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Connie Babbert, Stampin Up! Demonstrator

New Studio Reveal!

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Finally!  My room is done…well, except for a few decorations!  I had my first Reveal Class in here on Monday night!  It seats 12 people comfortably.  I've got some pictures for you and will try to explain what I use each cabinet for.  I have a LOT of empty cabinets yet…which is a GOOD thing!  I've moved a couple things around, but for the most part, it is working out as I planned. 

 

EDIT:  I've tried to respond to those that have asked.  The cabinets are Shiloh Beaded Inset Doors with Medium Maple and a Mocha Glaze and are a wonderful quality!  Love the soft close drawers.  Terry King from Heartland Home Cabinetry in Sunbury, Ohio was the cabinet designer who spent HOURS and HOURS with me to create and design my dream studio and orchestrated the installation of everything.  His wife is a quilter, so he "got" that I needed lots and lots of drawers for organizing all my stamping stuff.  And thanks to Patti Willey, a fellow stamper and cabinet designer, who helped point me in the right direction with the initial layout concept of the room.

 

This is the view from the entrance into my room from the family room area.  The first table will only be in place when I have larger groups like Monday night…otherwise I'll take it down and have open space.

 

This is a photo of my main working area.  It is a U shaped area in the back left corner.  The desk area is huge and I have two stools in place on the front side to take orders or to have a friend over to stamp.  The back wall holds my raised cutter station.  The countertops are Corian…love them and I have a couple under-counter lights.  I went with a pre-fab wood floor…I think it will be easy to dust and clean!  I painted the walls a shade darker than Pear Pizzazz.

 

You can see the tall custom built unit on the right with SEVEN narrow drawers!  My ribbon is stored in a couple of the drawers…yes, I have a LOT of ribbon.  My grid paper, circle scissors in one drawer, miscellaneous felt pieces, etc. in the bottom drawer.  Above the drawers, the cabinet holds my second Big Shot machine, Xyron machines and my baskets that I use to hold class supplies.

 

This is one of the drawers pulled out so you can see how I organized my ribbon.  This is the current ribbon drawer.  There are wood dividers to hold them in place…nice and snug!

 

Continuing around the corner from the custom cabinet is my die cutting area.  It is a raised height to make it easier to stand and use the Big Shot.  I also have a stool in the corner I can pull out to use to sit for big prep times.

 

This is the cabinet above the Big Shot filled with all my dies.

 

The pull out drawers below the Big Shot hold my current stamp sets..there are a total of 6 pullout drawers.  I'm waiting to clear out the retiring sets and then will put in dividers to help hold the stamps upright.

 

Continuing along that wall (with my die cutting area) is space for two tables for smaller classes.

 

The entrance wall with the double doors has two pantries…filled with all my retired stamp sets.

 

My goal is to convert the wood mount to clear mount and combine both cabinets of stamp sets into one cabinet.  These are a little messy until I sort out the sets that will retire.

 

On the left wall are my paper racks…they hold 8 1/2 x 11, Designer Paper and 12×12.  I have bins at the top to hold miscellaneous things like my SU fabric, chipboard, etc.  I just put the Create decor elements on the wall across the top of the racks.

 

A closeup of my desk area and the glass front cabinet above.  Right now I just have some apothecary jars filled with buttons on display.  Will probably put some of my finished items up there to display.

 

One of the file drawers organizes my scraps.  I adhered the sides of the file folders together so the scraps don't fall out, then labeled them and added a Round Tab in the color of the cardstock.

 

A different view of the space from the center of the room.

 

 Below my raised cutting station on the back wall, the top drawers hold my punches.  The pullouts below hold all the brads and buttons…I used the same wood dividers as the ribbon drawers  to hold them in place here, too.

 

So…tell me what you think!!!!  Was it worth the FOUR months wait to get it all done?  I think so!  My husband says I sabotaged the sump pump so it stopped working and flooded the basement so I could get this done.  lol.  Sort of wished I would have thought of it! 

