The Rest Of The Story- Craft Room & A Lie I Told

Well, 

The CRAFT SEWING ROOM

is 

ALMOST DONE.

Done enough that I can show it anyway.

There will be things to 

"tighten up"as I go along

but it is to the point where I can

SEW & CRAFT.

Grab your coffee.

This is a LONG POST for me.

Here is a link to the first post I did 

about it.

This room is only 8-1/2' x 11-1/2'.

However, the ceiling is 14 FEET high!

The sink takes up most of one 8-1/2 foot wall.

I can't put anything next to it because the door

opens and almost touches it.

I mirrored the wall behind the sink.

AND I mirrored the wall behind the door.

These are both old mirrors and as

you can see the one has to hang over

the side of the sink because of electrical

outlets to the far right of the sink.

The tall one will be perfect for checking

out the fit of things AND I can see

anyone coming up the cul-de-sac behind me

when I am sitting sewing.

The tops of mirrors are just 

over 6' tall.

I did not buy one new thing for this room.

The light fixture above the sink is fluorescent

and has "daylight" bulbs in it.  

It is one I had and is turned sideways instead

of hanging from the ceiling.

It lights the place beautifully.

I have cable TV and a telephone here.

Coffee & water.

The only thing missing is a port-a-potty.

....hmmm...now THERE'S a thought....

The greenery in the corner is attached

to a metal "open weave" shutter.

It covers the mess of cords running to 

the TV and telephone.

Telephone is mounted to the right of the 

coffee cups on the wall.

The old piece you see is reflected 

from across the room.

It is so bright in here that it is hard to get pictures. 

The chair will be slipcovered this next week.

It is ugly but comfortable for sewing.

The material for the window treatments are 

from another house. 

I think I bought that material in 1996...lol..

I still like it and it is perfect for 

Fall & Winter.

I shirred some on a rod to cover up the

opening left where a door is missing.

The old cabinet below is actually two pieces.

The bottom one rolls out if I need a 

larger work surface.

It came out of an old warehouse that 

MyHero's granddad owned and was

probably used in the old lumber yard.

It is a rough tough old piece and I am 

loath to take a paintbrush to it.

The mullioned "windowed cabinet" above

are windows from an old rectory

that we junk picked.  

We just built a basic open backed "box" that is 8" deep

and put shelves in it.

There is matching one in the garage that holds

gardening supplies.

I also shirred the same material on to cover the

open shelving in the cabinet.

I attached a yardstick to the front so as I am

sitting sewing or crafting I can quickly measure lengths.

Like I said- the room is small so it is tough

to get full pictures of anything.

Some of my materials are folded and 

in the cabinet.

There are more materials stored underneath.

Speaking of storage-

This is the cabinet that I spray painted.

It sits just outside the door to my room

where it is handy.

It is full of things I don't need everyday.

Pulling back the curtain you can see what

is stored in the cabinet.

The sink has room for my serger when 

it is not in use.

There are a couple of changes I made

since I took my first pictures.

I hung my two favorite cups on the 

pegs above the coffee maker

AND

I hung my sweet crafting apron on 

the back of the door.

I would like to say that the blurry apron picture

is my attempt at "arty" photography-

but that would be a lie.

It is just a crappy picture.

Okay-

That brings me to the 

LIE I TOLD.

I didn't do it intentionally.

No indeedy!

I had taken a bunch of pictures from 

the back of our house and I posted this one

as being the view from my sewing/craft room.

Well, I lied.

That is from our master bedroom 

which backs up to the garage but

sticks out about 15' closer to the water.

Here is the REAL view from my craft room.

Still not bad.

As you can see it is so gray today that 

the water blends into the sky on

picture #1.

Do you see the little wooden boat on shore?

Picture #2 is take about 20 steps closer

so you can see the water behind that 

same boat.

So- sorry I lied.

Whaddaya gonna do?

Have me arrested?

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Whoo Hooo-maybe I'll have 

Paris Hilton for a cellmate.

IF that happens

maybe I can ask her for a loan to 

EXPAND my craft room.

Just a thought.....