I have bookshelves!!!

Mr E did it - he put up bookshelves for me in my sewing room.  I am SO excited.  I have one project to finish off and then I will let myself sort out my sewing room properly...

sewing room progress

It's slow-going in my sewing room lately. Partly because our house has been full of flu and other illness for longer than I can recall now, and partly because it takes a LONG time to build flatpack furniture when you have 'help' from a 22 month old and a 4 year old!!

Mr E and I pulled apart my old broken Horn sewing cabinet yesterday to use the pull-out section for my overlocker. Now I have to position everything and we can get the benchtop in place. YAY!! Nearly there.

Sewing Room update

My Ikea Expedit bookshelves are together and attached to the wall of my sewing room. My next task is to fill the shelves with all the sewing stuff that is spread around the house in random cupboards, on the floor of the sewing room and in the shed. Once I have floor space I can get my desks built.

I found a fabulous tutorial to make my own fabric storage boxes for my new sewing room shelves. I haven't been able to find anything that fits the spaces well, and I want it all to coordinate. So it makes sense to make them myself.
Here is the photo that inspired me to coordinate my shelving:

Isn't it gorgeous? I can only hope my shelves will look this neat and tidy all the time. I'm thinking my colour scheme will be pink and white... perhaps with a lime green accent?

My new sewing & craft room - BEFORE

Here are some "before" shots of my new sewing/craft room. I had hoped to have it furnished and in use by now, but that wasn't to be. Hopefully progress will happen steadily from now: my shelves are in the garage ready to put together, then I have the old change table to paint and work surfaces to build [with Mr E's help... if I can drag him away from the cubby house he's building]. I am nearly finished with tradesmen now. Just a few days left and the house will be mine again.

Now to get our things out of the shed, organise cupboards, and get my craft room built!!!