Peg board organization is a great way to clear off your desk and organize your sewing and crafting tools. Outline all your tools so you know exactly where they go.
You know you sew or craft when you own at least a dozen cutting tools! Scattered about my studio were scissors, snips, pinking shears, rotary cutters — I seriously needed a way to organize it all.
For a long time, I’d wanted to create a peg board so I could have all of my supplies off my desk and easily accessible — and perhaps it would keep me from losing my precious pair of yellow appliqué scissors that I am constantly misplacing!
I started with a 4′ x 2′ peg board. It was primed white, but I don’t love industrial white so I put a coat of a whisper-light green called Feathered Fern.
I wanted to make sure the peg board stayed organized, so I used colored Sharpies to outline each tool! I started by outlining each tool in pencil — I wanted to make sure I had a template before I went all permanent marker on this thing!
Then it was outline time! Remember back when Sharpies were just red, black, and blue? There are now so many more colors than I realized!
You need that teal Sharpie in your life. Trust me.
Having such a large selection of colors to choose from made it easy to outline each tool in the right color.
And now I know exactly where everything goes, and what might be missing under a pile of fabric!
The pegboard hooks came with a mounting system, but the walls of my studio are 1940s lath and plaster — they are a nightmare to screw/nail into (it is so hard it will literally bend nails!). So instead of mounting it to the wall, Ryan and I screwed a 3/4″ piece of wood to the back on each side to help support the board when I leaned it against the wall.
Now that it’s finished, I absolutely love it. My desk is cleaner and I spend less time searching for my tools. Every craft or sewing room needs one!
Comments & Reviews
MISSISSIPPI MRS says
This is darling!
Cori George says
Thank you!
Lisa at Mabey She Made It says
I love this! So functional and cute.
Cori George says
Thank you Lisa!
Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says
So clever! I love the outlines :)
Cori George says
They are so helpful!
Dee @CupcakesandCrowbars says
I LOVE how you did the colored outlines! This is so cute! I’d love if you added this to our Awesome Things Tuesday linkup!
Cori George says
Done and done, Dee!
Cori George says
Thanks so much! :)
jillene@inkhappi says
I am a little obsessed with that blinking photo! Very cool project Cori. Love it!
Cori George says
I made it and I was like, “too much?” NOT TOO MUCH!! ALL THE BLINKING!
Heidi @ Happiness is Homemade says
I love me some color coding (especially with Sharpies!), and this pegboard totally rocks my socks!
Tracey @Let's Go Junking says
Love the color coding to match the scissors. I wish I had a blank wall now to put up the pegboard!
Jenny says
I am going to have to try this! I would love for you to share a post on my Meet Up Monday Blog Party!
http://jennymaire.blogspot.com/
Albion says
Best thing ever!! I need one for my craft room and one for my kitchen!
Lorna says
Are those special pegboard jars? How are they attached?
elle says
Good idea… My father did the very same (less colors though) for keping his tools tidy; I remember it from when I was a child and went and join him while his was working in his “workshop” as he liked to call it – and boy it was one! He allowed me to take the tools from that pegboard and return them into place, and I enjoyed it so much, it was like putting together the pieces of a puzzle -something I kept doing and eventually became quite skilled in it. I was three or so, it was nearly half a century from now… My Daddy left us the very year my youngest daughter was born, twelve years and five days ago. I miss him. Funny huh how a simple image can bring up so much memories.. Thank you anyway, even if it was not intended so. And sorry if I polluted this post with my souvenirs.. Good day/night to all…from Belgium.
Cori George says
This was such a sweet comment! My dad, too had a pegboard and a wonderfully organized garage.
PS: my husband and I ended our honeymoon in Belgium! We both loved it, and decided of all the places we went on our 26-day trip, Bruges was one of the top two places we’d want to live :)
Gina says
If you don’t mind me asking, how much did the pegboard project cost- minus your scissors and things of course. ;-)
Cori George says
Under $50 for the board, hooks, paint, and Sharpies :)
Patty Virginia says
Such a great idea having the scissors outlined on the pegboard. No more guessing where they go or where they disappeared.
My brother made one for me in the garage to store all the hammers, screw drivers, etc and I love it. Thanks for tip.
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