mighty

I have a double car gargage attached to the house that we converted into my sewing room. I would think that
a shed would be just fine as long as you would have a way to deep it confortable.

paulswalia

If you have your own bedroom, consider a "MURPHY" bed that you can lift up out of the way during the day and turn your bedroom into a sewing room. There's a post on the quilting board somewhere about a murphy bed - I'll see if I can find it for you.

Jennie and Me

I would love to have a sewing shed, but in this part of the country you'd have to have it heated and cooled and that just isn't cost effective. So, my sewing is all upstairs and takes up 2 bedrooms. It would be nice to have those rooms back as bedrooms, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I really, really want to put a basement under our house and have that as my sewing space, but at our age I'm thinking that it will never happen. Our oldest daughter told us last week that we really need to consider moving into a single level house.(because of health issues)(and age!) Getting old(er) sucks big time. Wish that I had started this sewing adventure earlier in life!

paulswalia

http://www.quiltingboard.com/mission...d-t223360.html Here's the murphy bed solution to sewing in your bedroom.

Brandi

Thanks for your reply. We live in Arkansas so the weather does get very hot and cold. I know I couldn't leave my machine out there and I would certainly have to use and air a heater in the winter. Thanks

Brandi

I do have a lap top and it is used quite a bit. I was thinking about putting my sewing machine on it and getting a small portable computer table. I do have a lot of crafts, material and scrapbooking stuff. Thanks for all your comments and I will certainly figure it out. I just have too much stuff.

Luv Quilts and Cats

My friend re-did her shed. She added better insulation, a better floor, a better window, a ceiling fan and upgraded the wiring to handle all the electricity of three or four sewers plus iron plus lighting. It's in the shady part of the yard so it only gets really hot in the really hot weather. I have sewed out there in 85 degree weather and with the ceiling fan and another desk fan, it was ok. She looked into putting heating out there, and the cost was more than she could do. But it's good for three seasons anyway. In the winter when we sew we sew at the kitchen table in her house, or she comes to my house. I think if you go the shed route you need to make sure the temperature swings are not too high and low or moisture may be a problem. Do you know anyone you can discuss your ideas with, like a contractor or builder?

gale

Are you on pinterest? If you look up small sewing spaces or small sewing rooms you can find lots of ideas.

carolaug

I heard the Murphy bed are awesome. I wish we would have thought of that prior to buying a new set for our guest room

Dina

You can buy a room air conditioner for about $100. or at least we did for a shed out back. The shed has two windows, and the air conditioner sits in one. We also bought a heater thing that we just sit in the corner. It kind of looks like an old fashioned radiator thing. We got both at Wal-Mart.

The shed isn't my sewing room though. It in inside. But the shed is where my husband builds model airplanes year round. I guess adding electricity would be necessary, but you would need that for light and a sewing machine anyway. He did put some insulation in the walls. It wasn't that much trouble, then just nailed wallboard up.

I am anxious to hear if anyone has done this, as it makes sense to me. I even half have a memory of someone doing just that, but the memory is years old.

Dina