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    Home » Repurposed Furniture » Craft Organizer | Medicine Cabinet

    Craft Organizer | Medicine Cabinet

    Published by Gail | Published August 19, 2014 | Updated April 9, 2019
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    This may be one of my fastest turnarounds. Do you remember the medicine cabinet I showed you last week’s recent finds Yard Sale Leftovers? It took me awhile to figure out that it wanted to be a portable craft organizer.

     

    yard-sale-leftover-medicine-cabinet

     

    repurposed-medicine-cabinetI got right to work on the craft organizer by  removing the light bar and the (shelf) divider pieces. The light bar just unscrewed, the divider pieces resisted a little as I used the hammer to bang them out of place. Winking smile

     

    medicine-cabinet-repurposedI spent some time trying to figure out what I wanted to do with it, and what it should be.

     

     

    medicine-cabinet-baseI decided to flip it around and leave the bottom as the bottom. Smile   However, it wouldn’t sit by itself, it sort of wanted to lean backwards. I used a scrap board to fill in the negative space so the cabinet will now “stand on it’s own two feet”. I used my Kreg Jig® K4  to make pocket holes to keep the board in place.

     

    A good craft organizer needs a pegboard

    dry-fit-pegboardYou can see this will make a perfect craft organizer. I hunted down a piece of pegboard in the basement, and luckily it was large enough—practically perfect. I just had to trim it a little on one side on the table saw.

     

    Pegboard needs a spacer to allow pegs to hang

    board-corkboardYou can see in this picture that I added some scrap pieces of plywood (with Gorilla Wood Glue and staples) to secure the pegboard and allow room between the pegboard and the backing for pegs. Near the top, I added a 1x (ripped and cut to size) where the light bar had been.

     

    Add cork board for notes

    adding-contact-paper-cork-boardI cut a piece of Contact brand cork board to apply to the 1x board (where the light bar was). Next, I adhered the peel and stick cork to the board.

     

    trim-cork-box-cutterThen, I used a box cutter to trim the cork to the edge of the board.

     

     

    pocket-hole-attaching-boardI drilled pocket holes on each end of the board to secure it on the empty spot of the light bar.

     

     

    strip-cork-boardThis is how the cork board looks now in the original place of the light bar.

    Paint the former medicine cabinet craft organizer

    painting-repurposed-medicine-cabinetI used some Scotch Blue painter’s tape to protect the wood finish of the craft organizer cabinet. I mixed up some white DIY Chalky Paint. Because of the slick nature of this hardboard, I did have to do a light sanding to get the chalky paint to adhere. The bottom of the picture represents the bottom of the cabinet.

     Pegboard craft organizer

    repurposed-medicine-cabinet-portable-craft-stationI forgot to take a picture of the craft organizer cabinet finished. I was so excited to stage it! This piece can rest on a craft table, or be hung on the wall.

     

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    I love how it turned out and wish I had a place to utilize it. How do you corral all of your craft items?

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    1. Pam Z

      December 01, 2014 at 1:33 pm

      AWESOME!!!! Being a paper crafter, I am in LOVE with this!!! I don't have but like 2 1/2 walls [using the breezeway between the house and garage .. live in hubbies' 1842 one room school house converted into a house [who the hell thought of this?! LOL ugh...my pants are BIGGER than this house!! LOL] .. have a huge window we put in in the front and dbl windows that were there in the back [need to change that to a WALL !! Hell hubby? Did you hear me?! LOL] so, I have 1 WHOLE wall..with a cubby some one built [great idea !! Ugh!] and no other wall space...but guess WHO is going to be looking for junk,er, stuff to alter like this next summer!! Waahoo!! Thanks girl !!... Your new fan....Pam Z !!

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    2. Jen S

      September 04, 2014 at 7:06 am

      That is awesome! Great job! I'm pinning this one.

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    3. Patti Boose

      August 26, 2014 at 9:45 am

      What a wonderful transformation! Wish it was hanging in my sewing room.

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    4. barb macaskill

      August 19, 2014 at 8:59 pm

      This has moved to the top of my favorites!! LOVELOVELOVE it! Such an incredible transformation!!

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    5. Julie @ follow your heart woodworking

      August 19, 2014 at 6:46 pm

      How ingenious of you, amazing! Who would have thought of doing that? And I have the same unwanted medicine cabinet.

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    6. Holly

      August 19, 2014 at 1:47 pm

      Looks great Gail!

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    7. Kate

      August 19, 2014 at 1:18 pm

      You are so clever! Are you going to put some kind of lip on the bottom to keep the paints from tumbling out?

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    8. Jill S.

      August 19, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      Another home run for Gail! It's super as a craft station but it could also make a dynamite "command center" in a kitchen or office. With all the cool containers and bins you can get for pegboards, you could have quite a complete mini office to keep a family or home business organized. Gail, you are a home project magician :o)

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    9. Kimberly crooms

      August 19, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      I wish I could vision items like you can. I can make just about anything but have to gain inspiration from others like you. I use spice racks for paint bottles. I use a kitchen utensil lazy susan for scissors and paintbrushes and such.

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    10. Mindi

      August 19, 2014 at 11:45 am

      Fabulous! I could use this! And I didn't know there was contact cork board, super cool! Love it, and pinned!

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    11. Pat

      August 19, 2014 at 10:54 am

      Ok! Now that ... IS A GREAT IDEA! I love that cork strip!!!! and peg board. I'm just now working on getting my 'crap-ft' together... I'm going to have to steal this cute idea... 2 thumbs up and a google+ for you!

      Patricia

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    12. Mary

      August 19, 2014 at 10:49 am

      Great organizational tool!! I so like it!! Makes me think I can do it! Chuckle, Chuckle. (in a good way)

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    13. the cape on the corner

      August 19, 2014 at 10:47 am

      great idea!
      b

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    14. Bliss

      August 19, 2014 at 9:15 am

      No way, no how I saw that upcycle coming! Your mind works in mysterious ways.

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    15. girlfromwva

      August 19, 2014 at 9:15 am

      that looks really good; what a great way to repurpose a medicine cabinet! most of my craft supplies are in decorative shoe boxes...

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    16. Terri

      August 19, 2014 at 8:17 am

      This is genius...I would love to have this in my craft room!

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    17. Nancy

      August 19, 2014 at 7:19 am

      I love this cabinet, it would be very handy to have in the sewing room.

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