Help Me Decide.....
06-13-2011, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
Okay. I am going to throw in some ideas. I moved my sewing room to the basement to become a sewing studio several years ago. I fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine. Now, I live alone with 2 large dogs, so I can be wherever I want. I had my basement finished off into a dream studio. I don't miss the sunlight; am too busy creating. I have lots of pot lights in the ceiling. I moved to this house to be done with stairs, but decided I wanted more sewing space. I will be 70 next month and my exercise is going up and down the stairs. I have posted pics before, but if you want I can post them again. I have just turned the GKs sleepover room into a quilting room with the new long arm quilting machine in there. If I need some light I just go upstairs and look out the window. As far as the permanence of the situation, that has to be your decision.
06-13-2011, 06:17 AM
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My thinking is a bit different. Would you enjoy painting and putting together a new quilt studio? If you would get a lot of pleasure from doing that, then you might want to go for it. You would have lots more space. Gran of 6's basement studio is beautiful, and the lighting looks wonderful. I wouldn't let the worry of how long you might be in the current house factor in too much.
Of course, I have a small room, and I like to paint and organize. I don't have a basement I could move to. Basements just aren't part of Texas homes. (I am sure there is a reason for that....) But if I could get a larger room, I would go for it.
Of course, I have a small room, and I like to paint and organize. I don't have a basement I could move to. Basements just aren't part of Texas homes. (I am sure there is a reason for that....) But if I could get a larger room, I would go for it.
06-13-2011, 06:24 AM
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These answers may help me in my similar dilemma. Although my sewing supplies are scattered all over the three story house, my primary sewing room is upstairs in a former guest room. I have one southeasterly window of which the drapes are almost always closed. This is my largest stash area, so I don't want to fade the fabrics with the flood of light. I use full spectrum florescent lighting, but open the drapes on rainy or cloudy days.
The question I have is to build a storage building for all the "stuff" in the basement, and consolidate my sewing down there, or build a sewing cottage. If I build a cottage, I want a small kitchen and laundry, suitable for hand dying, and half bath, which means a new drain field. However, everything would be in one place, on one level, (not 3) and I'd have natural light which seems to be important to the lot of you.
Thanks sunni for asking this question.
The question I have is to build a storage building for all the "stuff" in the basement, and consolidate my sewing down there, or build a sewing cottage. If I build a cottage, I want a small kitchen and laundry, suitable for hand dying, and half bath, which means a new drain field. However, everything would be in one place, on one level, (not 3) and I'd have natural light which seems to be important to the lot of you.
Thanks sunni for asking this question.
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