pocoellie

Congratulations. Although, I'd have trouble downsizing in acreage. LOL

jmoore

Wow, what a wonderful amount of space you will have...we look forward to seeing how it comes together once you get settled in.

Tothill

Cathy, this sounds like a wonderful set up for you and your husband.

I hope your commute is much shorter too. 84 miles each way is a long drive, especially in winter when it is dark both ways.

Macybaby

I'm going from an 84 mile commute to 1 mile. I plan on walking to work on nicer days. I was planning on being in the office Mon- Wed this week, but we've got a winter storm heading our way for Tuesday afternoon.

I've been thinking about items I'd want to get, and one of them is a steam iron (the professional kind). And a big design wall. My current area has slopped ceilings so my design wall has to be put up and taken down, so a lot of time I use my bed for layout.

I did some LA quilting yesterday, and I kept thinking how nice it's going to be to not have to go outside when I want to quilt.

Stitchnripper

Looks really wonderful!!

AprilM

Yep, we’re on track to get your “used weather” in Iowa just in time for Thanksgiving!

susanders

Congratulations on this wonderful news! Can't wait to hear updates as you move along.

Macybaby

This weekend I'm going to pick out 25 sewing machine cabinets I want to keep, and then start working on rehoming the rest. I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit them all in but it will force me to make some choices. I want to dedicate a nice section of the vaulted wall for a design wall, so I have to leave that part open.

For the LA room, I want to put the machine so I'm facing the doorway when using it, so that means I can put shelves for my sewing machine collection along the vaulted wall, and should have room for 9 shelf units and can put 6-7 machine on each shelf - so that will hold 50-60 machines. I have them displayed on shelves like that already so I know it works. I'll have plenty of room on the working side of the LA for cabinets and storage for my LA supplies. And there will be a nice place on the door end of the room for a thread cabinet that I can swing open. DH will be making that - if I can design it for him, he can build it. We've both got lots of experience designing and building cabinets, and have all the tools. Will give DH something to do in his big heated shop this winter!

retiredteacher09

Macybaby: Congratulations on your upcoming moving adventure! I look forward to seeing pictures.

Macybaby

Today my stash is doing dual duty - I'm using it to pack up my china. Then I'll pack up my statues and other breakables. I'm pretty sure I'll run out of breakable stuff to pack before I run out of stash. I can get lots of boxes from work, they get a lot of printed supplies and have stacks of boxes. they are not real big, but that is good since DH and I will be moving most of it and this way they aren't that heavy.