gypsylady5

Go for it. The basement is a great place for quiet and space. I took over 3/4 of our basement for my sewing area. It was great and I miss all that room to do everything I wanted. Make sure you have lots of light and and it is friendly. Painting a nice soft color helps. And finish the ceiling and floors. Good going!!!!!

QuiltE

First of all, I'll confess, I have not read all the posts!

I sew in the basement, though mine is a walk out, so I do get to see the light of day.
However, how much time are you sewing during the day?
I probably do more of it at night, so does it really matter whether upstairs or down?
The important thing is the lighting!! My room is nice and bright and because of that, I can all too often sew too late into the night!!

Another advantage of basement sewing ... you can walk away from it, and leave something in mid-stream. And no one sees how you have left things. (assumption here, that others are not using the basement) At the least it is out of sight should guests arrive!

About the gym equipment ... Putting it upstairs in an isolated room may be no better for usage.
Out of sight, out of mind! What about keeping it downstairs?

Mine is at the edge of my sewing area.
Sometimes I bargain with myself ... no sewing til I do # minutes on whatever piece of equipment.
Note: I said sometimes!
... but it does haunt me that I need to and should do so,
and Iprobably still use it more with it there, than if it were somewhere else in my home!

kathdavis

My sewing room is 4x12 section in my closet off the great room. There is no way I'm going to the basement nor upstairs in the spare bedroom. I want to be there with everyone else, near the stove to fix dinner and near the front and back door. I don't believe I would sew as much because I wouldn't leave my family to go sew. I do spill out into the great room at times, but after all, it's my house.

catmcclure

Pergo is a great flooring for a sewing room. One suggestion might be using the thin insulation (it comes in folded 4x8 sheets) underneath the Pergo instead of the underlayment they sell with it or, possibly, use both. The underlayment and the thin insulation will keep the floor warmer.

lea1

Why not use both spaces. You can sew in your upstairs room with new lighting there and have things you do not use all the time like your stash neatly arranged in the basement. I use both and prefer to sew upstairs where it is warmer. I have converted my dining room to my sewing room. Wish I had a bedroom to use but I have 2 bunnies that have taken over a bedroom. Going downstairs to get things is a great way to get my exercise and my body doesn't mind that a bit especially during these cold winters in Michigan. Just a few thoughts.
Lea in Michigan

mysewingroom

From experience, you don't want carpet on the floor. The pins, when dropped, as drop they will, get caught in the loops or fibers. I have a sewing room in a trailer house and have 2 four foot lights to see by. I am sure in the basement it would be wonderful with enough lighting. Have fun!

beatys9

Loving reading these posts - I'm in the process of readying a space in the basement to create a sewing room. I have heard the prego type flooring is great for a sewing room; I'm thinking that I will put a radiant floor underneath it. I did it in the bathrooms & it was an easy install. It makes it nice & warm for your fett & the fur babies curled up there. Good point about cold hands though - I do fight that all the time & hadn't thought about it... My basement space has lots of natural light - windows on two side but I've been wondering if that will fade my fabric?

retta11

i was sew upstairs in my dinning room and living room. my son moved out and i took over his room in the basement, its 15 by 20 ft, i took the closet doors off that made the room even bigger. then once i was done there i didnt need the teenage furiture anymore ,so i sold all that , now i have a 30 by 60 ft basement area for storage, sewing, ironing and i order a cutting table from the hardware store and i put the in the other room. so now i go downstairs sew as long as i want then just turn every thing off, and nobody can see any of the mess its all down stairs. my upstairs stays clean and orderly now i love it.

Donna in Mo

If you don't have any water issues like flooding when is rains, It would be ok. Personally, I think your room upstairs is better. You don't have the problem of carrying everything up and down the stairs. You would certainly be more isolated in the basement. I would just rearrange the room you have and add lighting.

Jackie R

My sewing area is in the basement and I do not like it but it's the only available space in my not too big two bedroom home. I do have tele, computer and TV in the basement but it's still a basement and I would love a room with a window to see out.

If your upstairs room is too dim, I would add more lighting, and maybe store some of the less often used items downstairs in the basement.