How to Clean and Organize Your Craft Supplies Room

Before you know it your craft room looks like one big mess with stuff everywhere. If you find yourself sorting through piles to find something it is time to organize. The key to organizing craft supplies is having dedicated areas for each kind of craft and handy containers to hold materials. Learn how to clean and organize your craft supplies room.

Donate/Clean

Sort through everything in your craft supplies. Look for tools and materials you do not need or want and set them aside to donate to daycare facilities or organizations for kids. Pull out trash from previous projects such as sewing scraps, leftover shreds of leather and general odds and ends of no value and throw them away. Pick up any items that do not belong in the room and put them away. Remove everything from the shelves and use vacuum attachments for cleaning. Sweep the floor and wipe down smudge marks on the walls.

Organize Materials by Craft

Spend a few minutes to place all tools and materials in separate piles for each kind of craft. For example, if you make leather goods, place all the tools and leather pieces together. Sewing work such as thread, needles and fabric all goes in one area. Gather all the scrapbooking odds and ends and put them in a pile.

Decide if you need additional storage containers or shelving for specific types of crafts. Used tackle boxes, coffee cans, shoe boxes and zip-top bags are all great for organizing small items. Consider purchasing new containers to store fabric, leather, tools, jewelry supplies or silk flowers.

Purchase cheap shelving from home improvement centers. Install assorted sized shelves on the walls in your craft room. Dedicate a separate set of shelves for each craft to keep space organized and easy to find your materials. Space out the distance between shelves to handle tall bulky items as well as making room for stackable plastic containers and small items.

Arrange materials and tools for each craft type on the shelves dedicated for that craft. Place all smaller materials in containers and put stackable goods on the shelves. Use peel and stick labels where appropriate to make finding things easier.

Basic Supplies

Buy a used cart on wheels to hold basic tools and supplies commonly needed for any crafts. This handy cart can hold all the glues, scissors, paper, pens and pencils, cardboard, paper clips and assorted items all in one place. A mobile cart is easily pushed across the room or from one room to another. Regardless of what type of crafts project you are working on, you will know exactly where to find scissors, rulers, calculators, measuring tapes or water spray bottles, which are not unique to any one project, but often used.