Saturday, October 3, 2009

Studio Tour

I use a spare bedroom for my studio, but the space often has to serve other purposes such as a guest room, staging room for parties, and most recently storage of items from my mother’s apartment.



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The sewing area has my machine and cabinet, plastic drawers for threads and notions and my design wall. It is thick styrofoam insulation that my husband bolted to the wall. I covered it with a piece of cotton batting. The project on the wall is now a set of placemats. My sister found a vintage Mexican tablecloth that was in bad shape, but many of the images could be salvaged.

studio2a

Behind my machine is one of my storage areas. The red tool chest came from a hardware store. It stores many of my small paint jars and drawing tools. My parents' vintage leather luggage is on top. I keep my button and bead collections in them.

pressing and cutting area
Next to the bookcases is my work table. I use it for everything, just changing the cover as needed. I use it as an ironing board, a cutting table, and a surface for painting and design. Although not pictured, I have four plastic drawer units below the table that I can roll around as needed.

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I took out the closet hardware and installed shelving. Normally the curtains are open so I can see what’s in there, but when I want to neaten things up, I close the curtains.



ready for company



Last year two friends came and stayed with with me for a week. I was able to set up two extra sewing stations. The room was tight, but we had a lot of fun.









14 comments:

  1. Ssuan, great space, love that you have a place on a top shelf for a large roll of batting. Wish I could consider doing that. Being able to close some areas off is something I too like to do.

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  2. i so loved the tour of your creative space...please come see mine when you have a chance...i am having a giveaway......love the curtains over closet idea...i have to open and shut dors to get to my chair...hugs, rebecca

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  3. You have a wonderful studio, Susan -- clearly a great space for enjoying your passion! I am thoroughly enjoying taking tours today as a participant in the Studio Magazine Open Studio Tour. Come visit me and we'll have a cup of tea!

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  4. What a nice space! I agree with Grace -- it was great you could find a way to store the batting so neatly. And I love how you were able to rework the closet to suit your needs. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. A great idea to put curtains over the storage area! Thanks so much for inviting us to visit.
    Cheers
    Mary Anne

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  6. Oh, I like it! You're so organized! And I have to agree, the batting roll shelf is great!

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  7. HI! You have a really nice Studio! Also liked how you put the shelves up!
    Smiles, Anke ;)

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  8. Love that you have made such a great fun space out of a guest bedroom. We do have our priorities!! This Studio Tour has given me so many great storage ideas. Thanks for sharing yours.

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  9. How nice that you were able to fit two more quilters into your space! The more the merrier!

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  10. Great multi-use of your space; you've gotten a lot of mileage and it all looks beautiful.

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  11. Very nice space, and so well organized for being a multipurpose room! Those placemats are going to be gorgeous, I love folk art motifs.

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  12. Love reading and seeing how everyone arranges their sewing areas. Really nice, great thinking. Thanks.

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  13. Good idea to put in shelving in the closet!

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