My oldest daughter moved out in June (sad), but that opened up her room for a sewing room (happy!) It was already painted a cheery yellow, which has turned out to be a great color for quilting. I have three main stations in the room:
My sewing area is housed in a computer armoire with a flip-down table. I took it over for crafts long ago! It is along the back wall and below is the view from the door. This room opens into the living room, so I can leave it open if I don't want to be isolated or close it if I'm working on a secret project!
Along the front wall is my cutting and main storage area. I lucked into a 10-runner
Elfa drawer system for $10 at Goodwill and bought another for $60 on CraigsList. We bought a
table top from Home Depot, attached it with extra-sticky Velcro, and now I have a tall cutting table that suits my rather tall body! It has loads of storage underneath.
The third main area is my design wall-comfy chair. My poor husband had been living with the design walls propped up against my closet for the past year and the armoire taking up a large corner of the bedroom, so he was as happy as I was to get them out of the way. I scored the Ikea chair on CraigsList for $25. The cover easily comes off the cushions and it washed and dried fine. You can see the clothes rack that holds my waiting-for-quilting tops to the left of the chair.
There are a few more details that I enjoy. First an extra bookshelf that has my pressing needs on top and additional storage for pre-cuts, notions, and books.
I also have my great-great-grandmother's sewing machine! It sits (for now) on a flip down desk but I hope to find a treadle table for it to fit into since the original was was not saved. I also have several family quilts--I come from a long line of quilters on both sides of my family. More about that on some future post!
Final photo: my happy spot. The view from my sewing machine when everything is set up and ready to go!
