Ideas for Creating a Scrapbook Room
If you are fortunate enough to be able to create a scrapbook room in your home, then you must be a serious scrapbooker and serious about the space you plan to use. Whether you are using a home office, extra bedroom or a converted basement, creating a scrapbook room can be easier than you think. Although it isn’t the same as a home office or other space you might design. Here are some scrapbooking ideas for setting up a scrapbook room.
As an example, when creating a scrapbook room you might need more surface space to work than you would for a typical office. Between large 12×12 pages and many embellishments and page elements you want to have accessible, your desk or table may need to be larger than normal. Many scrapbookers just use an actual table as their workspace in their scrapbook room instead of a desk. An old dining room table or even a nice folding card table can work. Just make sure that it’s sturdy and will fit nicely in your new room.
Storage is of course an issue when creating a scrapbook room. You will have cardstock and embellishments, as well as incomplete albums that you want to have within easy access. Check craft stores for small storage containers that will work perfectly for your embellishments. These small stacked drawers are great for your tiny embellishments that you want to have right at your fingertips. An easy tip for storing your incomplete page layouts or pages not ready to be stored in an album is to attach binder clips to the wall and then clip the pages and papers up until you are ready to use them. When designing your scrapbook room try to work this into your overall scheme. You don’t need extensive carpentry skills to put some hooks on your wall, but you do need to space them correctly so the pages stay neat and clean.
Using wall space to organize your scrapbooking room is important. Wall shelving can hold anything you need to put away, like storage containers. They can serve as storage for finished scrapbook albums as well. Shelves are easy to install, and of course they make good use of otherwise wasted space in your room. Get creative when it comes to storage when creating a scrapbook room and don’t assume everything needs to be on your table. If you do, you’ll have a beautiful and functional room.
