My husband and I moved into our home about 6 months ago and I was lucky enough to get the third bedroom all to myself! I love being able to make a mess, shut the door, and leave the mess behind - it's the best feeling! So grab a cup of cocoa, get comfy, and enjoy my studio 'tour'.
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When you open the door, you immediately see my dress form. I would love to recover and paint her, but I don't even know where to start.
Please ignore the serger cover & the Minnie bag in the background...
I have a total of 4 desks that I work at: a computer desk, a sewing desk, a work/production table, and a cutting table. Since I get distracted on my laptop, I keep the computer desk on the opposite side of the room.
Sewing Desk: The desk itself is from IKEA. I keep my elastic, ribbon, and extra shop supplies in the top 3 drawers. The bottom 2 drawers hold sewing tools, accessories, and half-finished projects.
Assembly/Production/Work Desk:This desk rarely has a clean top...you will always find bows on it! Underneath the desk, on each side, is a metal drawer unit (from IKEA). The one on the right holds supplies by color; the one on the left holds finished product by item, then color.
Cutting Table: The only thing I would change about this table would be to make it counter-height. I find myself hunched over all the time when I cut... The metal drawer unit holds my daily supplies: glue sticks, felt pieces, millinery flowers, pins, hair clips, and no-slip-grips. On top of the drawer unit is my new pink timer (!!!), my time-management-index-cards, and some vintage lotus nesting bowls.
I keep scissors, rotary cutter, and cutting rulers hung up on the wall shelf. I have an 18-month-old who is fascinated by scissors right now so I try to keep them up high. I have new & favorite fabric cuts on top of the shelf and an owl friend. The 3-tier bin holds precut bibs, burp cloths, and bows, while the super large jar holds random fabric scraps.
Underneath the cutting table is where I keep the majority of my 'small cut' fabric. Basically anything under 1 yard goes here! As of right now, there is literally no room left...I stuffed it full of fabric goodness :) It's a drawer unit from IKEA and I've had it for years.
On the opposite side is my hutch. I LOVE this hutch and was lucky enough to receive it from my mother-in-law. I don't have a big enough dishware collection to put in it holds my next best collection - FABRIC. The middle and bottom shelf hold all of my {color coordinated} fabric yardage. It's more than 1 yard, it goes on a mini bolt and goes here! My sewing books & manuals are also on the bottom shelf. The top shelf holds magazines, printer paper, extra bolt-boards, and my Silhouette starter kits.
Last stop? My computer desk! I try to keep it clean, simple and pretty at the same time. If I don't like how it looks, I won't want to sit there. My chair is just begging to be painted but I can't decide on a color. Indecisive much? Next to my desk is my IKEA Raskog cart. I got it for my birthday last year and it's one of my favorite things in our entire house! I've filled it with different things over the months, but I like how it is right now. I have shipping supplies on the bottom 2 shelves and extra desk accessories (papers + chalk) on the top shelf.
See all that pink-polka-dotted goodness? I just received Ella's curtain fabric - all 10 yards of it!
Above my desk is my fabric-covered cork board. If you follow me on instagram, then you might remember it from a couple of months ago - it was gross... but now it adds a pop of color right where I need it and keeps all my favorite pictures in one spot! We are currently renting so I can't repaint...any extra wall color is greatly appreciated over here.
The clips boards have chalkboard vinyl on them and are perfect for writing my to-do + to-buy lists. I use a chalk pen and can easily take the board with me when I run errands.
And that's my office! I hope you enjoyed yourself! If you have any questions please comment and let me know :)
