
Everyone aquires their "sewing/crafting space" through various methods. Some of us inherit the room when a child moves out, some turn garages or attics into a creative space and some lucky ones plan ahead during a home purchase.
This month we have Melissa from Craftygoods and she was blessed enough to have this room made especially for her. (start swooning)
She shares with us her story and her space...
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Hi there! I'm Melissa of Craftygoods. I am blessed to have what I think
is the most amazing craft room and I'm so excited to share it with you on the
Art Gallery Fabrics blog today. First, a little background story...
In 2010, my then-boyfriend
was building his dream house. Early in the process of building, he asked me
what I wanted in my dream
home. I told him that I didn't care how big or small, what style, or location,
but it had to have a craft room and a tv over the bathtub. Every weekend he invited me to tour the
construction site with him to see the progress. Over the garage was a big
room that he kept referring to as his home gym.
Well obviously that would be a terrible
idea. It's Florida
- rooms above garages are always hot and who wants to move all that gym
equipment to a second story, right? So of course I suggested that it might be
better used as a craft room. He disagreed. Well in June of 2010, on one of our
construction visits, in the "home gym" he proposed (awww...!). I
won't gross you out with all the cutesy details but he ended his speech by
saying, "And now you can make this your craft room." He's a keeper!
So let me show you around -
Starting with a blank slate
meant that I could really customize the space. I am an avid scrapbooker,
quilter, and knitter so I wanted space for storage and to spread out. But most
of all, I wanted it to be easy to clean (i.e., no carpet) and cheery.
The desk area is part sewing
space, part paper crafting space. The right side drawers and shelves contain
scrapbooking tools and Cricut supplies and cartridges. The left side drawers
and shelves hold sewing supplies, notions, and patterns, and I keep out my
most-used scrapbooking papers and inks on the countertop along with my
sewing machine and my Cricut.
The built-in shelves
allow me to keep all of my work-in-progress scrapbooks at hand and hold my
stamps, more scrapbooking papers, and all my quilting, sewing, and paper
crafting books.
I store my fabric stash and
yarns in the two cabinets at the far end of the room and batting and
larger fabric cuts in the green dresser.
Visitors often ask why I
have a bed in my craft room. Obviously, when sewing gets stressful, I need a
craft nap from time to time (also it's a family antique and there's nowhere
else for it).

Probably my favorite part of
the room is the cozy rocking chair. It's the perfect spot for hand sewing while
watching some wholesome Criminal Minds or Law and Order SVU.

So there you have it - my
happy place. I'm so glad to share it with you! And by the way, my husband also
came through on the other part of my dream home wish list - there is indeed a
tv over the bathtub. He's a good man!
Thanks Melissa for sharing such a beautiful room with us! You are one lucky gal to have such an amazing space and an amazing husband that put it together for you.
If you have a sewing room that you would like to share with us please email us at [email protected]. We look forward to taking a peek :)
Love,
AGF