momto5

How long and how wide is it? I love it!

Billie G

My thoughts are, why go clear to the ceiling with the storage? Personally I am not that tall, and getting a ladder, step stool, chair (horrors!!) and drag it to where I want to look that high, seems rather time wasting. To me. Maybe I am missing a thought or two/ten. I have thought of using the top of cupboards-storage shelves etc, as display area.

Care to enlighten me??
Thanx

Billie G

quiltorelse

I like your layout, where do you plan to put your iron/ironing board? I would suggest an outlet in the floor below or the ceiling above your long arm so you don't have to worry stepping over the cords. I can't tell if you have these included, but love my design wall and my pegboard

petthefabric

Congratulations! Looks like you've done a lot of thinking and plannings. You've got a great start.

First I'd hang batting above doors to get them out of the working space. I've found that fabric on shelving is most accessable with 12" deep shelves. You have 96 sq ft for 24 linear ft of fabric storage. If you put the 24 linear ft shelving and movable design walls in front, you'd have double function for that space.

My arm length and range of comfortable motion is about 24", so that 8' sq table space I couldn't reach the center.
I'd make it into 2 stations, one for cutting and one for pressing.

When I'm having friends to sew and even when alone, I like to look at the design wall and what else is in the room. I especially don't want friends behind me. I love natural light but a large window allows light too bright for me to look at, so I don't want work stations facing a window, but rather the widow to the side of me. Also, sometimes I want the sewing machine station 4 ft deep so what I'm working on can rest on it

I like some things moveable so it can adapt to my needs at the time. I like storage drawers under all surfaces, my joints don't do well for getting down low to see whats in the back of cabinets.

Id put the longarm parrallel with the wall on the left and bookshelves along the wall. It only needs about 2' clearance between it and the shelves. That uses 7 ft and you've still got 17 ft to put a large cutting/work station behind it

Dolphyngyrl

I agree with having a nice ironing station as that is the only thing I see lacking

Dina

It looks great to me. You might want to make double sure that you have outlets everywhere you might want them. My sister had some built into the floor...not sure if you need to but she teaches workshops sometimes in her studio and several machines need to be plugged in at tables that she sets up.

I am jealous, but it looks wonderful!! Enjoy, and I hope it happens soon.

Dina

mighty

It looks wonderful!!!!!!!

VIKINGQUEEN

WOW! So much space. I'm having my studio done next weeek & I too also came up with my own design. But I hired a designer for advice only. We sat & talked about how the space would be used & how much surface space I wanted/needed, ironing, cutting, & quilting space I would need. Once we got that over with. She covered everything else. Someone mentioned lighting placement & fans. There's nothing more annoying than not having enuf light or having a fan blow away a pattern off of the table time & again. My designer solved all that for me & even thought of things that I hadn't, like accessible outlets, filing cabinets for paperwork, computer cables for that TV that keeps us company when we choose to live in our space, & storage, storage, storage. pace or storage for the smallest item to the largest. And of course leaving a little room for future purchases without having to remodel or make room. A good designer will more than work with you to make sure that you're happy with the finished product & will even fit in & make what you already have look like it was all part of the "new" plan. And...short or tall, (I'm short), but my designer suggested taking the cabinets for storage all the way up to the ceiling. As your skills, fabric stash, & supplies grow, you will be in need of more storage so why not prepare for it now. I use my highest areas for storing batting or hardly used items & "pretties". If storage is needed, then pretties come down, no problem. I hope this helps.

judi wess

Wonderfu and congrats. I would love to see a small space for a comfy chair, small end table and lamp. there is usually some hand work on my quilts, ie whipstitching the binding in place.

citruscountyquilter

Two things that are a must for me would be someplace to press (good iron and board, oversized would be great) and a design wall, which I don't see in your plans. Also lighting placement is important so you're not standing in your light when you work.