Getting Kinda Crafty

When we were looking for a new house with land that we could farm, I harbored a secret hope that the house would also have enough space for me to have a room or a part of a room dedicated to making things.  Somewhere that I could set up my sewing machine and not have to take it down every night.  Somewhere that I could actually see all the supplies that I’ve bought over the years, especially the fabric.  Its been so lovely that this new house has just the space for it and even better, its a big enough ‘library’ for David and I to share it.  He has his soldering iron, laptop and circuits and I have my ironing board, sewing machine and knitting needles.  Nerd paradise!

Now, dreams meeting reality mean that I’m slow to get things unpacked, but here’s a little peek at some of what I’ve gotten done so far.

This hangs above my cutting table and has just a couple of my fabrics up on it, but I already like the idea of hanging more of them up on the wall.  I tend to buy fabric without a clear project in mind (bad, bad idea) because I think its pretty so at least I can use it to bring some color to the walls, right?

This is the space right behind my sewing table.  Its still a work in progress, but basically, I bought two pieces of pegboard at Home Depot and then covered them with paper from the Paper Source.  I just used double sided tape to stick the paper to the pegboard and it makes them prettier than just the big black boards alone.  The hooks cover the holes they make but even if I decide to move a hook, the hole left behind doesn’t look bad at all.

I like the look of the paper so I did a couple of the switchplates in the house too.  Time to warn all the appliances to watch out or your going to get covered!  :)

(Please ignore how funky the switches themselves are, we need to replace them in the entire house so it takes time.  Sigh.)

Lest you think that I have anything under control, here’s what the rest of the room looks like:

Hah!