 

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  3. Connie,
    WOW, your room is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LUCKY YOU!  I'm going to sabatoge my sub pump right now…ha ha!  ENJOY!  So jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Wow! Fantastic. You deserve it after 10 years; you should look at it as a celebration for your 10 years as a demonstrator. I can't wait for more fabulous items to come from this creative area!

  5. Absolutely gorgeous!  This would definitely be a dream come true and well worth the wait.  I am so happy for you.  My space is small and messy, but it works for now.  My dreams are still out there.  Thanks for sharing, you have some great organization and set up ideas that I may CASE.  Have fun!!!

  6. Connie:
    What a wonderful area to be creative.  I hope I get to see it in June,  congrats on your trip accomplishment!
    Polly

  7. Love,Love it–we just moved to a new house woud love something like this however–it will be a few years if I do –right now just gonna make a small space….What is the black item on the tables???  Something new??

  8. Connie your new space is beautiful, I love it!  All the organization is fabulous and will definately serve you welll.  Enjoy!!!!

  9. This is absolutely gorgeous, I think it was well worth the wait of 4 months as it's beautiful.  A dream space come true is what I would say and I need to show this to my hubby as I aspire to have a nice studio like that some day (minus the workshop area-but love the desk/cabinet area)  Congratulations on  your new space.

  12. nice pictures.  What a wonderful space and well planned out.  You should have many a happy stampin times here. Everything goes so much quicker and better when things are in their own space and organized and it looks like you have that well taken care of now.  Good Luck and happy stamping.

  14. Just fabulous.  I love your space and it was definately worth the wait.  Would love to have an area such as this.  Enjoy!!

  16. OMG!!! It's wonderful Connie. I love every little detail. You've done a fabulous job of creating this. Have fun!!!

  17. Connie….I know it was a long road to get there, BUT I believe it was well worth the wait. I know you are going to love your room over and over. I can't wait to come and stamp with you!
    Tell Eric..a girl has to do what a girl has to do!!!!! 🙂

    Hugs!

  18. Absolutely worth the wait.  Gorgeous and you have room to grow. Happy stamping!

  19. WOW, Connie! What an awesome room. Congrats to you!!
    If there were a bed and bathroom in it, I would never leave 😉

  21. WOW!!! Words cannot describe your room!  But, I am suggesting you enter it into some of the magazines, because your room rocks!

  22. Oh Connie…I'm sooo jealous!  How wonderful for you.  I love organized things and your room is beautiful to boot.  Have fun crafting!
    Elsie

  23. OMG!!! This is SO beautiful!! I am so very jealous and wanting a space like this, too! WOW! Everything is perfect! Enjoy your new space!

  25. Oh Connie – so happy for you but so jealous!   What a great area. And so well thought out and organized.

  26. Connie, Love your room, looks like a completely different space.  Can't wait to see it in person.  Let's stamp soon!  My room is upstairs, guess I'll have to figure out a way to make the roof leak, to get my room made over.  LOL

  28. OMG!  WOW! Incredible!  I'm going to be organizing my room this weekend (thanks to the help of my sister), but I sure wish I had HALF of the space you've shown!  I hope I can incorporate some of the ideas.  ENJOY!!!

  30. Connie,
    This is an awesome creative place.  My husband would never see me again-unless he came to stamp with me.  hehehe   Thank you so much for sharing your organizing skills.  I'm hoping to eventually have a space of my own (not as gorgeous as this) and am always looking for tips on organizing.  Could you tell me more about your paper storage?  I've never seen one like this before.  Is it custom made?

  31. Wow Connie, it is beautiful!  Nicer than my kitchen even.  You totally deserve it and will no doubt create gorgeous things in your new space.

  32. What a beautiful space!  I'm so happy for you–I would LOVE to stamp in a space like this…how great that there is room for your customers to enjoy it, too!

  33. WOW! WOW! WOW!! Absolutely beautiful Connie! I love the colors!! Enjoy your new room!!

  34. I am wondering how you are  converting your wood stamps to clear.   I really want to do this.

  35. You lucky girl! What a wonderful studio you have. I dream that one day I can come and play with you! ENJOY!!

  36. OH I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO JEALOUS- BUT VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!  
    WHAT AN AMAZING STAMPS SPACE!!!!!  LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!

