I decided recently to change up my Ikea Raskog cart that I've been using in my craft room. It came in a rather plain but pretty vanilla color, but my craft room is white with touches of lime green, so I decided to pimp my cart and make it match my room!
It wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be, and unless you're the anal-retentive DIYer like I am, simply put it together and paint it already assembled. The way I did it, it took five coats of paint (three cans) to get the finish I desired.
Are you ready, here we go!
First, I disassembled the cart. Next, I placed all of the parts on a large piece of cardboard to protect the concrete (outside of course, the fumes and overspray from spray paint are awful).
Using four light coats, I sprayed each piece, each side, allowing each coat to completely dry. The key is LIGHT coats. Heavy coats end up running and dripping and looking kind of ucky.
I actually used a box to paint each of the three shelves, because they fit perfectly inside it and kept the overspray to a minimum.
Finally, I assembled the entire thing and gave it one more good coat. After that was dry, I added washi tape to the top of each basket to give it a look that complimented my craft room. The result was stunning, if I do say so myself.
I added an Ikea Bygel cup to the right to store adhesive taperunners, and I added an Ordning utensil caddy to the left with zip ties to hold taller things like my heavy duty scissors and rulers. Each shelf is a separate 'zone' so to speak and will be explained here:
The top of the cart holds my 4x6 and 6x6 paper. I use these quite frequently to mat photos, use for journal boxes, or too use for small punches or die cuts. In the front in the green Dollar Tree bins are some Project Life materials. I don't follow Project Life per se, but I love their small cards for journaling. When I see them on sale or clearance, I grab a few packs. They're great for journaling! (Note the washi tape around the top shelf -- matches my room perfectly).
The second level holds my boxes of punches, Becky Higgins sketches for inspiration when I'm stuck trying to decide how to lay out a scrapbook page, and a Dollar Tree bin of Wink of Stella markers. These markers are wonderful! They not only are markers, but they have glitter built into them, so your journaling or coloring gleams with glitter!
The bottom shelf holds my Texture Boutique embossing machine, and two Totally-Tiffany embossing folder clear plastic containers. I LOVE these clear organizers! They make it so easy to see my embossing folders (I store them alphabetically by my description not the name. I'd never find them by name because quite honestly, some of the names by the manufacturers are very strange lol).
So there's my cart! I pimped it out, I love it, and it works great in my craft room. I roll it where I need it then put it back. It holds everything I use every day in scrapbooking.
Until next time, happy crafting!
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