DIY Crafting Table {Vinyl Work Station}
A couple months ago, I got an itch to start moving furniture. That is always bad news for me, because it ends up snow balling and I end up changing up several rooms in the house. Whenever I do it, I love the outcome, so I end up doing it lots, LOL. The piece of furniture that I wanted to move was the piano that was in my craft room. It was just taking up space and ended up being a catch all kind of thing and no one ever played it. So I decided it was time to move it and so we put it upstairs in our loft, leaving a nice big empty space for me to do something with. I knew that I wanted some kind of crafting table but I also wanted it to have storage because I wanted a place to keep of my vinyl stuff, so it had to be functional. I loved my computer desk that I made with the Kallax shelves from Ikea that I decided that it would be perfect for my vinyl work station. I made it so it would fit my Alex cart from Ikea, because that is where I store all of my vinyl.
Here is what the space looked like before with the piano. So much space, wasted. The crafting table I built is SO MUCH better!!
This is how I made the crafting table.
I started with two Kallax shelves from Ikea. I just followed the instructions to build them.
I then put them together with the Alex storage unit. I made sure that there was about 1-2 inches on either side of the cart so it can easily be moved.
I headed to Home Depot and bought a sheet of 4×8 melamine board.
I had a worker at Home Depot cut it at the store, it’s so much easier for them to cut it there than it is at home. I had him cut it to be 59 inches wide and 31 1/4″ high.
Here is what it looks like on the shelves, a perfect fit!
Using liquid nails, we nailed the board to the shelves. We used quite a bit of the glue on it.
As you can see, we had fun with it :).
We put on the melamine board and then put heavy objects on it to hold it down. We left it over night.
To give it a nice and finished look, we put some white trim around it. These boards are 1/2″ thick and 2 1/2″ wide. We bought 2 8 foot pieces of it. For the corners, we cut them to a 45 degree angle.
Using a nail gun and 1 1/2″ nails, we nailed the trim onto the melamine board (not into the shelves at all).
Using caulk, I filled in the holes and cracks. I like using baby wipes when I caulk, they are great for removing the excess caulk.
I then painted the trim and top a nice, bright white.
And that’s it! My vinyl station is complete! I put my heat press on it, my Silhouette CAMEO and then some vinyl tools that I used when I am creating with vinyl.
All of my vinyl is in that Alex storage unit. To see how I like to store my vinyl, I wrote a whole post about it here.
I love how big the crafting table is, lots of space to work on. I like how it look against my large barn door too!
I choose the Kallax shelves because they are inexpensive and they can hold A TON of stuff. These storage bins are AWESOME, you can get them from IKEA, Walmart, Target or even Amazon. These ones are from Ikea. I like to store all of my vinyl blanks in there, especially shirts. I buy shirts when they go on clearance, I stock up on them and so I always have a shirt on hand.
Here is what the crafting table looks like next to my computer desk. I have a lot of space to create on and I LOVE IT!
I didn’t want to have too much stuff on the top of it because I wanted a nice big surface to work on, but I do have these vinyl tools on there so when I am working I can just grab them and use them to weed or to apply the vinyl.
Make sure to check out the rest of my craft room here.
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