Spring is here and I made good
on my threat of moving furniture in the sewing room. I did it all by
myself in an afternoon. I will admit to having felt slider feet on
two tables and wheels on another.
I put the sewing table
back-to-back with the cutting table in the center of the room. I can
walk all the way around with easy access to my wall mounted ironing
board, design wall, and storage cabinets. This new island is
directly under the ceiling fan/light for nearly perfect illumination.
An Ott-Lite bulb in the swing arm fixture plus a small Ott-Lite lamp
gives me more brightness at the sewing machine.
My
scrap basket organizer and
two drawer units are tucked under the island, along with the serger,
since I don't use it as often. A simple backless bar stool gives me a
place to perch at the higher level cutting table. My desk and wicker
chair
now face a window beside the closet.
I really like this layout, plus
moving things around provided an opportunity to clean and declutter.
Things that don't belong somehow have a way of migrating into this
room (I blame the cat), but I put them back where they belong. I
have two large bags and a box of purged stuff in the car for donation, and
I tossed some old magazines after cutting out a few dozen pages for
my idea notebooks.
There's more organizing left,
and I thought of several other storage ideas, but the room is more
functional and less messy. It feels like a little retreat again, a
refreshing place to escape, and it only took a day. I highly
recommend moving furniture around and creating a new look for spring.
You
never know what treasures you have,
until you clean your room.
Cleaning
is just putting stuff in less obvious places.
I
can't clean my sewing room
because I get distracted by the cool stuff
I find.
