You can say that again! I think it took us 4 trips, in total. (We did other stuff around the house so it wasn't ALL for me) Fortunately a good friend of mine has a truck and she and her DH were kind enough to let me tag along on an IKEA trip they were already doing; that's when I got all the big stuff.

IKEA should advertize their furniture for crafting & sewing specifically. They have their stuff categorized by room on their website and in their catalog - they really ought to add crafting/sewing rooms. They have SO MUCH stuff that is perfect (or easily adapted) for crafting & sewing.

It's wonderful having so much space, and not having to fight overstuffed plastic drawers to get at my stash.

My first day here and how fun to find this! I am waiting for my poly coat to dry so I can apply the second coat. I too have Ikea shelving but not the ones you have. Since I am in the process of setting up my new sewing room I love seeing yours. Thank you for posting!!

They are BILLY bookshelves, from IKEA. These are the 15-something inch deep ones; they also have standard bookshelf depth (11-something inches, I think). The doors are their cheapest doors, called YDRE - it's translucent corrugated plastic in melamine frames - cheap but they work! I'm going to line the backs of each with turquoise plastic (party tablecloths) to block the light more completely. That's still one of the to-do items.

Congrats on your new sewing room - you'll have to post pictures of yours when it's done too!

Cool beans! Love your space, enjoy!

Really, really great! Thanks for posting the pictures!

Where did you get your sewing machine table? Thanks.

I bought it from here: http://www.sewperfecttables.com/ They make a "J" table specifically to fit my machine (fits Janome 6500/6600) so I don't even need an insert. It's a marvelous table - solid as a rock. I think you could invite all your friends to stand on this table and you'd run out of standing room before you'd budge this thing. Not cheap but it's a serious table - I'd buy it again if mine got lost in a fire. (Although the legs of the table would probably survive even a fire, lol) Yet it's not TOO heavy....DH & I recently carried this one down a flight of stairs and it wasn't bad at all - my cutting table (the wood dining table one) proved to be heavier. It could also be disassembled if you're moving or something.

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Very nice.....gives me ideas if i ever organize my sewing area....soon i hope.....

Donita