New Sewing Room - Part 2

When you live on an island, things always take a little longer as supplies have to come over by ferry, but bit by bit, things are moving along.

On Friday, our contractor appeared with 2 helpers.  The double garage door was removed and the framing went up in 2 1/2 hours.

As there will be 2 windows, one was framed in and the other cut on the blank garage wall and then sheeted in until the windows were available.  The exterior door and the door into the sewing room were hung and it was a joy to watch a skilled workman install doors the way they're meant to be done!

Then today it was window installation and the electrics.  Having 2 windows in the room gives it an amazing amount of light.  Already it's looking less like a garage and more like part of the house!

Then electrics.  There will be 2 LED light fixtures on the ceiling to make the room bright.  The north wall will have a large baseboard heater and there will be 5 outlets, all but one at mid-wall height which is perfect for a sewing room!  The one wall which won't have any outlets will be nearly all fabric shelving units.  For now they will be a mis-matched bunch but eventually I'll replace them with uniform units.  One thing at a time!

Next step - boarding, and the helpers will be back on the scene for that.  And then flooring and painting!  I'm finding it hard getting a good night's sleep as my brain is whirling with plans and plans and plans!

New Sewing Room - Part 1

My excitement is running pretty high because today it looks like we're getting started on my dedicated sewing room!

I've been working in a guest bedroom which is a real pain when we have family staying.  It means packing up what I can, moving my computer station out and throwing a mattress on the floor, and of course I can't sew while they're here.  Not the best by any stretch of the imagination!

And I'm really outgrowing this 11x11 room. 

There isn't enough room for fabric storage and I have to do my cutting elsewhere.

Then hubby suggested we make a workroom for me in our double garage.  I would get a 12x14 space and he would have the rest for his woodworking.  What a perfect solution!  Grabbing some graph paper I sketched out my plans and taped in scale models of the room contents to make sure everything would fit in and the room would be a workable space.

The room would have a couple of windows and there would be plenty of room for my sewing counter (made by hubby to my specifications), fabric shelves and cutting table.

Hubby could certainly build this - he's an excellent woodworker and has made lots of furniture and now makes beautiful wooden turned pens and pencils.  We decided, however, to have a professional do it.  This way it would get done quickly!   And it gets started today! 

The garage has been cleared for work and some of the supplies are already there!  Stay tuned for Part 2!