Welcome to my sewing room and studio!
At the moment, I am mid-project and there are lights, cameras, and fabric cut-outs everywhere. When I am between projects, however, I often clean and re-organize the room to be ready for the next project.
I took some of these photos and recorded a video tour during one of these in-between phases!
If you like, check out my full YouTube video to see all of the details. ‡οΈ
This room is where I work from home (my day job is not sewing related) as well as sew and make videos. Definitely multi-purpose! It was important to me that the room be easy to organize as well as stay calming, soothing, and stimulating in a creative way (not an overly excited way).
The natural light goes a long way in setting the stage for this, as well as simply working with what I have. I make use of what is already in the room, what I already have collected, repurposing secondhand finds, as well as gifts, and shopping around for sales!
I have to say I work really hard to not collect these days. I am drawn to collecting and will go down that rabbit hole. After many house moves over the years, I have taught myself to have a little more restraint, and fulfill those needs in other ways. I save space and money!
This al means I set limits in my sewing room. I have some rules that help me keep a lid on collecting and gathering too much.
- Work within a designated space. I try not to automatically spread out, or let my things creep out. Keep the walls/space cozy and get creative with the limitations.
- Functional and/beautiful gets to stay. Anything I am confused about gets repurposed or donated.
- Don’t buy new storage containers. I learned when I buy more and more containers to store, I am actually accumulating more things that I am not using.
- Try not to stack or store things on the floor. This can be a slippery slope. It starts off innocently enough, then there are piles sliding this way and that! If something lives on the floor, it is furniture, or it is temporarily there (such as that mirror in the image above, which was for photo styling purposes!)
- I clean up between projects and keep everything in its place. I always find what I need!
Another idea I try to keep in mind with my studio, or any rooms in my house, is: who will need to take sort this out if something were to happen to me? Maybe a bit dark to consider, but I think its important to be realistic. Having packed and unpacked so many times in my life, sifting through things of questionable value, all of the time and energy spent…I would not want to ask anyone to do this work.
Keeping clean, organized, and having clarity about my possessions will only make things easier for someone else, or myself!, in the future.
Another factor is how my studio functions is that I have two young kids who like to spend time in here while I work or sew. This guest bed has also come in handy, too!
A little bit of hospitality for others is something I end up enjoying as well. βΊοΈ
Thanks for reading and spending time in my sewing studio today!
