my craft room...before renovation...

so back a few posts ago i was talking about renovating my craft room.  when we first moved in it was our spare bedroom/snoopy room. it held my LARGE snoopy collection and a day bed for when friends stayed over.  in may of 2007 i decided that i no longer needed the large amount of snoopy collectables that i had.  so i sold ALOT of stuff.  i still kept quite a bit and organized it into my curio cabinet.  i then took the daybed out and moved the computer desk in using it more as a computer room.  then for christmas my grandma bought me a sewing machine.  i had been wanting to start sewing/crafting so i decided i'm turning it into a craft room.  so it fit the purpose for a while..but now i'm wanting to really get into it. i want to start sewing more and designing more.  and right now it's just not happening with the small amount of workspace.  so i've been searching flickr and blogs to get ideas on how to set up a workspace that will work for me.  so in this post is my before pictures. these were taken in september 2008...i'm hoping that this month to start working on my craft room. the

things i want to get done in october are : 1. (i'm scared to death of spiders and i want to make this room completely air tight. hehe meaning to spiders can sneak it) caulk every single little crack or hole in the wall. 2. paint the top walls green with a green drybush finish over it. 3. freshen up the bottom half of the wall with fresh white paint. 4. atleast buy the products for my homemade workspace and start laying it out.   i'm super excited about getting this project going... and it's going to be fairly cheap from what i've added up so far.  the wood that i'm using for my workspace is only gonna cost me around $25.  then i have to buy some legs to use to hold it up but i can't imagine that costing too much money.  i really want to get started soon but i have robyn's wedding this saturday and then next week is the annual "covered bridge festival" that i always go to.  so all my extra money is going towards that.  so this project is starting off slow.. but once that's over with i'm hoping to put some of my extra money towards it. if i could just get it painted that will be a huge step.  i'm painting over the wallpaper which i'm not sure about...but underneath that wallpaper is more wallpaper and under that i have no idea.. so i plan on putting primer over the wallpaper and then    painting...   i want to buy some shelves at ikea to put on the wall to hold alot of my fabric and crafting supplies but we don't have an ikea anywhere near me so i'd have to order it online.  i'm not sure on shipping costs but i know i don't have tons of money to pay lots of s + h.  so i'm hoping that a. it's cheap or b. i can find some shelves at local stores that work just as good.  gosh...i wish i could just snap my fingers and i'd have about $250 in cash in front of me to get this thing finished... i love doing the work...i'm so ready to do the work... i just need the money.  i am selling my apple ibook and our entertainment center on ebay.  so i'm hoping that they both sell and i can put that money towards starting on this room.  it needs help!!