My (old) Craft Room
Good morning (or good evening, whatever) Ladies, are you in the mood for some eye candy. I think I can provide some.
I am very fortunate to have a whole attic room to myself to play in.
I took lots of pictures so forgive me if I make your computer load slowly. I’ll hope you’ll find it worth it.
My craft room is divided in ‘zones’. This vignette on the top of two low bookcases, is what you see on your right hand when you enter my room.
My two dress forms are busy being beautiful here. This vintage paperdress form I made myself with help of my niece who modeled for it. You can read how I made my vintage dress form myself here.
And Elise came to live with me after I found her on a French Flea Market last summer.
This little porcelain ballerina is very precious to me, because she belonged to my mother.
I have a soft spot for French Ephemera and I am lucky I get to collect it so often at the Flea markets in my region.
This little dress is my own baptism gown, my mother made especially for me. It has a place of honor.
Ok, let’s move on.
On the opposite side of my attic, I have my sewing station, that has a bit more modern vibe to it.
On the two corner tables my sewing machine and my serger are handy dandy close to each other.
I have been planning to sew some nice covers for my machines for ages. But as long as that hasn’t happened I cover them with vintage aprons.
On the shelves above the desk, I store sewing supplies. (And in case you are wondering why I have an ice skate hanging on the shelve in summer, well I sewed this garland for my Christmas kitchen and I have gotten attached to it, ice skate or not).
Vintage sewing supplies are stored in a former thrift store cubicle.
And my tiny sewing machine has found its home on top of an Ikea drawer cabinet, that I gave a little makeover with scrapbook paper.
It is a nice, light spot to sew, I really should do that more often….
Ok, let’s move over a bit. To the left of my sewing station, stands my revamped Ikea cupboard with my library cabinet on top.
On this library cabinet I usually make some seasonal or sentimental vignettes. Like my gold an silver Christmas vignette, of the one with memories of my father.
But today it looks a bit bare.
So let’s move a bit further quickly.
To my little writing corner.
This is where this blogger blogs.
With my papers in pretty folders and another revamped little Ikea drawer cabinet.
The mood in this corner is soft and romantic. It is where I let my inner princess out, and indulge in all things pink and flowery.
On a little ‘washing line’ I have hung inspiring images.
A former spice cabinet, has found a new purpose in housing my favorite stamps.
And in a vintage cubicle ‘thing’, rescued at my in-laws last year, I store some little things that I just like to look at.
Even my mouse pad, has had a different life before. I am all about repurposing.
Ok let’s turn around once more, and look at the opposite wall. This is the corner to the left of the door we used to enter into the room.
In a little corner, stand some boxes with crafting supplies and tins with wallpaper and wrapping paper.
Those rolls of paper are really hiding in the corner behind my table. This table is NEVER this empty and clean. I stashed all my junk under the table just for you.
Those curtains can hide a lot….
Behind my desk is a little wall where I display gifts that I have received in swaps and such.
Another revamped little cupboard houses odds and ends that I am attached too.
This corner is growing into my ‘Honor Gallery’, and I hope I get to participate in many more swaps and make it a place overflowing with beauty, memories and creativity.
I think I am on to a good start…
And this closes the circle and we are back where we started.
I hope you enjoyed my look into my girly heaven.
Marianne Songbird is the founder of Songbird, where she hopes to inspire everyone to create a home they love, one DIY project at a time. She shares anything from craft ideas to home decor inspiration and from DIY projects to decorating hacks. Originally from the Netherlands Marianne and her husband Lex are currently renovating a 250-year-old farmhouse in Germany.
very nice…It fits you. It is so practical, yeat pretty. A great place! I love the mosuse pad, just a little unexpected whimsy. Lezlee
Seriously, this is the prettiest and most organized craft room i have ever seen! I love it! Everything looks just in its own perfect place in all these pictures! 🙂
You have a fabulicious place to create. I am so jealous. I have a small fold up table that sits in the middle of my family room in which to create. That is probably why I don't create much. I really enjoyed viewing your room. It's right up my alley.
draw drops………
wow. wow. WOW!!!!!!
how lucky you are to
have such a pretty &
inspirational crafting
space! i esp. love the
french ephemera.. and
the shabby patterned
storage boxes.. AND esp.
that cute mini white shelf
that is displaying your stamps.
really nice post.. much fun to see!
