My Creative Space!

If you're a blog hopper like me, you come across the most gorgeous creative work spaces imaginable. Perfectly organised, colour co-ordinated, cosy, warm, inviting and clearly a space where a lot of wonderful stuff is created.

Depressing really.

Especially when you have a work space like I do.

OK, I know I shouldn't grumble, at least I have a work space and don't have to share the dining table as a lot of craftsters have to. But my little room also tends to double up as the "junk room." Do you have one of those spaces? The place where all things without a home (and with vague craft associations) end up? Don't know where that goes? Never mind, just dump it in "mamma's sewing room."

Well if you're anything like me, I wanted to share a few (OK several) pictures of my creative space so you can take heart... not all creative people have fabulous, designer-home craft rooms! Well I hope to goodness I'm not the only one in the world!

Welcome to my creative space! Mind you don't trip on the bags on the way in!

The "landing pad" oh sorry, ironing board! And yes, I do use it daily!

Enough space to walk...really!

My work table. To give you an idea of size, it is our old dining table.. 80 x 180cm

My ever growing stash...and my TV. A girl can sew and catch up too can't she?

My workhorse - a basic Janome sewing machine.

See how hi-tech I am? I even have a laptop in there!

Some newly acquired junk in the foreground...

My bookshelf/storage unit..

More fabric stash, mending and my over locker...

And look, that beautifully folded, colour co-ordinated fabric.

Storage boxes from when we moved here.. high time they were sorted out!

An overview....

OK.

So I have plans too. Plans for a new craft room order. I've been to Ikea and measured up and everything! I want to have the craft room fairytale!!! I can dream can't I? So watch this space. Hopefully I can post these pictures as a BEFORE example and in a few weeks I can post some more pics of the new improved space?

xx

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