My New (old) craft table

I used to use a writing desk as my craft table but it just wasn't big enough. I had been searching and searching the Ramsteinyardsales.com website for a old farmers kitchen table. I wanted something that I could sand and repaint to give it my own flair. Well this lady was selling a old kitchen table and it was exactly what i was looking for. It came with 4 ugly chairs and the table for $50! What a deal it was!! Those I will have to recover but I'm not sure how to do that so I'll have to find someone who might know to help me.


Here is what it looked like when I bought it and I had started to strip the paint.


Here is what it looks like after. I painted it black to go with my decor in the room. I really love the way it turned out and I think I've found a new hobby that I'd enjoy doing.

I'm always on the look out for a piece of furniture that I can make my own. It's kind of hard here in Germany though because on the economy the thrift stores aren't so cheap once the Euro is coverted into dollars.

Thanks for taking a peek at my room!

My Craft space

I've been wanting to share for a while now pics of my little crafting space but it was never clean enough to take a pic and also I had the hardest time figuring out how to put text under each picture. Meli from The Glitter Goddess blog helped me figure out how to do that so here I am ready to post about my room. My choice of room color's is black and white. I will not be painting my walls because we are only stationed here for 3 years and I just don't feel up to painting it back when we are done. If I wanted to I'd probably paint it a sage green color to set off the black and white.


I purchased the letters from Hobby Lobby before leaving the states. I covered them using some black and white paper I bought online. It sits above the entrance to my living room.


This little corner of my room is part of my storage. I bought the black bars at Ikea to hold my punches. The 4 drawer chest I bought at Hobby Lobby each one holds different things. The 3 hanging cloth shelf on the wall I purchased at Ikea as well and it holds my nestabilities, cuttlebug items, my mini sewing machine and too much stuff to list!


Here is my Longaberger shelf which holds some of my embellishments. I don't have much storage space in the room so a lot of my other embellishments including all my stamps are in the hallway only a few feet away from my craft room. The hallway has built in shelves.


This is the wonderful window that was built by the German owners years and years ago. I love it because of the light it lets into the room.


Here is my double door windows that lets in a TON of light. I love these doors. They both open so when it's beautiful outside I am able to open them wide open and let in all the fresh air.