My sewing room isn't messy ... it is creatively cluttered to inspire me.
Actually, if it were perfectly neat I don't think I could work in that area.
It is a hangover from having been married to a more than a freak of a neatnik. I also finally was able to paint color on walls and to decorate to my taste once I had my own life. My home is what my family and friends call inviting. They are comfortable and don't feel like they are in a museum where no one actually lives.
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