What do you think of converting living room to sewing room?
03-03-2011, 07:01 PM
#41
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Go for it! My living room is larger than the family room( room off my kitchen). So, my living room is my tv/family room. But, the area off the kitchen (family room) is now the sewing room, with computer, bookcases, and chaise. My husband says that the room is now cozy with this setup. Have fun decorating your new sewing room!
03-03-2011, 07:19 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by jljack
My close friend is a professional long armer, and her living room is now her quilting studio. She and hubby and daughter only use the family room, and she ran out of room in the small bedroom she was using for her sewing room. That room is now her fabric storage and cutting room, and her domestic machine is also in there.
Another guild member I know uses her dining room for her long arm studio. They have an open floor plan, and she has a large eat-in kitchen, so didn't need two dining tables.
Another guild member I know uses her dining room for her long arm studio. They have an open floor plan, and she has a large eat-in kitchen, so didn't need two dining tables.
In our old neighborhood, a lot of people had converted the living room to a music room come study area.
It makes far more sense to use the formal living room as a quilting area than have it sit empty most of the year. Maybe, you can find a good deal on some sewing furniture so that you can hide most of the mess when necessary. I also like the screen idea someone suggested for the entrance, or to screen off your sewing area, depending on where you are able to position your machine(s) etc.
03-03-2011, 08:16 PM
#48
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Oh my goodness!!!! I can't believe I'm reading this! I just converted my living room to my sewing studio last weekend. My husband even helped (he got the room I was in as his and the kids TV room).
It is also the very first thing people see when they walk in the house and I do not have another entrance to the house. I was concerned and having some regrets about moving to the living room, worrying about what people might think. It kind of kept me up at night, thinking about how much work I put my husband through, moving everything. (I have a tri-level house so there were two levels to climb up and down). Then I said, who cares what people might think, its my house and we never used the living room except once a year at Christmas.
I will take pictures tomorrow and post. Thanks everyone for confirming that its okay!! Sarah in CA
It is also the very first thing people see when they walk in the house and I do not have another entrance to the house. I was concerned and having some regrets about moving to the living room, worrying about what people might think. It kind of kept me up at night, thinking about how much work I put my husband through, moving everything. (I have a tri-level house so there were two levels to climb up and down). Then I said, who cares what people might think, its my house and we never used the living room except once a year at Christmas.
I will take pictures tomorrow and post. Thanks everyone for confirming that its okay!! Sarah in CA
03-03-2011, 08:32 PM
#50
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About 1/3 of my living room is used for sewing. My sewing room was the office and was used more for clutter so it was converted. There was not room for a cutting table so I moved the desk just out of the sewing room and that end of the living room is now and extention of my sewing space. I use the desk for sewing large quilts and a cutting table. The sewing room has my quilting frame, design wall, 11 feet of counter/cabinets and sewing area.
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