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Boy are you a lucky lady..... Love your room its a quilters haven.......
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I love it.
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Thanks for the ideas! I can visualize the pull out storage but not the display wall. I think the pieces of fabric would fall off the ceiling. I know I eyeballed all that flat surface above me too.
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I am a newbie but how about using pink 2 inch insulating styrofoam (most likely spelled wrong ;)) board, sized to be completely covered by your quilt and pin the quilt on it and then hang on sloping ceiling? Yes, I forgot to mention that a system to mount on the ceiling would be necessary-maybe screw foam board to ceiling first and then pin quilt over it and hide the screws? One idea.
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What a beautiful space!!!!!
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OMG what a wonderful room!! How lucky your are. As far as bending stooping, my friend uses a pingpong table set up in her basment, with bed rises under the legs to make it the right height. This seems to work well for laying out a quilt. If she needs it bigger there her husband helps add either ply wood to extend the table or maybe heavy duty cardboar like from appliance boxes to extend the work space, depending on how much larger and how long she will need it up. Congrats again on a great space!!
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Love it. I'm house hunting and every time I see a room like yours I say, "craft room!"
I wouldn't want to cover that window. Hmm. In order to have wall space, I'd create a wall out of thin air. A medium height standing bookcase. A room divider as a design wall. I wouldn't go overboard though. Love that room's openness. |
How about a pulley system with a shower rod/dowel rod between the pulleys for display of a quilt. The lower ends can then be tacked to the wall.
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right out of a magazine! :-D
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WOW!! You are SOOOOO lucky!! To even have a "kitchen" in your area!!! And I thought I was lucky to just recently have gotten the Loft area of our townhome for my studio!!!!
As for a design "wall" why not try the idea I am going to do... Take a large (old fashioned) window shade and replace vinyl with flannel or cover vinyl with flannel....That way you can put up high, like above one of those side windows, and just pull it down when you need to use it, and then "snap" it back up when not in use! I saw idea on internet but they wanted Boo-coo bucks for it!! Going to try making my own! |
I could live in that room! Love it!
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For your designer board go to vanishingdesignboard.com and look at that, You can put it above the window while you design and then just roll it up when finished. I am getting one because I don't like seeing it out all the time.
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What a lovely area!
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Originally Posted by brighmet
Such a great space. I would probably be in alot of trouble with that room. With the kitchen in there I would never have to leave that room!!!! Is there a lock on the door!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My mind instantly sees your window behind the TV as a design wall. Many ways to make that but the cheapest.... get the largest flannel backed tablecloth, with a color u love, sew ribbon in the top corners so u can roll it up and tie it closed when not in use. I have a small tiny space and thats what im making for over my paintings on the wall. I found the tablecloth at the dollar store. I do like the ping pong table idea alot too!! So many great ideas!
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Originally Posted by brighmet
Such a great space. I would probably be in alot of trouble with that room. With the kitchen in there I would never have to leave that room!!!! Is there a lock on the door!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Beautiful room, looks like you could live up there. Good for DH and lucky you, Enjoy!!!
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SWEET SEWING ROOM!
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Some pictures of my some what still new to me Quilt studio. We moved from a mobile home to a new house 1 1/2 years ago and I got the awesome bonus room for a studio. My husband made it a special place for me. Many of the items have their own story. Like one of the sewing boxes is from my mother, an old bible from my grand parents and the couch from a dear friend. They all passed away but their items have a special place up there with me. One of the things I strugle with are lack of display wall and that the storage is all under the roof part behind the little doors. As my body begins to get older I am strugling with laying the quilt out on the floor and bending or crawling into the storage areas. I welcome any creative suggestions.
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Where is the bed? Looks like you could live there 24/7
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Go to www.vanishingdesignwall.com I think they were advertising in the Oct. issue of Am. Patchwork. You pull it down like a projector screen when you need to use it, then it vanishes! A little on the pricey side but it would not take away from your nice room. I would also get some shelving units from say Costco, on rollers, they are about $27 and either put baskets on them to put my material in or stack my nicely folded material on them. You could then roll them out of the way and roll them easily when you needed to get to the back one. They could be "stacked" 2 or 3 deep---you could even make a portable wall with them. You have all sorts of possibilities!!!
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Very Nice.
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Love your studio. Have you thought about a design wall on wheels, similar to a clothing rod on wheels? You could use both sides! I saw this in a magazine and loved the idea of rolling it from the sewing machine to the ironing board,where ever it needed to be! Couldn't be huge but definitely convenient.
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Wonderful room! Have you thought about a rolling design wall, similar to a clothing rack at a dept. store? I saw this in a magazine and loved it. It's portable (goes where ever you need it!) and you can use both sides. It loks like you have room.
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Wonderful room! Have you thought about a rolling design wall, similar to a clothing rack at a dept. store? I saw this in a magazine and loved it. It's portable (goes where ever you need it!) and you can use both sides. It looks like you have room.
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Can I say this again for anyone? :) Sorry about that! Can you tell I'm new?
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Originally Posted by tooMuchFabric
I would kill.
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I think I would put a large old dinning room table under the window. That why I could use the light from outside as well as enjoy the changing of the seasons. Just a thought.
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WOW! Very nice room...
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What a cozy space! I am envious!!
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What a great spot - you never have to leave; it has all the comforts of home. Enjoy your space.
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I am so jealous....I have almost an identical space that is unfinished and it has been my DREAM for years to finish it out like that. Unfortunately, now that property values have dropped so much, I dont have the cash to do it.
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Wow! How nice. If I had a place like that in my house, I'd go in and never come out. I know it's heavenly to have that space for yourself, especially after living in a mobile home. We used to live in a mobile home, and even though I enjoyed living there, I was happy when we moved to a house.
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Could you get something like an old school chalkboard that is portable and make this into your design wall? You may have to rearrage furniture. Some school buildings that have damage to the chalk board may sell it to you at a good price. Ask the School board. It may be easy to make if your DH is handy.
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Some pictures of my some what still new to me Quilt studio. We moved from a mobile home to a new house 1 1/2 years ago and I got the awesome bonus room for a studio. My husband made it a special place for me. Many of the items have their own story. Like one of the sewing boxes is from my mother, an old bible from my grand parents and the couch from a dear friend. They all passed away but their items have a special place up there with me. One of the things I strugle with are lack of display wall and that the storage is all under the roof part behind the little doors. As my body begins to get older I am strugling with laying the quilt out on the floor and bending or crawling into the storage areas. I welcome any creative suggestions.
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That room is so beautifully designed for work and comfort it would be amazing if you are able to be in it alone!
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OMG! I am so jealous. It is beautiful.
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WoW!....It looks like the guest house more than the sewing studio...I love your studio...
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I have a folding table that I put bed risers' under and raise it to cut fabric !! What a back saver ! hope that helps in one area for you too.
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Lovely area. My suggestions for you would be (if it fits) to put the couch against the window under the sloping ceiling, with the other easy chairs facing into that area. The table could then come out to the space opposite your sink and food prep area. Have storage units on wheels - even if they could fit inside the cupboards you speak of, and be wheeled out. Cork floor tiles mounted onto a hinged board could work for display area. I had one that looked like a picture on the wall when I was not using it, and it flipped down to transform into a display board when I needed the design wall. My father made it for me.
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Oh that room looks so cozy.
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