I don't think real people use the rooms on pinterest. But the do look good.

Mine's 10'x8' so your's, to me, would be lovely. I have an 8' foot quilt frame on one side and a Horner sewing machine table on the other. There's barely 2' between them but it does work. I have to have separate storage and so it's up in the attic in see through tubs on shelving. Though I might be a tad envious of other sewing rooms, I am glad I have a space of my own, to play in and I enjoy every moment of it when I can drag myself away from this board and all your amazing ideas.

I would love to have a 14x16 ft sewing room. I started out in a one car garage, which had a 12 ft quilting machine plus a LOT of my sewing stuff and our clothes dryer, a clothes rack, a freezer and big shelves for my stuff and it soon became too much for me to work in not only due to the heat and cold, but also my hubby just kept putting his tools and junk in there. I don't even use the quilting machine and would sell it if we could get it out, but the garage door is sealed so that it can't be opened. It was unreal the amount of things in that one little space. I still keep my things in there, but now I sew in a corner of the bedroom. We have a large patio that isn't use, but don't have the money to enclose it. So, your room sounds like a dream to me. Enjoy it.

It would seem small to me; but I have a double car garage for my sewing room (and its behind the 2 car garage already there !LOL). As long as you don't do Long Arming you should be just fine.

I had to laugh when I read this post as I have heard my DH say at least 200 times "oh, you'll have a nice big sewing room" when the remodeling is finished. I don't see it as that big. I don't think I have ever commented on the size of his shop in the basement which is about 3 times as large nor his gardening work shed which is as big as my sewing room, nor his RV building which is humungous since we don't have an RV any more. Sometimes I just want to give him a big smack on the side of the head because it sounds so indulgent of him to do this "for the little woman" and I know (at least I think I know) that he does not mean it that way. But, yes, I agree I think there is a difference in perception.

While I waited 8 months for our house to be built I thought of many drawbacks and suggested we look at other options. DH was worried about losing the down payment, but I ended up spending that to put a sidewalk down the side of the house and a patio in, etc. I still regret buying this house. We paid for many "extras" that I thought would suit our needs.

At the time, during the recession, I could have bought a lot more house for the money. Hubby was thinking this was our dream house and it sure turned out not to be.

So, bottom line, if you don't think it will work the way you want to -- back out and build one that will.

Forgot to add, at the time we built I didn't know I'd be a quilter, I sure would have designed the office/sewing room differently with table height outlets, more storage, etc.

I'm not worried about that at all. We're in this house for almost $40K so far (will pay the balance when it's set next week) and we're happy with it since we pretty much changed a lot of the layout. However, I was just commenting on how it's funny that to dh, it looks big and to me, it looks small. He doesn't realize the sheer amount of junk I have. lol. Iraxy got what I was trying to say.

It's the opposite with his tractors. When I look at them they look gigantic. To him they're just normal size. :D[ATTACH=CONFIG]429520[/ATTACH]

I understand that! Hubby thinks his Snap-On (Huge) toolbox is normal and bought an addition to it at work. He forgot to tell me about that charge, lol!

On the bright side, he thinks I should buy the best stuff, and all the tools I see, (like he does).

Congrats on your new house!!

I am blessed to have a room of my own to sew. I have a bedroom upstairs that I think is 14x14. It probably doesn't matter how big your sewing room is because reguardless of the size you will fill it up. It just costs more to fill a bigger room with your stash and machines.
I totally understand what you are saying. My Dh thinks the same way.