Organize your craft paint
I always try to use materials I have around the house, repurposing and re-using, before buying something new. But for this craft paint storage, I needed to buy the towel bars. These bars are the key to setting up this entire storage cabinet without a ton of extra measuring or building. You can get the entire supply list here.
Here's how I made my own craft paint storage
Directions:
- Remove cabinet door from cabinet.
- Measure and cut the wood dowels to the width of your cabinet door.
- Measure placement for the metal towel bars, these will hold the paint in place. Use the awl to create a starter hole for the drill and then screw the wood screws into place. If you plan on painting the door, don't tighten the screws too much.
- Apply wood glue to one side of a dowel. Attach to cabinet just below the towel bar base plate (don't quote me on that term, I'm guessing). Hold in place with a small piece of tape.
- Once glue has dried, nail the dowel in place on either end.
- Remove towel bar and paint cabinet door. Let dry overnight.
- Replace cabinet door.
I think having your paint organized and easily accessible helps to use it better. If you can see what you have when you are deciding on a project, I think you're more apt to choose the best supplies for the job. I wish I had prettier photos to share with you, but 1. my craft space is in my basement and 2. my craft space is a disaster, so we're lucky this area is clean enough to not completely embarrass me. Hope the photos give you enough of an idea to get inspired to get creative and organized! Note: Craft paint courtesy of DecoArt – oh how I love all these colors!
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Awesome!!!
Love this idea and will definitely use it. I have one question though, and please forgive my linear thought process here, but, why aren’t there screws in the top hole of the “towel racks”?
Hi Katie, this is a GREAT observation… I had completely forgotten about leaving out the top screws. There is no reason to leave them out except that the paint isn’t that heavy, I didn’t have more screws and I was excited to put the thing together and get the paint up out of the box they were in. Probably not the most logical answer – can we say it’s a minimalist approach? 😀 Thanks so much for stopping by!
that’s great idea love it
Thank you for sharing your craft room before/ after pics & tips. I want to share my ribbon storage idea. I have a 6′ piece of 1/4 all thread I have put all the spools on the allthread & added washers & nuts to hold I have the ribbon in a corner standing vertically. I feel this vertical space is a freebie & i have added space to my craft room by not having the ribbon taking up valuable space.
P.s. I have around 28 spools of ribbon
I love this idea, thank you so much for sharing! What a great way to store ribbon.
That is a brilliant idea … thanks!!!
Thank YOU!
I really like this idea, and would like to use it for thread storage. Thank you for sharing.
Thread storage, what a brilliant idea! Thank you for the note.
Hi Jen,
Just wondering about hanging those paints on the doors. I know how heavy a bunch of paints are and am wondering about throwing the door out of kilter when hanging a bunch of paints on a door.
Hi Monika, you’re right, the paints are heavy. If you’re going to store as many as I have, you do need to make sure it’s a sturdy door with strong hinges. These doors are solid wood with solid hinges. You could add an extra hinge if needed.
This makes my organizational heart go pitter patter. 😉 Thanks for sharing…love this idea!
Thank you so much! Sometimes I don’t want to use any of the paint on these shelves… I’d rather just look at all the pretty colors.