  37. Connie, very impressive!  You have done a wonderful job!  Who would ever want to leave the room.  Barbara

  38. Connie, Wow what a beautiful stamping area.  I can only dream of such a wonderful stamping studio.  Was this an existing room redone ?

  40. This is the nicest space I have seen.  You have done an amazing job.  I am so jealous!

  44. Connie, I am Gumball Green!  With envy!  Your room is gorgeous, love love love the organization and the raised counters where needed.  Looks very well thought out.  And four months?  That's a blink of an eye!  Enjoy and create your beautiful pieces in your beautiful room.  I'd move in there if it were mine!

  45. Beautiful room – Every Stamper's dream!!  Hmmm, don't have a basement, so the sump pump theory won't work…let's see…what can I put in motion to enable a space such as this?  😉  Enjoy your new studio. I'd say it was well worth the wait!

  47. Sooo beautiful, Connie!  Who did your cabinet work? (inquiring minds want to know!)  Also, what is the sq footage for your space?  My Mom and I are looking for a new house and at least that would give me a good idea what a stamping/class space would require.   Right now I have everything together in a BIG studio, so it is hard to envision the space just for stamping.
    Thanks! (and lucky, lucky YOU!)

  48. this is without a doubt the best stamp room i have EVER seen.  your house must be incredible!  congrats on an awesome set up.  i would say for most people this would be the ideal dream craft room.  awesome.

  49. Wow!  This is a dream room.  It looks like you thought of everything.  Nice job!  It's fun to see different stamping spaces.  🙂

  51. I love it….how and where did you find the cabinets for the stamps under the counter where your big shot is? wish i could do something like that…good luck.

  53. Just AMAZING!!!  I don't know that I would ever leave that room.  🙂

  54. Oh my gosh Connie, it is absolutely gorgeous.  I love it.  Its so nice and clean.  I cant even see my floor.  This inspires me to go home and clean my stamp room.  Thanks for sharing.

  57. Connie!  It is gorgeous!  I know you will enjoy it and your customers will love having their classes there!

  61. Happy for you and envious don't begin to describe my reaction!! You so deserve this — sharing all these great photos can inspire all of us who are in need of a space makeover. Thanks for always sharing your ideas and now your great, awesome new space!!! It's AMAZING!!!

  62. How awesome a room is that!  I have a nice room for my classes but nothing matches which is okay because I know a lot of women have a lot less than I do.  It seems like I'm always moving things around with each release of the new catalog.  Well, it's that time again.  Back to work to purge the old and put the new in.  Thanks for sharing your beautiful room.  Sure was worth the wait.

  63. Wow. This is beautiful and I think one of the best organizer rooms that I have seen.  Congratulations. 
     
    Linda D.

  64. At the risk of being redundant – this room is absolutely beautiful.  I just finished re-organizing my room.  Now there is at least room to walk around.  I will have to sell alot more SU and buy a bigger house, but I am envious.  Thanks for sharing.

  65. Wow, wow, wow, and more wows!!!  As Patty Bennet said, it would be so very easy to live in your new stampin room….fabulous and yes, well worth the 4 month wait.     You have incorporated so many wonderful places to put all of your items…so green with envy!   Congratulations and hope to see more pics as you continue to evolve the space – and to see classes there!  Thank you for sharing with us!

  66. I didn't read the other 65 comments, so I am probably repeating what everybody said:  WOW!!  Every detail has been well thought out!  You did an amazing job, and I am totally jealous — LOL!!  The best thing you did was to make sure there was a sink with running water nearby — next to stamps and inks, it is a must-have!!  Congratulations on a job well-done; and no, 4 months was not too long at all when it ends up like this.

