How wonderful! Good luck with the HOA, associations can have some pretty dumb rules and no pool sounds like a real dumb rule. And who cares what your sewing room looks like, when people come in and see what you might think is a mess, they should see art in progress. Most everyone we know comes into our house through the garage and when I get my sewing "room" set up in the hearth room section of our kitchen my "mess" will be the first thing they see and I'll be proud they see my works in progress. I'll just have to keep the fabric and thread down so it doesn't mix with whatever I'm cooking!