Well, our home has just been listed for sale ... and so that we could show it as a four bedroom house, I've had to move my sewing room (and it's contents!!!!) out and into our wooden railway carriage! What a job it was - and still is to get it sorted so that I can at least do SOME sewing ;) Here's a quick pic of what it's looking like now - hope to give you all an update when it's all 'sewing' decorated! Not fazed by the fact it may be for just a little time - I love to be surrounded by inspiration!

Snug as a bug and very cozy!

Good luck! You can do it! The "Before" room was beautiful! I can only imagine how you hated to give it up. Will your new place have a sewing room? I notice in all the craft room pictures that are posted here have old sewing machines. I wonder if most quilters collect old machines.

I have been there! We sold our house about a year ago so had to move all my sewing stuff too..It is a job!
But count your blessings! The wooden railway carriage looks great! We are renting a much smaller house now and I have no sewing room..Just a table in a bedroom...would love a wooden railway carriage to use as a sewing room!!!

That's great!
You can 'open up' the new room and make it look bigger by putting into storage the 'extras' that you won't be working on. Make it really cute and inviting (not really your work room now).
Separate things and label the boxes well so if you do need something you can find it easily.

I've heard it said that when you put YOUR house up for sale you should no longer consider it YOUR house but a house you want to SELL!

I think that room will be the 'bonus room' of the sale! What crafter (male or female) wouldn't want Their Own Room!
Good luck on the sale.

I'd have a problem, since my sewing "room" encompasses both upstairs bedrooms, and the attached garage downstairs!

Glad you are able to "relocate" your sewing area for a while! Looks like you are ready to get down to business! Best to you!

It looks a little bit small, but what a cool place :-D

Hope you didn't hide the DREAM sign keep it handy and dream of your next house and sewing rooms

Very nice. I like both spaces. Good luck with selling your house.

I would like to see a picture of the outside of the carriage.

Neat idea for a sewing room.

Looks a little more crowded but still a nice place to work.

You lucky girl! At least you had another place to put your treasures!!! We sold our home in Sept. and all my stuff had to be in storage until Dec. 6. I went from a full basement quilt studio to a 12 x 12 spare bedroom! Utilizing space vertically as well as horizontally and I still have boxes stuffed in closets and garage! I really miss my basement, but I will survive! Good luck with the sale of your home - hope the Aussie flooding has not affected you. I saw it on TV last night.

Is the new room on wheels? That way, my husband could pull me AND MY SEWING ROOM along on road trips!!

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!??

;-) ;-)

Oh my and I thought I was bad. I have one bedroom upstairs completely for crafting and I just took over another bedroom for my new found quilting obsession!!!!

Your carriage is going to being adorable and cozy, you're off to a great start.

at least you didn't have to give it up completely!

Sew cute.

You are lucky to have the railway carriage to use for a sewing room. Looks great.

very nice

I love it :D:D:D

well, thanks for all your comments! Still haven't finished moving things in - so no sewing done yet :( Next week will be a busy one - so should have it finished by week's end. Got a few things to go up on the walls and intend packing a lot away so that I have about 12 months of 'therapy' out before we move to our new property down in Maleny - Hinterland of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland - have 'dreamed' about living there for over 20 years and now it's no longer a dream but a reality!! We've got another carriage there but DD has plans on it being her 'personal space' - her bedroom actually - she's 16 and really looking forward to having such a 'cool' place to hang out in :) Here's a pic of the carriage outside ... and no it has not got the 'wheels' so no towing behind a van!! Our new one has wheels!! so - will post a pic of that one too ...

We'll have a bit of 'renovating' to do to our new carriage - just the outside though - inside is lovely already ... my new sewing area will be a studio close by to our new home - a one bedroom cottage - so you can see why DD has her own space! - lots going into storage in the sheds for some time - we now live in a 4 bedroom plus office home! New home to build or large extensions are the plans for the future ... and with that comes the opportunity to design my own sewing room after all these years of 'peeking' into others :-D Will be so worth the wait ... here's a peak of the view from our deck ...

New sewing room is part of a studio - will share with DH - he'll use a bit for an office. Looking forward to setting it all up - got quite a bit of room. I do have two beloved Featherweights! ... and use them occasionally ... finished my son's quilt's binding just last week with one of them - I have a walking foot for it too! Cost me only $5! :-D

Got lots labeled and sorted already - am a bit of an organiser
:-D and yes I do think it's a bonus room for the new buyers-to-be! - and our agent (a quilting friend of mine :D ) thinks the same! The other end has a lovely silky oak bedroom suite ready for our guests.

Wow, glad your dream will be a reality.

Lovely!