Vertical Organization with Peg Board

I decide a few months ago that I want to redecorate my entire house. One project I wanted to tackle was my desk/work space. Since I have this issue about wanting to see all my stuff, a opposed to putting it in drawers or cabinets, I decided to try to use pegboard.

Since I couldn't fit an entire sheet of pegboard in my car I asked my dad to pick up a sheet the next time he went the lumber yard. It was a good thing I asked him, since he had a few sheets in the barn. There was a little water damage on the edges, so I couldn't use a full sheet as I intended. So my dad cut one of the sheets down to 3' x 6'.


The pegboard has been sitting in my house for months now, but finally the weather was warm enough that I could take my project outside to work. I had purchased 3 - 8' x 1" x 3" s to frame the pegboard as well as spray paint.

My first step was to cut the 1 by 3 to length. I cut a piece for the top and sides, but left off the bottom, since it will be behind the desk.

Next, I primed and painted the pegboard and trim. While it was warm enough to work out side, it was rather windy, so spray painting was a challenge. I ended up with a lot of drip marks.

After letting the paint dry for a while I brought everything inside and attached the trim.

My finished pegboard is now standing behind the couch. Eventually I will re-arrange my furniture and switch out my desk, but for now I can play around with different peg configurations.
I'm really please with how it came out. I like the 3' x 6' size. I love the colors. If I did this project again I would wait a little longer for the paint to dry before assembly, other than that there's not much I would change!

Adventures in Cross-Stich

I finished something today, and I feel accomplished. Several years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to cross-stitch. I bought myself a Counted Cross-Stitch kit, and dove in. I finished the cross-stitch a while ago (years, I'm sure, but I don't know how many.) I never got around to the finishing touches; the framing. The project got lost in the shuffle, but a few months ago I was cleaning out my shed and found a giant box of crafting STUFF; supplies, patterns, and a mostly finished cross-stitch.

Yesterday I went on the hunt for a suitable frame for my creation. This morning, my hard work finally has a home:




I wanted to include the information on the kit itself, so I want on a fruitless search on the interweb... until I remembered that despite the fact the my house looks like someone broke in and ransacked the place I am actually a rather well organized individual. Since this project started pre-blogging I went to the bookshelf, pulled out my project book, and found the information I was looking for:


I have the instructions, too. Sometimes it's nice to be reminded that I do have basic organizational skills.