A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Functional and Inspiring Craft Room Organization

A well-organized craft room isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about efficiency, creativity, and ease. When your supplies are neatly stored and easy to find, you spend less time searching and more time creating.

However, before you rush out to buy bins, baskets, and labels, the first and most crucial step is measuring your storage spaces. Knowing the exact dimensions of your shelves, drawers, and cabinets will help you choose storage solutions that fit perfectly and maximize every inch of space. Once you have your measurements, follow these simple steps to transform your craft room into an organized haven!

Steps to Organize Your Craft Room

Step 1: Empty Everything. The first step in organizing any space is to start with a clean slate. Remove every single item from your craft room, including all drawers, cabinets, and shelves. If you have craft supplies scattered in other areas of your home, gather them all in one place. This will give you a clear picture of what you have and help you avoid duplicate purchases in the future.

Step 2: Edit Your Supplies. Now that everything is out in the open, it’s time to declutter. Be honest with yourself—do you truly use and enjoy each item? If you haven’t touched certain supplies in months (or even years), consider donating them to a local school, community center, or fellow crafter. Toss anything that is dried out, broken, or no longer useful. The goal is to keep only what sparks creativity and serves a purpose.

Step 3: Sort and Categorize Once you’ve pared down your collection, start grouping like items together. Place all paints in one pile, brushes in another, fabric and sewing materials in a separate category, and so on. This step is essential for visualizing how much storage space each category will require. Additionally, remove unnecessary packaging and extra plastic wrappings to save space and create a cleaner look.

Step 4: Contain and Store. Now that you have categorized everything, it’s time to contain! Use bins, baskets, and storage boxes to keep like items together. For a polished and cohesive look, choose uniform containers that fit your shelves or storage units. Clear bins are great for visibility, while labeled opaque bins work well for hiding clutter.

Step 5: Label Everything. Labels that are clear and easy to read make the returning and cleaning up process so much easier, and your newly organized system has a much better chance of lasting long term.

Pro Tip 1: Sticking to the same style of bins creates a uniform, streamlined look that enhances the overall aesthetic of your craft space.

Pro Tip 2: It might make sense to use bins of various sizes to contain different items, as not every type of craft would do well in big bins. With that said, using the same style bins in different sizes would properly accommodate items in the bin size that works best, while still maintaining a neat, cohesive look, and giving you the beautiful aesthetic you crave.

By following these steps, you’ll create a craft room that is not only functional but also an inspiring place to let your creativity flow. With everything in its designated space, your projects will become easier, and you’ll enjoy the process even more. Happy crafting!

Organize Your Craft Room with These Product Recommendations

OUR Large Box

These bins come in various sizes and can accommodate many craft supplies! It's clear and gives you an easy visual for what's inside, and its stackable feature allows you to maximize vertical space well on shelves.

Nordic Bins

These beautiful Nordic Bins give you a beautiful, neat, clean look and hide the items they hold inside, if you prefer a non-acrylic option.

Multipurpose Bins

Multipurpose Bins work great for anything paper-related! From coloring and scrapbooks to plain white and colored craft papers, these bins do well with vertical storage and are uncovered, giving you the option to easily grab and go without having to deal with taking down a pile of bins to reach what you want, and then having to stack them again. Easy, breezy!

Plastic Storage Bins with Handles

These white bins with handles hide what's inside well and have the added perk of handles, making it easy to carry around when grabbing bins for your craft table.

Zipper Pouches

Zipper pouches work great for kits! It keeps all the pieces together, is leak-proof, and offers the flexibility of storing multiple pouches in any of the bin recommendations mentioned above.

Other Recommendations:

*Gifting often falls into the crafts category, as there's so much fun and creativity involved! From wrapping paper and bows, to cards, tissue paper in pretty much any color or pattern, gift-wrapping is a sport of itself, but can be tricky to store well. There's a lot involved in gift-wrapping that comes in many different shapes and sizes, and frankly, some of it can be quite bulky and tricky to store neatly.

Here is a list of accessories that can help store gift-wrapping supplies neatly, while being easy to reach and enjoy.

*Photo boxes are versatile and great for quite a few things! From 5x7 photos, to card games and even chargers and cords!

By following these steps, you’ll create a craft room that is not only functional but also an inspiring place to let your creativity flow. With everything in its designated space, your projects will become easier, and you’ll enjoy the process even more. Happy crafting!

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Shiffy is the founder of ClearSpace by Shiffy LLC, a Professional Home Organizing Business in South Florida, servicing Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. She loves creating systems out of chaos and is known for her attention to detail, ensuring that each project is customized and streamlined to fit the customer's lifestyle. Her projects are easy to maintain long term, bringing function to any space. She shares her tips and tricks on Instagram @clearspacebyshiffy