My sewing room was in need of a huge make over. For years it worked fine but it had become a dumping ground for everyone’s stuff and nothing was being created in the cramped space. I would spend a day to clean it up and make some space, but a week later it would get messy again and cramped, so no sewing would be accomplished.

Sewing rooms are for sewing, this had become a storage room.

Action needed to be taken, and not just a quick clean. This time a whole re arrange was needed. I had been putting it off as I thought I would need to spend money to do it up, buy some paint, trinkets or storage items, but it needed doing as I was sick of stepping over everything. Looking around the house, the shed and in the room at what I already had, I realised I had everything I would need to do my sewing room makeover, it wouldn’t cost me a thing, only my time.

 

I spent a day pulling everything out of the room (even though it’s a tiny space, the amount of crap it holds is ridiculous) and in the process messed up the rest of the house, as you do.

I then got sick, the flu. (it lasted 2 weeks) Our house was in chaos for all that time, as no one was allowed to move my stuff. What if they chucked something important out !

Slowly, in-between sleeping, sneezing, headaches and coughing I painted, cleaned, sorted, threw stuff out and re-arranged furniture.

I love how it turned out

A fully functional sewing room with not a penny spent on it.

I now have a big table in the room to cut my material on. I actually always had the table, I just never used it to its full potential. (only for Christmas get togethers) Years ago I bought an Ikea table that has fold down sides, but as I always had cupboards in the room taking up the space, it has never been fully open in the sewing room. Before I would need to use the dining table to cut out material and I was forever back and forth from the sewing table to the dining table. This drove me nuts.

I still have heaps of storage for all my jeans, material and craft supplies, only now things are hidden in the cupboards. I removed two cupboards in my clean out. That’s two cupboards full of crap that didn’t need to be in that room. It’s amazing what I had hordered.

 

There is now hanging space for all my bits and bobs, and the best thing is my cottons are in close reach to the sewing machine where I sit, not getting in the way of sewing. I can just turn around and grab my colour now, easy. The hanger is just an old piece of lattice that we had in the garden. I had painted it ages ago and hung it on the wall, but the old cupboard was blocking it (wasted storage space if it cannot be used)

There is a lot more floor space. I won’t be tripping over boxes anymore, as two cupboards are now out of the room.

It looks bright and pretty. It’s a space now I want to work in and spend time in.

I painted one wall blue / grey, my favourite colour. By mixing all my different sample pots and left over paints together (we had a few as we had painted the house last year, who knew there were so many different shades of grey)  I had more than enough paint to cover the wall, vamp up a few photo frames and wooden storage containers. I still have heaps left over so I will have to find more things to paint.

Everything didn’t take to long to do, even though I was sick I did little bits at a time. The painting of the room took a day (thanks to hubby helping out) and sorting through all my stuff took a bit longer, as I wanted to keep a lot of things, but I was ruthless as I wanted the space. It was also free to do.

The sewing room already had the furniture, and through many op shopping trips I had quite a few baskets and tins for storage. The paint was what we already had in the shed, I just mixed it to get the quantity and colour I needed. All those old frames sitting in the cupboard got a revamp and now look pretty hanging on the wall. A few old pattern sleeves, a piece of denim, and some pictures was all it took to fill them. My colourful bunting got hung up and gives my sewing room a market feel. The clock even got a spray paint.

Do you need a sewing room make over! Don’t put it off thinking it will cost money. It just needs a bit of time and some re arranging of the things you already have.

Anything is possible on a budget, look around at what you already have.

What furniture do you really need, are you putting it to good use? Can you re-purpose something from another room?

Can something be reused in another way? A piece of lattice fence as a storage hanger. An old tin to keep buttons in or a gift basket to store ribbons or wool.

A little bit of paint can change the look of anything, a box, a basket or a photo frame. Have a look in the shed for leftover of paint, what colours can you use or mix together. Keep gloss to gloss and low sheen to low sheen finishes together.

I had fun doing this make over, next on the list is the shed which is a bigger dumping ground for unused things

Recycle…Reuse… Reinvent

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