Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Planning for the future: my sewing room

You may have noticed, I haven't mentioned our house build in awhile. It took awhile to get up and running.  Then it took awhile to get walls. And so on. For every one thing done to the house, it then sits empty for another 2 weeks. I haven't talked about it much because I don't want to scream.

However, this week as I was trying to do some work at the kitchen table (read: fold out table from Costco) I started thinking about how I wanted to set up my sewing room when I get it going.

It's a complicated room as it has the task of fulfilling many roles: spare room, sewing room, and my workspace for writing. It will be the room that can sing, dance, AND act. It's not a huge room. Just a normal size. So I've been planning where I will put all my furniture.

This normally means I would map it all out on a piece of grid paper and then cut out tiny grid paper furniture and move them all around. (I used to get mocked for this, but then those same mockers asked me to do it for their rooms. So ha!) However, this time, I found an app for that.

The Urban Barn room planner. It's my dream come true.  (No, they aren't sponsoring me, but I do heart them.) Now, I do kind of miss my little pieces of paper and the hands on approach, but I think The Guy is happy he doesn't have a miniature couch stuck to his foot this time.

See Monty sleeping on the bed? Totally accurate.

Here is the room layout as far as I have figured out. The wall and door aren't quite right and the two swingy doors leads into the closet. Everything is already in our storage and waiting to be placed.

Except the desk.

The desk needs to be versatile as well. A desk for writing, research, and sewing. One that is clutter free but has lots of space for when I need clutter. Something streamlined and clean, but with storage options for a tidy look.

Of course I headed to Pinterest and set up a Sewing Room board for inspiration. My first bit of vision came from Ordinary Mom's office. It's clean and sleek and pretty. (Though, she says it's only like that for the pictures, but I think that's just so I will still like her.)

via Ordinary Mom

I also looked at a desk made at the base of a bunch of interworking shelving. I like that idea too.

via (Thanks Wynn Anne!)

In all reality, I have at least 6 months before I get to this stage. That means writing while hanging out on my sofa using a TV tray as a work station. Until then, I will plan and redecorate in my head so I don't lose my mind!

12 comments:

  1. Including Monty was a nice touch. I hope something happens on your house soon but not likely now until 2014?

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    1. Likely not. I would be happy for weatherproofed roof before Christmas.

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  2. Thank you for the Urban Barn planner!!! I absolutely do the same thing with grid paper and cutouts. Right now I'm (still) trying to figure out furniture placement for our long, narrow living room. This planner will definitely help!

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    1. I love that you do it too! Yay for online tools!

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  3. And here's the link for the picture whose source you couldn't find. It's from the Container Store: http://www.containerstore.com/shop/office/elfa?productId=10018500&N=72390

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  4. Good luck with planning. Have you considered a murphy bed i.e. the bed that folds up into the wall? It gives you a lot more room. We have one upstairs and are thinking of putting in another in the downstairs bedroom.

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    1. I've always wanted a murphy bed! That might be later on in the process. I love the idea

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  5. haha! My office is totally a mess right now. I will send you pictures for proof. ;) My Christmas present to myself is to clean that sh*t right up!! So thanks for the motivation. Can't wait to see the real room come together.

    As for the paper room/furniture. I TOTALLY used to do that in high school. I changed my room around so often (many time AFTER my parents went to bed) and I hated moving everything around so that the last piece didn't fit. I too, was made fun of, and I too, had those mockers ask for their own versions.

    kindred. :)

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    1. Janet, I am so glad to hear that it's a mess. That makes me happy. We are kindred! I love it.

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    2. Here you go. Proof. ;) Taken today. LOL! This is my current to do list. I am printing labels and organizing for the new year!

      http://instagram.com/p/ibhl3ZnTeI/

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    3. I love it! Thank you for sharing!!

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