Cutting table for sewing room
04-09-2018, 08:42 AM
#31
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Here's a picture, taken just as it was put together and before I painted the door, which came with primer on it. Sorry about all the clutter, but things were piled around from the previous arrangement before I found new homes for them. I put some rubbery shelf liner on top of the Alex units to keep the door from sliding, and that works extremely well and keeps the set up easy to take apart and move at a later date. My sewing room is upstairs, and I figure at some point we may need to move everything downstairs. Right now climbing the stairs a lot is good for me.
04-09-2018, 08:46 AM
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I had this old dresser in the basement that is just the right height for me for cutting. I cleaned it up, then decoupaged the flowers from garden catalogues to the drawer fronts. It was a fun and easy project. Then I made a cover for the top from an old large ironing cover that was ripped. Silver surface on one side and canvas fabric on the other side, the reversible cover has elastic for easy fitting.[ATTACH=CONFIG]592507[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]592508[/ATTACH]
04-09-2018, 08:51 AM
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I also want to point out that assembling the Alex units was something I was able to do without any real difficulty. The box they come in weighs 62 pounds, and DH was at the golf course when I got home with them, impatient to get started. I opened them in the car and carried the pieces upstairs a few at a time. Assembly is always a little more complicated than necessary because they use pictures without any words, but the pictures are very accurate. If the parts were labeled "Top", "Back", "This side up", etc. it would have saved me a lot of time, but they would have to do all that in multiple languages, and that cost would be passed on to us, I suppose. The first one took me an hour and a half, and the second one took only an hour, so there's a learning curve because of having to figure out what's what. Start by counting and organizing all the parts. Put your little things in a bin so they don't get away from you, and try to establish a routine immediately about where you set down your screwdriver so that you don't waste time searching.
04-09-2018, 12:47 PM
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We widened our closet door to put in 2 folding doors. I took the old door (24" wide), placed it on top of 2 halves (one at each end) of a 2-piece bookcase type unit I took apart and it is the perfect size and height for my cutting area. The hole for the doorknob is perfect for running the cords to my lights through to the socket so they are out of the way. My cost? $0
04-09-2018, 01:07 PM
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I have a couple folding tables that churches and municipal facilities use for my machines and a small cutting mat. I also have what used to be our breakfast room table from our old house that was too big for the breakfast room in this house for a large cutting table. I bought bed risers and put under the legs and it makes a nice sturdy cutting table. With both leaves in it, it's really long. I love it!
04-09-2018, 01:52 PM
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Here are some pics of my cutting table. I absolutely LOVE this cutting table that is 4'x6'! It's 2 sets of cubbies from Lowes, a prefinished smooth sheet of 1/2' plywood on top with trimmed edges... keeps pencils and seam rippers from rolling off. The top is L bracketed to the cubbies. I have storage room in between the cubbies also which I love, cuz I can hide lots of stuff in there! 
04-09-2018, 03:03 PM
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My cutting table is two eight cubicle shelves from Target. We put them back to back horizontally. I just laid my cutting mat right on top. The original plan was to put casters on it for more height, but found this height works perfectly for me. Just recently we went back and bought another matching shelf for my ironing board. This one we did put casters on as I wanted to be able to move it out from the wall when pressing tops. Made a pad for it using a piece of plywood, batting and cotton. Now I also have lots of storage.
04-09-2018, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by illinois
Mine came from JoAnn's several years ago. I"m not sure if they even offer it any more but I do like it. There are 2 hinged "leaves" that can be put up for when you need more space but taken down if not needed or to move it from one room to another. .
I wouldn't use one of the white plastic? banquet tables, there is give when you press against it which throws off precision cutting.
when I was away from home for a few years I took my good card table and a set of four plastic bed risers and that worked well too.
all the best in your hunt! let us see what you decide on!
04-09-2018, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DonnaPea
I came across an architectural draftman's table at a thrift store some years ago. The height is adjusted to suit me, it's at a tilt, and the surface is good size for cutting. Couldn't get along without it.
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