To continue my series of catch-up post, I spent about 2 months this summer moving rooms around, purging and reorganizing.
The room above the garage was a play room for my 2 sons. The older they got, the less time they played in that room. Their toys became gaming toys instead of cars, transformers, trains and super heroes.
My sewing room was a bedroom, (without a bed) made into a craft/sewing room. I decided to move the sewing room to the room above the garage and make the sewing room to what it was originally intended - a bedroom. This meant lots of purging. I ask the boys what toys they wanted to keep and there were some I wanted to keep too. They helped me put the parts and pieces together and we either boxed them to keep or boxed them to give away.
I hate showing my mess. The photo below is the beginning stage of sorting and purging the toys.
This is the after photo, with my sewing arrangement.
The cubicles that I had toys in, made for great organizing units for my fabric! They were moved to this wall from around the window. All cleaned out of toys.
Here's a photo with it loaded with fabric! (Sorry for the stuff on the floor. I was still working on it when I took the photo.)
This toy organizer makes a fantastic UFO / project organizer! The bins are all full now!
This toy made the cut and didn't get put in the giveaway box!
The room that was my sewing room was a mess too and needed to be purged and organized before it could be made into a bedroom. It was a lot of hard work. It was a little emotional going through everything. I worked on the rooms after work each evening when I really didn't feel like it. So often other things get in the way of me actually finishing a project, I was determined to finish this! I love the way the rooms turned out! I love my new sewing space above the garage! I love the 'new' bedroom and having the extra bed for guests!
My next post will be about a fall sewing retreat I had with my Mom and sisters!
Blessings!
Gina
How wonderful it is to have a fantastic space for sewing. I love repurposing stuff from my kids days to something I can use now. Great job, keep up the good work. Purging is such a fantastic feeling, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLooks Fantastic, such a pretty space and able to repurpose those bins is great.
ReplyDeleteYour sewing room looks fantastic! I wish I had one just like it.
ReplyDeleteGina! I know you are so excited about your new sewing room! :) Looking forward to seeing the burst of new and exciting creative flow!!!
ReplyDeleteAhhh - nice space! You can really breath - creativity - in that space. Can't wait to make me a sewing space after the holidays. Just a space for now, but perhaps a room to myself later! Go with what you got! Love your room and I love the cute sign!
ReplyDeleteGreat sewing area and a long time coming! Organizing and purging is hard work but the results are always fantastic. Less cluttered feeling and look... hence...more creative space in your mind and physical space.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post! I like how you were able to reuse everything for your sewing purposes:) How old are your boys now? I'm just curious, my girls are 8, 5, and 3 and we are getting ready to move them all into a huge bedroom together and put all their toys in there. I can't wait to have my living room back!
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