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Good Monday everyone,
I hope you all had a great weekend, we did, but we are exhausted, we ran many errands and we continued to decorate the craft room. Almost everything is done, only accessories and clean up is left. As promised on my previous entry, I would write about how to install, organize a pegboard in your craft room and how to style it. So here is the step-by-step I wrote for you:
step-by-step how to install a pegboard
Choose the size of your peg board by taking the measurements of the wall where you will install it. Don’t forget, when you go to the hardware store, the size or color of the pegboard you want might not be available. Don’t worry, most hardware stores can cut the peg board to size, or if you are more handy and you have the necessary tools available you can do it yourself. As for the color of the pegboards, I’ve only seen them available in two colors; brown and white. Again, nothing to worry about, you can easily spray paint it in your favorite color or a color to match your color scheme with one simple coat of paint.
Do you remember from one my previous posts; I decided to spray paint my peg board in pink? I suggest you start by this step (paint the pegboard) before you install it on your wall, or you can hand paint it after it’s installed.
pink pegboard for craft room
We started by mounting one piece of wood to the wall, this piece was used as a frame to hold the pegboard and to create a distance between the pegboard and the wall, so the hooks would fit. If you search about this step online, they suggest for you to build an entire frame, since we only had two pieces of wood available and no budget for two more (I’m not spending my little money on this!), we only used two.
I have to admit, we couldn’t find a stud on the wall with our “stud finder” and while looking for one, we could only find “electricity”. So, we had to drill the piece on drywall. To make sure it won’t fall off one day, my hubby put many screws:
how to install a pegboard
In the picture below, you see the second piece of wood mounted to the wall. This second piece added enough support for the pegboard. It should’ve been lower but our “stud finder” apparently thought that the entire “electrical” of our house was behind that section of the wall 
So, as to not burn down the house, we mounted it at a shorter distance.
Tips
Before you mount the second piece of wood, make sure they are leveled by using a level and please use a stud finder that detects electricity too, to prevent any serious injuries or start a fire.
how to install a pegboard in a craft room
Then you will need to mount the pegboard to the two pieces of wood using a screw gun and washers ( I used the extra washers I had from an IKEA furniture), make sure it’s leveled before you do so. By the way, I didn’t do this project, I helped my hubby by holding the board. It took us over an hour to do because it was heavy and was not an easy task. Make sure you have an extra hand
how to install a pegboard
As seen in this picture, we started by adding the peg hooks to the board, we have many pieces available from the peg hooks assortment kit we bought last week. You can then start hanging your tools. This will help you keep your pegboard and tools organized.
Hum, hum! Excuse me! Before you start hanging your tools, make sure you know how you would like to place them on your board. Are you like me? Have you seen all these craft rooms with pegboards pictures on Pinterest and dreamt yours could look like them? Have you noticed how beautiful and well organized they look? OK, let’s get real, these well designed pegboards; don’t just happen, you need to organize them. It took me a while to figure out the layout I wanted and worked best in my room.
I started by lying the peg hooks on my desk, this helped me identify the hooks I have and which ones I would need to fit the different tools I want up.
pegboard assortment hooks Home Depot
In this picture below, you can see I drew the pieces of tools I want up on the board, I used a pen to do so because I could erase it when I wanted it to:
installing a pegboard hooks
Have I tortured you enough? 
OK, here are some pictures of how the pegboard looks today! I love it, I love the color and I love the functionality
I believe this is one of the best accessories of the room. I used to keep all these tools all over our house and they ended up in our dining room table. When you close the door behind our entrance, you can directly see our living room and dining table, so you can imagine it was not always a pretty picture to see. Now with a pegboard of this size, there will be no less clutter, everything will be organized, I will be able to access everything I need and nothing will be in my way while I will be working on my projects YAY!!! Let’s see how long this look lasts
Thanks again for stopping by!
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motherhoodisanart says:
Oh boy, does that ever look beautiful! I never knew a peg board could look like such a work of art!!!
now at home mom says:
Thank you very much Melissa you are so sweet thank you!!!
I love how it turned out; pretty and very functional 
Cul de Sac says:
ahah! that’s the question, how long will it last..! that is exactly what I asked myself yesterday after cleaning my entire sewing room (again!) your board is sooo nice looking! well done! You definitely made a good move with the pink paint
now at home mom says:
Oh! Thank you Josee
I know let see how long this clean craft room and pegboard will last 
I will try my best to keep it up ha!ha! 
I will keep you post it! Yeah! the pink was the best way to go; it has a feminine look 
reversecommuter says:
Impressive – and pink too! Love it!
xo reversecommuter
now at home mom says:
Thank you, thank you so much!
I know, love pink here, so girly 
ourlifeinaction says:
So stinkin cute – I WANT ONE! Did I mention that you inspired me to change our guest bedroom into an office. We don’t have guests over enough to warrent their own bedroom….yeah I’m greedy like that.
now at home mom says:
Oh!
I’m glad 
I’m really happy you will do that! 
It’s worth it, you will see; ours was a play room where we kept my boy’s toys and we stopped using it. Oh! I’m so happy for you! please , please tell me you will post about it! I want to see how it looks! 
please! 
ourlifeinaction says:
Definately!
now at home mom says:
YAY!!! Can’t wait to see and read about it
I’m sure it will look great! 
mtetar says:
Great DIY, and this is a very nice way of organizing. Thank you for sharing. Mtetar http://projectsbyMtetar.wordpress.com
now at home mom says:
Thank you very much Mtetar!
yes, it is, I love it, I hope it will stay organized this way for a while 
petit4chocolatier says:
Over the top gorgeous! You do know that you could sell these! I think every one would love a pink one!
now at home mom says:
Judy, you are too sweet!!! Thank you very much!
Oh! yes, I would love too, if there would be pink pegboards at the hardware stores, I would buy them too 
thanks again 
little poppits says:
you are one organised girl! well done. p.s loving the pink! xxxxxxxxxxxxx
now at home mom says:
Alex @ northstory says:
How much do I love that?!! I so need a craft room so I am just going to live vicariously through yours.
now at home mom says:
Ha!ha!
Thank you, I’m so happy you like it! 
You should come by for a virtual visit 
Pillows A-La-Mode says:
LOVE!!!!!!
now at home mom says:
Thank you Katherine
Happy you love it 
Leah says:
This looks awesome – great job! I like the tutorial you gave as well.
now at home mom says:
Oh Thank you Leah!
you are so nice 
I’m glad you like it 
I wrote the tutorial in case someone would like to do it themselves too !
Time With Thea says:
Just to let you know that I pinned this on Pinterest last night on the DIY group board and it has been repinned 67 times since. ~Thea
now at home mom says:
WOW! 67 times! YAY! I’m so happy!!!
YAY! thank you very much Thea!!! thank you for your support, it’s very kind of you to do this, I truly appreciated it. I’ve been trying to pin this pegboard but for an unknown reason I have not been able to upload my own pictures to Pinterest, thank you very much again! 
ourlifeinaction says:
Your blog is wonderful so I just had to nominate you for an award:
http://ourlifeinaction.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/sharing-the-love/
Thank you for doing what you do.
now at home mom says:
Oh! thank you very much!
you are very kind 
I will take a look at it! btw, I will try to leave a comment on your blog but I don’t think you will be able to see it! since yesterday I am not able to leave any comments with wordpress. Thanks again, I will make sure to pass by soon! 
ourlifeinaction says:
I can’t thank you enough for all the comments you leave. I know you are super busy but you comment daily and I appreciate it.
now at home mom says:
Thank you for posting funny comments; love the Friday’s