Paint Brush Holder for Craft Room

Storing Paint Brushes in my craft room can be tricky. I’ve tried several different storage solutions for my small craft brushes, but this is the best one yet.

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I’m happy to again join the monthly Thrift Store Challenge group! Each month participants are challenged to:

• Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
• There’s no monthly theme.
• There’s no budget to stick to.

Our Thrift Store Upcycle group of bloggers is looking to expand — and we need your help! Why not consider joining in our thrift store upcycle challenge on the last Thursday of each month? Make some friends while having fun and share your love of DIY with the world. It’s a win-win! Sound like something you’d be interested in? Just leave a comment at the end of this post with your blog name and someone from the group will get back to you right away.

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Angela | Simply Beautiful by Angela – Beverly | Across the Blvd – Lynne | My Family Thyme – Marie | Craft Rocker

Craft Paint Brush Storage Rack

I’ve had this bulletin board in my craft stash for a while. I bought it last year at my local Goodwill. I orginally thought I would paint it and use it as a note board for my craft room, but after thinking about it, I decided I didn’t really that. So, what to with it?

The first step was to paint it. The color splash look doesn’t go with anything in my home. To avoid getting paint on the elastic, I pulled them to the side of the board. Taking them off and reattaching them was an option, but it would have been way too time consuming for me.

I used DecoArt Chalk Paint (affiliate) in a medium gray color called Primitive. This covered the bright colors of the board pretty well after just one coat.

I added a second coat to make sure that the look was smooth. I have to admit that a little bit of gray paint found its way onto the black elastic pieces. The easy fix for that was use a paint brush with very small bristles and black paint to touch up the gray spots. It was still less time consuming that removing them would have been!

I used DecoArt Clear Varnish (affiliate) to protect the paint. I gave it two coats since I’ll be sliding the brushes in and out frequently.

Since there was a lot of blank space at the top, I used my Cricut Air Explore 2 (affiliate) to cut the words Paint Brushes. I used the same font as I used for bins when I was organizing my craft supply storage closet. I measured the space and resized the font to fit it.

Before adding the vinyl words, I checked to make sure that the brushes I wanted to store in this would fit well.

One of the reasons I think this is the best solution I’ve come up with for storing craft paint brushes is because they are easy to access now.

I mounted this on the wall above my craft desk so that I can reach them while sitting and crafting at the desk. I can easily see the assortment of sizes I have and quickly pick the brush I want to use.

Supply List for Repurposed Craft Paint Brush Storage

• Thrift Store Find Bulletin Board with Elastic
• Chalk Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Protective Varnish
• Cricut Air Explore 2
• Vinyl
• Weeding Tools for Vinyl
• Measuring Tape

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Storing Craft Paint Brushes

If you love to upcycle thrift store finds, I think you’ll enjoy these!

Starfish Design Coffee Table Tray
Recipe Holder from a Thrift Store Find
Farmhouse Candle Holders Makeover
Starfish Wall Art
Table Top Clock Makeover
Coastal Welcome Sign Using Cricut
Jewelry Box Makeover

Check out how the other hosts met this month’s challenge!