My shabby chic new studio

 Hello Friends! Well, we finally finished my studio and I looooooove it! For those of you who don't know, my awesome family allowed me to claim our rarely used formal living room. It's a nice big open space with windows, on our main floor........I know what you're thinking,,,main floor? She can't possibly keep that presentable looking! Lol....I was a little nervous about this too. After all, it is an open floor plan and I am NOT the tidiest of people. (I think creative people rarely are) Anyway, my solution was cabinets, cabinets and more cabinets!  I'll try to walk you through what we did and where certain things came from, please feel free to ask questions etc. Thanks!
 
You can see a video tour here.....but consider yourself warned....you may get motion sickness watching it! http://youtu.be/1KLz89-v45Y

 The cabinets on the back wall are actually 4 of the home depot unfinished utility cabinets. I painted them and my hubby put trim across the bottom to make them look like one cabinet. Then we added the oiled brass pulls. I loove these, there's a ton of space in them!

 ...comfy chair and blanket so my peeps can come hang out with me.

 The buffet and china cabinet were originally in this room and I just couldn't part with them...plus, they are great storage.

 My wonderful husband built this island for me with 4 ~ 24 inch stock base cabinets and bead board. I got the beautiful Quartz top on craigslist for $250!!!! It would have cost me well over $1500 to purchase at Home Depot.

 My buffet and TV....I'll be selling my mini's that are on top if anyone is interested. There are individual videos of all of them on my Youtube. You can invoice me an offer if you like.

 This antique dresser is my shipping center. My scale, padded envelopes, tape etc...live in the drawers

 .....oops...a little Sassy hiney made it's way into the pictures. That's their little doggie bed they lay on while I work.

 Did I mention I love my island? Sugar bowls hold my pens, markers, tweezers etc.

 View of my studio from the dining room (Spike is smiling pretty for the camera)

 China cabinet with my vintage laces, buttons and seam binding. I have all these goodies stored in vintage crystal and glass punch bowls and serving bowls.

 My die cut center!

 Accucut dies

 Grande Mark and Sizzix Pro

 12 x 12 papers and misc

 More accucut dies

 Distress Inks, reinkers and sponges

 More 12 x 12 papers and dies

 Punches and bling

 Paints, brushes, and other embellies, tap runners etc

 Prima flowers. the clear jars are from Uline...love them!

 Rectangle containers are from Target

 Itty Bitty Prima flowers

 Stampin up scraps

 Card stock scraps

 Chipboard scraps

 ribbon

 More sizzix dies

 More misc embellies (Cabinets above the die cut center)

 8.5 x 11 paper stored above the Grand Mark die cutter

 Spectrum Noirs and tattered Angels. i don't use these that often so they live in the hardest cabinet for me to get too.

 Inside the china cabinet

 Vintage jewelry

 Lace and buttons

 More vintage lace and buttons

 Twill tape

 Vintage lace and seam binding

 Sizzix dies in island drawer

 2~ 12 x 12 drawer stacks in island cabinet. This holds my metal embellies: clock hands, brads, charms etc

 Stack in other cabinet

 All the things that are stored in the island are things I use on a regular basis.

 Die cut mats

 Misc embellies

 misc tiny embellies (also known as the junk drawer....I can't be bothered with putting away these tiny embellishments...so if i grab too many the extras get thrown in here lol)

 Accucut Grand Mark

  Thanks so much for taking a peek! Warmly, misty