looking for opinions on IKEA furniture for my sewing space
07-19-2013, 10:14 PM
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I also love IKEA, but make sure you can either cut a hole to lower your machine or somehow plan for that. Although the photos pictured above look nice, some of the set ups are really not ergonomically correct, and not good for your back, shoulders, neck and body.
07-21-2013, 01:20 PM
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Hi lots2do, I had stacking cabinets with wood doors from Ikea. (I have no idea what the name/style were called.) I liked them. The wood doors kept dust and sun off of my fabric. I had three (arranged vertically). There was a space in between each of the three cabinets and my rulers fit nicely there. If I had pulled a bunch of fabric out to choose from I had to refold them and stack them nicely or they wouldn't fit back in. That was a good thing - I couldn't leave the fabric all messed up! 
I got rid of the cabinets back around Thanksgiving to make room for our 2 new dogs. I really do miss them and my fabric is now in Rubbermaid bins. It's taking up just as much space and it's so much harder to find the piece of fabric I want. My husband is not that handy, either, and we didn't have too much trouble putting them together. I think you'd probably be happy with them.
I got rid of the cabinets back around Thanksgiving to make room for our 2 new dogs. I really do miss them and my fabric is now in Rubbermaid bins. It's taking up just as much space and it's so much harder to find the piece of fabric I want. My husband is not that handy, either, and we didn't have too much trouble putting them together. I think you'd probably be happy with them.lots2do
07-23-2013, 06:10 PM
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I love my IKEA sewing room!
I agree with the advice to lay the room out on paper before going to the store or ordering (there is a lot of information available on the IKEA web site for dimensions). I was initially concerned about the possibility of vibrations under the sewing machine but that has really not been a problem. However, I have found the ergonomics to be an issue. With the table I chose (the kind where you purchase the legs separately) that the table top was not able to be modified to support the weight of the sewing machine. There are a couple of great tutorials on how to modify a solid table to drop down the sewing machine but this table top would not work (hollow inside). Therefore, I am having a very clever friend of mine build a new solid table top that will allow the sewing machine to be lower and flush with the top of the table. MUCH better for long hours of sewing. Have fun! So many possible configurations!
I agree with the advice to lay the room out on paper before going to the store or ordering (there is a lot of information available on the IKEA web site for dimensions). I was initially concerned about the possibility of vibrations under the sewing machine but that has really not been a problem. However, I have found the ergonomics to be an issue. With the table I chose (the kind where you purchase the legs separately) that the table top was not able to be modified to support the weight of the sewing machine. There are a couple of great tutorials on how to modify a solid table to drop down the sewing machine but this table top would not work (hollow inside). Therefore, I am having a very clever friend of mine build a new solid table top that will allow the sewing machine to be lower and flush with the top of the table. MUCH better for long hours of sewing. Have fun! So many possible configurations!
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08-08-2013, 07:43 PM
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After lots of wavering on what kind of cabinets I wanted, we finally just went to Lowe's because I was not getting anywhere. I was going to just have a whole wall of base cabinets and it never felt just right. So when we went to order 'something' just to get started I saw this hutch type cabinet on display there. I knew instantly that I wanted it and so that's what we went with. It is an upper and lower set of kitchen cabinets, with a set of over the range size in the middle. We had to add a trim piece between each layer. (still not painted in my pic) I went with glass doors so the colors of fabric would show through a bit, but you can use wood doors too.
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