Such a beautiful space! So clean, fresh, and organized. I love the vintage aprons as sewing machine/serger covers!! So charming!
Amy
So beautiful Marianne! I can only imagine how much fun it must be to play in there. 🙂
its perfect…i love your wall of honor, and boy dont those cutains come in handy!!! i love all the colors too.
Wow, what a beautiful space! I just went to a garage sale today and I saw a cute little spice rack for $1 and couldn't think of any use for it. I just knew someone in Blogland could have seen it's potential. Dang! A stamp shelf. It's perfect. I missed out on that one. Love your room.
Your space is beautiful, Marianne. It must be nice to retreat to your attic and create. I love the way it reflects the different parts of you.
I still have to make a cover for my sewing machine! I may have to steal your apron idea!
xo
Claudia
Lovely studio space….I can see how it would make you more creative.
Thanks for the tour.
What a beautiful, serene place in which to create. Everything about your space is gorgeous Marianne. I have several of those Ikea boxes…you've just inspired me!
Thanks for the tour.
Joyce
HI Marianne, I come often to your blog and always enjoy the beautiful things you post about. I love how your 'inner princess' decorates. Very pretty and romantic….I know you must enjoy walking in that room every day or often! Wonderful post…
Blessings,
Debbie
This is a very nice place! I love it! Very calm and serene. Thanks for sharing, girlie!
So lovely Marianne ! Like a breath of inspiration in there, such a fantastic space to create !
xo
Kate
Oh Marianne it's a charming room! I could spend hours at a time in there. I love how it's at the top of the house – very romantic! ::Jill
Beyond wonderful!!! Loved everything and could move right in…but being the sentimental fool that I am, the baptismal dress your mother made for you is in a class all by itself. What a wonderful space and you were right…you have eye candy!
Thank you everyone!
@ Sandra Sorry you missed it, but there are always other spiceracks to be found!
And @Claudia, yes just as I can't stick with one life in my life, my craft room has a lot of different sides to it as well. I guess it is a reflection of me.
Wat een heerlijke ruimte om te werken en gewoon wat voor je uit te dromen.
Ooohhh Marianne, wat een geweldige art studio is dit geworden. Je hebt al eerder iets laten zien, maar ik heb toch het gevoel dat het nog veel en veel mooier en uitgebreider geworden is. Nu zit ik compleet met keelpijn (sh*t) het examenfeest voor te bereiden, dus ik kom hier op mijn gemak nog eens terug, om echt alle foto's (never enough!) nog eens goed te bekijken. Veel plezier vandaag!
Hi Marianne,
you have a beautiful studio. I especially love your desk area with the drawers and the mirror oh and of course all your pretty laces and the mannequins!
So nice to meet you here at the WBC party today!
Happy party wishes from Germany to the Netherlands!
Carola
Wat een super leuke CRAFT ROOM heb jij .
Heb ademloos naar alles zitten kijken .
Heb een fijn weekend , liefs ♥RINI♥
Marianne…have been reading your posts for a while. You have created such a beautiful place to visit. Thank you.
Ohhh wowww Marianne,Wat schitterend,het is echt om van tekwijlen en te smullen.
Ben er helemaal weg van.
Ik hou zoveel van deze stijl,maar helaas kan ik nooit naar beurzen,of markten door mijn ziekte ms.
Al die schitterende spullen,dat oude kant,dat jurkje wat daar hangt,ja alles is echt een droom.
Liefs Riet.xx
Idd zeg….bijna de hemel op aarde…..
In ieder geval een waar paradijsje……oh, volgens mij zou ik er niet meer uitkomen…;)
Zie zoveel moois en inspiratie.
Fijn weekend
I loved your space, the actic is a special place. So unique.
come visit
cindy@stitches
Het ziet ontzettend smaakvol en gezellig uit. je hebt me trouwens op een idee gebracht. Ik heb zo'n ladekistje van Ikea en vorige week vintage look scrappapier bij Action gekocht. Verf heb ik ook nog.
Bedankt voor het het mee laten kijken!
groetjes,
Marianne.
Meid wat een lekker hokkie heb je zeg..
Heerlijk al die mooie spulletjes..leuk met die oude bruine laadjes, maakt het gelijk zo warm en nostalgisch..
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Je zult hier zeker met heel veel plezier werken..lekker hé zo,n eigen plekkie..jouw eigen wereldje.