  68. Congratulations Connie. Your creative space is fabulous! Hope you have many hours of enjoyment here.
    Jean ~

  69. That is a beautiful stamping area!!  I am going down to my basement to stuff up our sump pump!!!

  70. Fantastic.  What a dream come true for a crafter?   Enjoy your room and thank you for sharing.  Barbara

  72. GEORGEOUS space Connie!  So neat & tidy, everything has a place…enjoy!

  73. Congratulations Connie, may you have many happy stamping moments in your beautiful space.

  77. Beautiful … well worth the wait. Now you have a beautiful place to make all those beautiful cards you share with us.

  80. Love your "new" room!  Use it in good health and keep up your gorgeous work!  Thanks for sharing.  Nancy B

  81. You have a beautiful new place to inspire and create. I love the organization of the room.
    enjoy your dream room!

  83. SERIOUSLY Gorgeous Conne. I too have a dream studio – but yours just blows me out of the water.  You can tell you put some serious time and energy into planning your room and think you hit this one out of the park.  Can only image how HAPPY you must be with how it turned out.  I would come over and PLAY all the time if I lived in Dublin, Ohio. Congrats on your new room – ENJOY!

  84. What a dream of a space. I would love to have enough space to do that. It'sbeautiful.
    Brenda Cash

  86. I am green with jealousy, that is the most fabulous room I have ever seen.  I will keep your room in mind when I have an opportunity to design one of my own.  thanks so much for sharing.  ENJOY!!! 🙂

  87. OMG…I'm sooooo jealous! I love the clean look of everything and it all goes away when done.  Just marvelous!

  88. WOWZA !! CONGRATS on your NEW stamping room !! Beautiful !! For me, I can only dream that maybe one day, I can have a room just as beautiful as yours ! ENJOY !!!!!!! 

  90. What a beautiful layout! You are so lucky!! I'm very happy for you. And, yes, I think four months was worth this. Enjoy!

  91. Wow what a fantastic craft room!  Who did your designing?  You need to share who did all this fantastic planning for you!  Who ever it was did a wonderful job!
    Enjoy your new room!

  93. Like Pat baker said: This is sooo beautiful, Connie!  Who did your cabinet work? (inquiring minds want to know!)  Also, what is the sq footage for your space? I would like to know the name of the designer and where you got those beautiful cabinets.

  95. Oh my Gosh! I am absolutely GREEN with envy. How wonderful for you! That is one of the most beautiful, gorgeous craft rooms I have ever seen. Congratulations on that beautiful work area! I would also love to know what the sq footage is? This is absolutely amazing and I wish I lived nearby so I could attend classes! How wonderfully coordinated and the wall color is beautiful, the cabinets are a dream and it is sooooo organized! Have a blast in your new room!

  96. WOW is all I can say!!  So worth the wait if you ask me!  I wish I would have thought of your husband's idea when our sump pump malfunctioned.  But that was before I discovered the Stamping World.  Note to self to remember this. 
    Enjoy your room it's well deserved !!!!!! Your cabinets are truly awsome.

  97. Wow, your studio is beautiful!! I would say it was well worth the wait! I don't think I would want to leave!!
    We are in the process of finishing our basement and I will have a studio. You have given me some great ideas!! Thanks for sharing!
    Anne

  99. Oh my gosh, Connie!  Your studio is FABULOUS!  Thanks so much for sharing.

  100. What an awesome work shop!  Thanks for sharing.  Just beautiful!!!!!  Gave me some more ideas for mine. (also due to a flooded basement).

  101. This is the most fantastic work shop I have ever seen. I can tell you put alot of thought and time into this project before starting. Connie, you must LOVE it. 

  102. Just saw the pictures of your gorgeous new stamping studio.  It is absolutely beautiful and so well thought out. I know you will enjoy having classes and sharing it with others.

  103. OMG…I just saw the pictures of your studio and it is absolutely fantastic!!!  Could you tell me what type of paper racks you have?  You have done a fabulous job of planning and organizing and from all that I have seen on your blog….you have worked very hard for it and so deserve it!

  104. Connie….LOVE your new space!  I've been dreaming of a space like this and actually worked many hours with someone to draw up some plans, but haven't put them in to action, yet.  Can you tell me what the size of your room is?  Love the color of the walls, too!  I'm green with envy!

  105. OMG!!! Love it! I live in Gahanna! Would love to see this in person some day!! This puts my little room of handy-me-downs to shame! ENJOY!!

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