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Small Space Organization: Scrap Space Nook

January 3, 2008 Sarah Coggins

The “nook” is my nickname for the bit of “leftover” space between the closet and window in our scrapping/computer room (see bottom right corner of the floor plan). The house was new construction and owned by the builder before we bought it. While walking through, both Trent & I had the same thought when we saw this funny little space – it would be the perfect spot for the litter box and be a great spot for built-in shelving.

The first part was easy. The shelving, however, we didn’t get around to until February 2005 – almost 2 years after we bought the house. The project took very little supplies. Some wood shelves and 1x4s from Lowes plus white glossy paint. Cutting and fitting the shelves was a bit more challenging because we quickly discovered how unsquare the walls were! The end result was worth the effort. Now we have a great spot to store some memorabilia, photo albums, and books. Although, I confess I do occasionally eye it for additional scrapbook supply storage.

For decoration on the small wall between the nook and the closet, I selected 3 of my favorite postcards I’ve received and framed them in simple clip frames. The frames are 5×7 and I backed each postcard with black cardstock to help unify the images.

** For details on how to build the shelving, see my “how to” post here. **

11 Comments

  • jp January 3, 2008 at 2:47 am
    Very efficient use of space! Awesome shelving. Love the spot for the litterbox, too! Can't forget that! ;-)
  • Jen Sue Wild January 3, 2008 at 6:34 am
    Great use of space.
  • Kathleen Summers January 3, 2008 at 3:15 pm
    Perfect use of that space! I love it! I also love the cool sketch you created of the room.

    How cool that the two of you worked together on that.

    Happy New Year!

    XOXOXO
  • Linda January 3, 2008 at 3:15 pm
    The shelves look great!
  • jill January 3, 2008 at 3:55 pm
    great space and the post card touch is perfect!
  • Colleen January 3, 2008 at 4:12 pm
    You've done an amazing job with the space you have and good for you for putting up the pictures/postcards too!
  • toners January 3, 2008 at 4:16 pm
    Great job! You have used every bit of space available to you. I also like the framed postcards :) Have a great day!
  • kimkt January 4, 2008 at 3:57 am
    Love what you've done with this space, Sarah!
  • A Buns Life January 4, 2008 at 2:06 am
    Hey thanks for stopping by! I love it when there is a comment by someone new!! How awesome to have a whole area dedicated to scrapping. It looks great.
  • Cheri January 5, 2008 at 2:53 am
    What a great space! It all looks so pretty, too:) You will likely never see me tout my space on my blog. Unfinished basements do not attractive spaces make, lol.
  • Ter January 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm
    I love the space. I wish I had some nooks in my house! the only spaces like that are entrances to the rooms, which is kinda weird. lol.
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