Fijne zondag,
Marijke
Hi Marianne! I love your studio!!! I also have different stations and love to enjoy different "looks" too. Your dress forms are so beautiful to me ~ really EVERYTHING is beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing so many wonderful photos with us ~ hugs and love, Dawn
Oh my gosh, it is truly eye candy! I would love all of that space! I am your newest follower. I have found the best blogs as I have been visiting studios. I wish you were my neighbor I would love to come and poke thru your treasures. If you get a chance stop over and say hi!
Carol
Hi Marianne,
What a lovely studio you have.I especially like the old wooden file drawers.
It's such a pleasure to be back for the party again this year and visiting all of the wonderful creative souls and their creative space. Thank you for sharing yours with me.
I would love for you to visit with me and stroll through my studio..it's been a labor of love to put together and now after a year in our home putting everything together as it should be I feel like I can "spread my wings" and fly!
Have a wonderful day,
Stephanie ♥
What a lovely place the dream and create! I love how pretty and feminine it all is.
~Liz
Such a wonderful place to be creative. Very, very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Marrianne…I loved visiting your nest! How beautiful and girly =)
Now I am off to see how you made Marie-Louise =)))
diane
xoxox
What a heavenly creative space. So, shabby and everything in it's place. So, enjoyed my visit with you. Enjoy the rest of the party.
hugz,
Zandra
Every bit of that studio is sheer perfection. Wow, how beautiful!! And so pulled together.
Oh yeah…totally following your blog! My kinda fun creative place! So great to meet you Marianne!
Hugs!
Your creative space is dreamy. Love every niche especially your Honor Corner. Such a beautiful tour, thank you.
Thank you Marianne for sharing this all with us! Sooo beautiful studio you have! You gave me many good ideas to organize my space. Yet, it will never be as lovely as yours. But I can try. Nowadays my working place looks out like a dumping area! I'm ashamed. Must clean it up immediately….
Marianne,
This is SUCH a great workspace.
I could work in here, it's not cluttered and I feel I could find stuff!!
LOVE all your bits, lace, music all lovely.
This is all so wonderful!
Beautiful light and airy colors, inspiration at every corner.
Love your little dress all 'framed' up like it is.
and cubby holes, one of my fave thins!!
thanks for sharing
blessings
barbara jean
OMG…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wat een paradijsje, een snoepwinkeltje, gewoon helemaal te gek!!! Nu blijf ik helemaal dromen van m'n eigen studiootje. Helaas zijn de plannen veranderd (er is een bootje gekomen voor de kids, en tja helaas kunnen we het geld maar 1x uitgeven! Maar ik vind het zo geweldig voor ze!), dus dit jaar zal het zeker niet gaan lukken, maar ik blijf hoop houden! Owww… wat heb ik zitten genieten van je kamer zeg…. volgens mij zit ik met een verheerlijkte glimlach nu dit stukje te schrijven!
Lieve groetjes Elly
Marianne, your room is magnificent! I want to come and play there, it is so inspiring and beautiful!!! I think if I had that beautiful attic room in my home, you'd never get me out of there 🙂
What a wonderful creative space!
I adore your storage solutions. You have inspired me to work on my own crafting paradise.
Beautiful! I feel totally dysfunctional and inferior right now. I need to get going on organizing now.
Love your space … especially using the curtains to conceal bookshelves to hide (I'm presuming!) clutter.
I've seen those little IKEA drawer cabinet thingys at a few places now. Any recollection as to what line they are? IKEA doesn't make things easy to find….
What a really adorable space! I love all your fabulous decorating designs and ideas.
Best wishes,
Chris
Marianne,
Are you a Hollander? Dutch? I must go back and read your profile! My Grandmother was Dutch and I have WONDERFUL cousins there!! She, my "OMA" was my all time favorite person and a GREAT knitter!
Your studio is SO lovely! I just love everything about it!! Thank you so much for sharing!
If you have time, stop by my little blog and say hello!!!
Wonderful Post and images!
Hugs,
Shell
Oh Marianne,
I HAD to post again for a minute! You make me MISS Holland and my family from there!
My Cousin, Fonger Krannenburg has a wine shoppe in Amsterdam, which is lovely!
I'd love to keep in touch, because I'd like to come back and visit soon! My "Oma" always said, "Holland was so small,,,,you could skate across it!!" So Beautiful!!!
