Not The Perfect Sewing Room

 Anyone who has read my blog for more than a couple of months, knows my battle of the sewing room. I started out in this house with "The Perfect Sewing Room"....I choose not to dwell on that, because I only had it for 3 months. Mind you, I felt more than blessed to give the room up....it made "The Perfect Sewing Room", but it was also the perfect "little girl's room", and so it was. From that day on, I searched and searched for a space in this house that "fit". From "The Perfect Sewing Room", I went to the "spare bedroom"....sure I shared the space with a double bed, and dresser, but it was functional. Then we were blessed with a baby boy! He took over our hearts, AND the spare bedroom/sewing room. I was totally out of rooms! I think I set up in a corner of my own bedroom from there. Of course, that was a disaster, so I was moved to the unfinished basement. Cement floors, and walls, no ceiling, only wooden rafters and SPIDERS....lots of spiders. I spent almost no time there, instead, I would drag my machine upstairs and sew at the kitchen table. (As you can tell by the pic of Sassy, I have done this many times over the years)

One day, Kyle decided he wanted his own "apartment", so we finished a room in the basement for him. This freed up a huge room...not "The Perfect Sewing Room", but it had a window, and finished walls! To make it more functional, I had to share it....with the family computer.

At one point in time, this was also the school room. It was a beautiful room, and I never complained....though it wasn't "The Perfect Sewing Room". I moved all over this room, trying to make it "fit", and many quilts were created in the few years I actually stayed put.

While in this room, Sweetheart finished another large room in the basement. Real walls, and a ceiling, and carpet. It was to be the "Man Room" where he could go play his guitar and make his music, and just get away. It wasn't long before we decided to move Kyle back to his room, as he was spending too much time in his "apartment" which isolated him from the family. It was a GOOD move. So Sweetheart said, let's just put your sewing room in an area of the Man Room....I was NOT thrilled, but it was a beautiful space.....Still, NO lighting, nor a window in sight.

But, it was a space, and the spiders seemed to not like it as much as they did in the past. Again, I spent only what time I had to here. It was "The Man Room", and always would be. I even set up a little card table in a hidden corner of the formal living room when I needed to really sew.

The lighting was always such a huge obstacle down there. I did not want to seem ungrateful, as Sweetheart was sharing his space with me. He noticed, though, and one day said, "Just take the formal living room for your sewing room." Really? How would that look? We gave it a try.

I HATED IT! It looked awful, and only lasted 2 days. Sweetheart came up with the idea to put the dining room in the living room and give me the dining room. 

It was better, but still wasn't ideal....I missed my pretty dining room and felt guilty taking over a major room belonging to the family. It lasted less than 6 months. Where could I go??? The Man Room seemed the only logical place. 

I decided I would make the best of it and thanked God for such an awesome space to create! 

Then, 12 years later, it happened. Could it really be true????? Charlotte wanted to move downstairs. It all came out of nowhere. She wanted a room where the morning light did not stream in at 5 am. A place where she could dance and sing into a flashlight, and no one would tell her to keep it down. A place where she would not have to worry about brothers bugging her while she was in the middle of a good book. THE MAN ROOM! And so, she moved. "The Perfect Sewing Room" could be again! Sure, it would take paint, and wood scratch cover....LOTS of wood scratch cover....and new carpet, but the curtains I made for the room are still packed away in the hope chest, and the switch plate cover bought for "The Perfect Sewing Room", is still in the drawer downstairs. I dug out the pictures of that room as it was over 12 years ago. I could do it! I could recreate that room!!!! And so I did. 

Next time, I'll show you "The Perfect Sewing Room"!