Sewing Room Makeover

So, as I mentioned last week, I re-organized my sewing room.  Here is the final result:

Ta-daa!

Some comparisons to show how the room has evolved.  It's probably easiest (and less confusing to look at) if you click on each picture to see a bigger size.

The major change was swapping my fabric stash and desk corners.  I also took a few things out of the room and stacked my pattern organizers against the wall instead of having them under my desk and window.

So cozy now!

These changes made a much bigger impact in the room than I thought they would.  The room seems bigger and brighter, and, best of all, it should be easier to keep it neat.

My stash (well, maybe half of it)

Oh, added bonus:  I can watch movies and t.v. shows on my computer now!  I was watching them occasionally on a small, portable DVD player leftover from my Navy deployment days, but it's kind of tiny and the sound is pretty bad. 

See, I can peek around my embroidery
machine or just move it to the side

I plan to break down some of the details tomorrow.  I think I have a good system going (at least for me), and I'd like to share.  Hopefully you'll come back to check it out.

In Progress...

My priority today was to make birthday gifts for one of Danielle's friends who just turned two.  So, of course, I spent all morning re-arranging my sewing room instead.  I did get the gifts done but can't post pictures until after the party.  I also can't post pictures of my sewing room yet because I didn't take any (I still need to put pictures back on the walls).  I will share a picture of the room when it was a completely blank slate, since every post needs a picture (isn't that a rule written somewhere?  I'm sure I could find it online, you can find anything online...)

It's supposed to be a formal dining room

I did manage to make my sewing room cozier (because of the layout) and less cluttered (mainly because I removed items from the room and stuffed them in the closet upstairs where I shamefully hide large quantities of fabric).  I have a lot of open storage in my sewing room--instead of just a bunch of drawers and  totes--specifically to ensure that I wouldn't buy more fabric than I had room to store.  Hahahahahahaha!