Pegboard Craft Room Storage with vintage yardsticks

Redoing my craft room is one of my favorite hobbies in the world.  I must have redone in a million times.  Well, get ready for 1 million and 1, because I am working on a big redo as I type this.  The first thing I have done in my new and improved craft room is put in a

Pegboard for Craft Room Storage

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I am redoing the old craft closet I used several years ago and making it my new and improved crafting area.  Space is at a premium, so I plan to use every bit to it's fullest potential, including the walls.  

I thought I came up with a brilliant idea to use a pegboard.  I even found one in my garage storage that I could reuse.  Yay!  But after a little searching, I found that I am a little late to the craft room pegboard storage idea.  See my Pinterest board with tons of great craft room ideas, including tons of pegboard storage.  I totally get why so many people have used it- Pegboard is a great solution for any craft space

Supplies needed for pegboard storage in craft room

• 1" x 2" 's cut to size of pegboard
• 2' x 4' pegboard
• wood screws
• level
• drill
• pegboard hooks and hardware

The first step is to go to Lowes and find George.  Tell him what you are doing.  He will cut 1 x 2's down to size for you, even though he works in the paint department and they aren't supposed to make detailed cuts on that huge saw.  George cut 1x2's into a perfect rectangle of 2' x 4', the exact size of my pegboard.

How to Hang a Pegboard In your Craft Room

• I screwed the 1x2's onto my wall.  I used a small level, that I keep in my craft room, to make sure the wood was level.  The 1 x 2's act as a spacer so that you can use pegboard hooks.
• On top of the 1x2's, I placed the pegboard and then screwed it into the 1x2's. 
• All along the way, I kept using the level to make sure everything was level. 

After the pegboard was hung, I hot glued vintage rulers all the way around it.  I used a small hacksaw to cut the rulers to fit the board.  Vintage Yardsticks have such great patina, I love using them for various projects like Vintage Yardstick Photo Holder.

I filled the pegboard with hooks and got to work filling it up.  

The long pegboard hooks work perfectly to hold a shelf.

I filled the shelf with all of my small collectibles.  I love Wonder Woman, Little Mermaid and camera stuff.

I used black metal baskets from Target Dollar Spot (similar here) to hold yarn balls.  I used a dowel to hold twine.

I used a small wooden thread rack (similar) to hold all of my thread and bobbins.

The pegboard hooks work great to hold my scissors and rotary cutter.

I like to keep small drying racks for painting projects.  The long pegboard hooks work great to hold them, my paper trimmer and tape.

I used buckets from my stash (purchased at the Target Dollar Spot) to hold pens and markers.  

I am so happy with the pegboard storage in my craft room.  It has kept my most used tools handy and looks pretty good too.  

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