I'm excited to share a look into my new sewing room! We moved into a 70s split level home in November and I've been slowly building out a space for crafting. The room is part of the main living area of the house, which makes it really convenient to pop in and out of all day. I believe the previous owners used it as a formal living room. For us, it has become a room that we spend a lot of time in, especially my daughter and I. Either sewing, crafting, coloring or just playing; we are in here all day! I'm sure it will continue to evolve as we settle in, but I wanted to share how we've arranged the space for now!
See tours of my previous sewing room here: 2019 Sewing Room Tour, Big Sewing Room Changes
This room is quite a bit larger than my previous sewing room, so I've been working on adding a few more pieces of furniture. I have been able to find two great pieces for this room from a local thrift store called Centre Peace. Lucky for us, they deliver! And they have a great mission, it's a win-win. My most recent acquisition is this wood dresser! It's holding most of my art and craft supplies: paper, paint, stickers, washi tape, stamps, etc. There is a lot crammed in there!!
My fabric cabinet moved just fine and I got my quilting cotton all organized by color again. To be honest, I'd love to replace this cabinet at some point with something wood. For now though, it's what I've got! I'm really making it a priority to buy furniture that we need secondhand, which just means being patient and always having a list! I am happy to have room for my yellow vintage store display stand again. It was stored in our attic the last few years. Right now it has mostly vintage pillowcases and scraps in it!
Another thrifted piece of furniture for office supplies and pattern shop inventory. I believe this was a dresser originally, but I'm using it as more of a credenza or sideboard. A little feed-n-wax brought this piece back to life and it's been working great at containing my online shop stuff!
My two wooden schoolhouse tables fit perfectly under this big bank of windows. I immediately filled the window sill with plants and set up a cat bed for Dusty. Definitely still need to work on this corner a bit, but it's coming along!
Machine is up and running! I set up my sewing machine in a pretty similar orientation as my last space. I am missing my wall shelves behind it though, it was nice to keep the table space behind it open. We'll see if I do anything to change that in future. I am using this wooden organizer from ikea to store tools and notions for now. It was a relief to get my ruler storage pegboard up! It needs a fresh coat of paint, but I can't decide on the color!
Ironing set up is pretty basic, just my board and an ikea cart to hold my iron and water.
The previous owners left lots of ceiling hooks near the windows, so of course I had to take advantage of that right away! I ended up making all the hangers from thrifted materials or stuff I already had. They're all a bit different. They're made from colanders, plastic pots, baskets, and tins. I've never had space for hanging plants before, so this is fun for me! I used nylon paracord for the hanging part.
We repurposed the table from our office/library in our last home as a coloring table for our daughter! I swapped in adjustable legs and set them to the lowest height. We keep a sheet of paper on it all the time so she can color anytime she wants. It's been great having a dedicated space for her to play in here too.
The expedit shelf survived another move, relatively unscathed! I'm using it in basically the same way as my last space. Storage for notions, patterns, interfacing and my vintage sheet collection.
Last but not least, I hung up my thread shelf! At first I wasn't sure I'd like having it so far from my machine, but honestly it's been fine. I sew with white thread like 95% of the time, so it's really not a big deal. I am just happy to have my thread out of a box! I do have a tutorial for this shelf if you're interested: My DIY Thread Storage Shelf
That's it for now! I know this space will continue to change to fit our needs, but for now we're loving it! I am very lucky to have such a beautiful space. I think I'm most excited about all the empty floor space. I love being able to spread out on the floor and I was missing that in our last home. Plenty of room for basting quilts here! We'll see if that translates into more quilting by me!
Happy Sewing!
