We are buying a quilting room!!!!!
08-05-2013, 05:34 AM
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: About middle Tennessee
Posts: 787
Congratulations!!! I wanted a sewing room, too, but....it didn't work out that way. I had one before and my mess stayed my mess. Ha
I'm not keen on retirement, but......
No - I don't HAVE to get up early in the morning, but I still do. Guess it's the idea that I don't HAVE to.
I do miss the hub bub of work even tho' I complained about it when I was working. What can I say - never satisfied, huh???
Dodee
I'm not keen on retirement, but......
No - I don't HAVE to get up early in the morning, but I still do. Guess it's the idea that I don't HAVE to.
I do miss the hub bub of work even tho' I complained about it when I was working. What can I say - never satisfied, huh???
Dodee
08-05-2013, 08:06 AM
#14
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 414
Originally Posted by cdmmiracles
awesome! good luck! we just finished building and I too am having a quilting room per my husbands suggestion 
, e moved in a few weeks ago. The packing, moving, and selling of the other place has been exhausting.......but will be well worth it when my quilt room is set up. I too was working in the kitchen, living room or wherever I found a space to sew. So happy for you
, e moved in a few weeks ago. The packing, moving, and selling of the other place has been exhausting.......but will be well worth it when my quilt room is set up. I too was working in the kitchen, living room or wherever I found a space to sew. So happy for you
08-05-2013, 08:45 AM
#15
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,340
Congratulations on getting your own space!! It's the joke in my family that my home office/work office/sewing room/embroidery room looks like something from Hoarders. My husband came in the other day to iron a shirt and said he didn't know if he'd get out alive!!! Just a suggestion, sit in your existing space, look around and think about what you've been complaining about with your existing setup. Do you want a bigger ironing board? Do you want a giant table for quilting so the quilt doesn't drag on the floor? Do you need a table that's a different height for cutting fabrics? What type of storage do you need - stash, batting, thread, sewing/quilting supplies? Flooring, do you want the warmth of carpet, or the ease of hardwood? Lighting? Design wall? Display racks? Oh, so fun!!! I'll be watching the boards to see what you decide!
Also, as far as the HOA is concerned: is it a community that has a community pool? If so, you have the advantage of having a pool without the expense/upkeep. (Believe me, I know, my husband complains about our pool all the time!!)
Also, as far as the HOA is concerned: is it a community that has a community pool? If so, you have the advantage of having a pool without the expense/upkeep. (Believe me, I know, my husband complains about our pool all the time!!)
08-05-2013, 02:33 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nevada
Posts: 6,958
Congrats! I have my room. My only wish is a way to seal off the rest of the house. We have an somewhat open concept house and the formal LR/DR (my sewing studio) is open right off the front door and walkway that goes to the back of the house as well as an open wall between my area and the family area, so I can't shut out TV or other distractions.
08-05-2013, 03:38 PM
#19
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The house we lived in when I started quilting had the family room open to the kitchen and dining. I took over the room for my quilting.
A contractor put up a fake wall with door. When we moved the wall came down with no damage at all. The kids weren't happy losing their hang out room but they didn't have a say about it. DH was just glad I didn't want to share his backyard shop. LOL. I"ve never lived anywhere since that I didn't have a dedicated sewing area with door.
A contractor put up a fake wall with door. When we moved the wall came down with no damage at all. The kids weren't happy losing their hang out room but they didn't have a say about it. DH was just glad I didn't want to share his backyard shop. LOL. I"ve never lived anywhere since that I didn't have a dedicated sewing area with door.
08-05-2013, 03:46 PM
#20
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 1,616
I have a lr/dr with only 3 china cabinets and tons of boxes. I can stand the mess just leave me alone so I can sew and quilt.The cabinets will come later after I go thru many more boxes. UGH!!!! Hugs and congrats on YOUR ROOM!!!
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