Shell
You honestly have one of the prettiest spaces I've seen. Gorgeous!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Anne
A lovely space with the softest colors and cleverest storage idea. I love the library cabinet and the fact that it is all tucked away under the attic eaves. How magical.
I love it…envious – but love it.
Truly beautiful, just like all your projects! I smiled when I saw the memories of your dad on that one girlyless area. 🙂 That wooden file cabinet is amazing! Leave it to me to drool over something non girly. Figures.
Donna
Who would have thought that an attic could be so full of light and beauty?!?! Love the different zones – that really does work well here too! Love how you've done that and each space has it's own purrsonality!!! Thanks so much for the tour – loved your creative space!
Purrs!
Romeo and "her"
oooh, i love it here songbird…its so pretty, lovely so artistic and creative…sigh…everything i love to visit and see..and so i can visit forever and always…i am going to link to your blog…blessings Eden
Your space is truly inspiring and beautiful! I love all of the treasures everywhere….so dreamy!
Hi there
First time to your blog and I love it! Very beautiful pictures and very sereen! Such a nice visit.
xoxo
Diane
Loved the tour in your studio Marianne. Everything is so pretty and organised and inspiring too. I´m SO in love with all the lace in your vignettes.
xo Tina
Your room is just beautiful. I like both your mannequins and am amazed that you made one! Your photos are also lovely and show your room off so well – it is easy to see just how pretty it really is with all the treasures you have!
Wow attics sure aren't what they used to be..at least not this one…really a delightful place to create surrounded by memories and other treasure…TFS!
Your studio is stunning! thank you so much for showing us where you create. I love all of the pretty details and you can just tell that it is filled with love and warmth!
Cerri
very lovely room-great storage, love those mannequins will have to see how you made one~thanks for sharing. (nice views on your walk too)
Marianne my heart is going pitter patter! I love your room! (Especially the white vintage area and your writing area) Everything is just so beautiful!
I am very impressed by the mannequin you made yourself too! Thank you so much for sharing it all with us!
xo,
Karen
My Desert Cottage
Divinely dreamy! What a wonderful little attic getaway studio! I love every little nook, corner , and cranny. Beautifully inspiring, thank you for sharing your creative haven.
I love your room. It's funny that I am 'The little white attic' an my room is anything but white….and now I've found the actual little white attic. The ephemera here and there is beautiful, and your dress forms as well. Thanks for sharing.
Hi!
I LOVE your place!!! The vintage feel is amazing and you have so many treasures in your place. I LOVE your dress forms. I have a collection of more than 15 but I DON'T THINK that is enough. My husband call me the "dress form hoarder"
best regards,
Wanda
Such a wonderful space. Love the vintage touches and the re-purposed storage pieces.
You do have a girly haven! So many gorgeous things it's hard to look away & you have it all displayed so prettily.
I must say I'm jealous of that amazing natural light!
I don't know what to say, this is amazing! You are one lucky crafy girl 🙂
Great idea, using vintage aprons for sewing machine covers. I was planning on making some form fitting cover but didn't want to put so much time and effort into it. I'd rather be quilting. Now I will use your idea and cover my machines with aprons. Thanks.
So shabby chic! love it
I'm in love with this room, it's gorgeous! Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Your mannequin is darling! I'm working on one of my own & it's just about finished. However, I have no clue on making the stand. I've tried cardboard on top (neck) & tried to screw the stand in place, but the cardboard doesn't give much support. How did you get your mannequin stable on the stand?
Just found your blog and love your craft room. So many fun ideas. I like the wooden card catalog sitting up ontop the dresser. What types of things do you keep in those drawers. I only ask becuase are the side realy low when the drawer is pulled open? I've often thought of purchasing such an item so i am just curious. thank you for sharing!
Beautiful!
Gorgeous!
Your room is beautiful and really reflects you and your interests. I will view this inspirational room blog again and again to remind myself that my room can be both utilitarian and beautiful.
Carolleegail
Delightful! You've got me thinking of re-claiming a storage area upstairs to do a smaller version of this!
I have never seen something as lovely and personal as this space. I am awestruck; you are insanely talented.
What an amazing space! I'm in the process of creating my craft/work space and am looking for inspiration. I'm hosting an link up party in which I'll feature any ideas I use. I hope you'll post this!
jen
beautiful space. I love all the little areas for everything. I also love to see all the great ideas other people have for storage. Thank you for sharing your pretty space.
Your craftroom is amazing as is everything you do. I keep coming back to this post. Love it.
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