How to Make a Craft Closet

Hang a shoe organizer on both sides of the closet door to hold small objects such as scissors and rulers. Use the exterior organizer to store supplies that are used often. If the door slides open, hang only one organizer on the outside of the front-most door.

Stack plastic storage bins on the floor of the closet to hold fabric. Use folder labels or stickers to label each pin. Use smaller, shoebox-size bins to keep craft tools together with their accessories and instructions.

Use a magazine rack or vertical plate holder to store paper and cardboard on the right and left interior walls. Secure wire metal baskets to the walls of the closet to hold paint and brushes.

Remove the closet rod by lifting the rod up and out of the grooves, which are on the side walls. Replace the closet rod with a 1/4-inch dowel. Thread ribbon and lace spools onto the dowel and hang it in the closet rod's grooves for easy access. Additional ribbon dowels can be capped with finials and stood upright in the closet.

Use glass canning jars to hold small items such as buttons and beads. Country Living magazine recommends securing the cap of the jars to the underside of the closet shelf with glue or a screw so that the jar can be accessed by screwing it off of the fixed lid, and screwing it back on. This makes use of unused airspace.

Hang a cork board or dry-erase board from the closet door knob to keep notes about your ongoing projects.