It would be so fun to have a little room just for that!

    Reply
  4. Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

    February 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Yeah, we figured since we have two guest bedrooms (until we start having babies) we might as well make them more useful to our everyday lives. We actually have guests fairly frequently in the bigger guest room with the double bed, but this cozy room only has a daybed so it almost never gets used. Until now…

    Whee!

    xo
    s

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  5. Avatar for MrsLimestoneMrsLimestone says

    February 28, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Oh im jealous!!! Gift wrapping rooms are the ultimate luxury.

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  6. Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

    February 28, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    I’m sure in a few years when we have little ones running around we’ll remember the days of the gift wrapping room and laugh. That room’s gonna be the nursery, so it’ll sadly be the first thing to go. Although, now that I think about it, maybe I can squeeze that desk into a corner of the sunroom. There’s an idea…

    xo
    Sherry

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  7. Avatar for MadelaineMadelaine says

    February 22, 2009 at 11:31 am

    I love a wrapping station! I turned an old wardrobe into my wrapping center. The three drawers on the left side hold tissue and bags. The open wardrobe on the right holds all my paper. I even used a pants hanger (supposed to hold 5 pr of pants) to hold spools of ribbon and hung it on the built in rod! A couple inexpensive plastic shoe boxes hold tags, bows and all the other stuff. The best is that no one knows what it is until you start looking inside! Love your website.

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  8. Avatar for KendraKendra says

    December 3, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    Your house is totally inspiring and beautiful! I am in the mood to do some redecorating projects and would love to learn some easy and affordable DIY tricks (which I have yet to browse your blog for). I was wondering if you did the little wrapping paper planter with your name on it yourself? Or did you get it customized somewhere? Ok now back to scouring your blog for more ideas :)

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    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      December 4, 2009 at 1:04 am

      Hey Kendra,

      We actually got that as a gift a while back, but we’re not sure where it’s from. If you google “personalized planter” you can find tons of places that make them though, like this one for example: http://www.carvedcrocks.com/?gclid=CNy5u_mNvJ4CFQiA5Qodw1SQrw

      Hope it helps!

      xo,
      s

  9. Avatar for chadchad says

    October 14, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    I like your mini-makeover. Can believe all that you got done, on “down time” when you had the flu!

    Reply

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