Ammon’s Art Supply Storage

The last time I was at Ikea was over a year ago when I bought this bar and some buckets to go on it. I had the intention of using them in Emilee’s room, but I used these buckets instead. So Ammon now gets Emilee’s unused hand-me-downs. Of course, the first thing I had to do was spray paint it black.

And the plain buckets had to get a makeover too.

I used my Cricut again to cut words out of vinyl.

I decided on dark brown instead of black vinyl this time.

And chose words Ammon could read (he’s in 1st grade).

Now to hang the bar. First I decided how high above the table it needed to be, then I leveled it and marked the screw holes with a pencil.

This is the cheater version I use, because I have a weird reaction to the sound of electric drills (I’m trying to get over it). Take a screw driver and a hammer and make a hole. Only do this if the screw driver is the same size as the drill bit you needed to use.

Insert the anchors in the holes.

And use an electric screwdriver to insert the screws. One side of the bar is in a stud so I only had to use the anchors on the other side. Now you have bright screws that stand out like a sore thumb on your black bar.

So I took craft paint and a small paintbrush and painted them black. Much better now.

And here’s the buckets on the bar, ready for crafting.

They lean forward, which is perfect for Ammon to be able to reach all the supplies.

No sooner did I get this little crafting area done that he already had about 4 masterpieces ready for display. Looks like I have another project for today with more supplies I bought from Ikea.

FYI: The wallpaper border will be coming down, but not until Zach’s room is finished.