organizing an empty room into a cake room!

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Permalink Reply by Linda Anderson on May 31, 2011 at 9:15am

I have an extra room that I made into my "cake" room. I have shelves on the wall with books and what not. I have alot of character pans and have them hanging on my walls for easy access with directions inside each one.I have all my other cake pans on shelves.  I have a big table with cake dummies on it and then another table with deorating supplies and then a desk for any decorating I need to do. I love my space for just my cake stuff. It makes it nice if I want to go make flowers or just go "play".I know you will enjoy it.

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Permalink Reply by rochelle walters on May 31, 2011 at 8:37pm

Great stuff!! 

Thanks Linda!  I want a cake place like that!

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Permalink Reply by Dawn Becker on May 31, 2011 at 10:46pm

Ooooh - that will be so great for you.  You will also feel a great weight taken off your back that you may not have even known was there.  You have a place for caking that doesn't take up the whole house.  How wonderful!!

 

I like islands in the middle of the work room.  Doesn't have to be large, but makes it great for working around things.  Lots of drawers and cabinets.  Even if it is a workroom - I still like things behind closed cabinet doors and not on open shelves.  Lots and lots of lighting. 

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Permalink Reply by rochelle walters on June 1, 2011 at 8:39am

Thanks Dawn, great advice!

 

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Permalink Reply by Janet M. Hall on June 1, 2011 at 11:10am

My oldest daughter married in January and I have turned her bedroom into a cake work room.  I went to Costco and got the chrome storage shelves and lined the walls with them all the way around.  I then placed an old dining room table and made it a work table with a couple of chairs right in the middle.  The shelves are filled with my pans, supplies, racks for drying gum paste flowers, etc.  Attached are two pictures showing part of my new work room. I use the closet to store larger things that I don't need often.  I love sitting down at the table and having all my supplies right at hand when I am working on gum paste and fondant small work like flowers, figures, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Dawn Becker on June 1, 2011 at 3:01pm

Janet - looks really fun! Isn't it nice having everything right there?

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Permalink Reply by rochelle walters on June 1, 2011 at 7:36pm

Great ideas!

Thanks so much!!

Now, first thing first...how to get my married daughter to come get all her stuff from that room so I can really have it!

 

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on June 2, 2011 at 11:55pm

Oh Rochelle... good luck with getting things cleaned out!  Our youngest has been gone for 8 years and all 4 of our chilren still have their things stored here! 

 

This is so great for you! Sounds like so much fun!   I have all my cake stuff in one of our spare bedrooms but it is also a guest room so not much room in there to work.  I have to haul it back and forth... what a pain that is! 

 

I love all the ideas that you are getting!  Good Luck can't wait to see the finished product!

 

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Permalink Reply by rochelle walters on June 3, 2011 at 9:34am

Yes Jeri, I am so looking forward to getting started!

My garage and extra room and basement are all places my grown children have found to leave things!

IT IS TIME!

I should take before and after photos of my basement, just not sure if I want anyone to see the basement as it is now:)

Thanks to EVERYONE for such fun ideas!

I do have to say that I am thrilled that I told a friend what I am doing and I will be doing her daughters wedding cake this summer.  She is going to do a trade with me, cake for 2, possibly, 3 incredible work benches!  They have electrical outlets down the sides, iron tops, and they are beautiful!  So big I am hoping to be able to get them down the stairs!!

I am thrilled!  Pictures will be coming on those~

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on June 15, 2011 at 1:24am

Cant wait to see!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tonia Thompson on June 15, 2011 at 8:01pm

i am so jealous! that rooms is so cool
Janet M. Hall said:

My oldest daughter married in January and I have turned her bedroom into a cake work room.  I went to Costco and got the chrome storage shelves and lined the walls with them all the way around.  I then placed an old dining room table and made it a work table with a couple of chairs right in the middle.  The shelves are filled with my pans, supplies, racks for drying gum paste flowers, etc.  Attached are two pictures showing part of my new work room. I use the closet to store larger things that I don't need often.  I love sitting down at the table and having all my supplies right at hand when I am working on gum paste and fondant small work like flowers, figures, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Allyson Mobley on June 17, 2011 at 9:15pm

I am so jealous .

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