HELLO CANADA!
Hope everyone had a fantastic Canada Day and first full week of summer holidays with the kids home from school! I had a great, “short” work week but must say having a holiday on a Tuesday played havoc with my brain. All week I seemed to have lost a day. I missed two appointments thinking they were the “next” day and here I am LATE with WHERE YOU CREATE! …oiy vey! I am sticking with the saying…”better late than never”! Without further delay, let’s take a peek into Monica Longard’s basement retreat. I am thinking this is a great place to sneak into on a hot, summer day!
I first started scrapbooking in 2012. I took over the room we used for our computer/guest room. It was about 108 square feet and had some basic shelving in it and my husband built me a couple more shelves. I quickly outgrew that space so he offered to make me a better space in our basement.
I now have 440 square feet. He built a sub floor for me as our basement was unfinished and had a cement floor that gets very cold in the winter and sometimes water in the spring/summer.
He then transferred the desks and shelves from upstairs to the basement; plus built me quite a bit more shelving and a new work table made from a Pinterest idea.
We took our old basement door and covered it and set it on two sets of bookshelves. This is my main work space and I had to get a drafting chair to work at it!
I also have room for about 4 other tables so I can have had my own mini-crops with friends.
I think my favorite things about my room are the door-table and the shelving my husband built where I can display my projects.
My favorite storage units are the clear drawers on wheels at one end of the room.
As you can see I have practically every type of storage idea you can think of! I kind of like them all!
I am normally down there at least once or twice a week (minimum). I like finding even a few minutes down there as often as I can! If I am working on a bigger project I can be down there every day! My husband also works from home quite regularly so it is a fun way for us to spend time together even when he has to work.
![We want to see where you scrapbook or craft! It is so easy! Snap a few photos of your space and tell us a bit about it. Email your photos (as attachments to a SINGLE email, please) to Kim at kim[at]canadianscrapbooker[dot]ca. Each Friday, Kim will pick a scrap space to highlight on our blog. We are so excited to see where you have been creating!](http://www.canadianscrapbooker.ca/jackie/files/Where-You-Create.png)
We are so excited to see where you have been creating!
Comments
Love your space! Also couldn’t help notice the Duran Duran poster and I believe that is Keanu reeves. I love them both!!
Love your space there… I could craft for hours there too!!
Thanks for the insite into it.. always enjoy seeing how someone organizes or keeps things.. (ideas I hadn’t thought of yet.. lol)
I on the other hand.. will NOT be sending pictures in.. it’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tooooooooooooo disorganized.. YIKES.. to send in a picture of it.. I need a work room the size of a fooooooootballllllllllll field!! LOL!! 😉
What a wonderful space and to be able to invite fellow scrapers over for a scrapfest, lucky you. I have a very small space and am always looking for organizational ideas. Thanks.
Thanks for all the compliments! I love my space and I am so happy I have such a supportive husband who made it for me. And yes Kimberly those are Duran Duran and Keanu Reeves posters on the wall!
Such a beautiful space, love all the storage ideas..
Hi, Monica
I am from Brasil and noticed you have some “Turma da Monica” material… awesome!!!
My kid, Giulia, 7, loves their adventures – and so do I!!!
By the way, you have a great craft space, love the details, the storage ideas.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks Claudia. Yes my brother spent a year working in Brazil so brought me back some of the Monica stuff. He thought I would like it. And thanks on the compliments on my space. Monica