Sewing room relocation part 2 with pictures

As I mentioned last post, my sewing room prep was finished by Thursday and after work Friday we kicked into high gear to get my stuff upstairs. I had high hopes that I'd be able to fold and organize as I set up, but that was too slow with so much to move. So it was more of a whirlwind of activity of grab and stuff. By 8pm we were fizzled but we had most of big items in the new space. Pictured Chris and his constant entourage.

Friday night

Saturday morning we were back at it. As we went,  Chris suggested some changes to the arrangement of furniture - design wall covering the closet, pfaff moved between the shelves, hutch on opposite wall. The minute it was out of his mouth I could picture it because we'd pushed the pfaff against the shelves Friday night to keep the room free as we brought more up and the having that extra space kept the room feeling spacious. Saturday night I put M's Petal Patch quilt on the design wall and am feeling inspired to get working on this again. I'm really spoiled to have this space!

Tested my Internet, hardwired I got 145 mbps (megabits per second) download 11.5 mbps upload and in my new room which I currently can only use wifi... 60 mbps download and 10.5 mbps upload. Still pretty nice speeds, we will be figuring out how to get a LAN cable up from the basement to the room, but in the meantime I'll be roughing it LOL there's a prime example of a first world problem. Can you believe dial up was 56 kbps (kilobits per second) and until we became hispeed junkies that was awesome!?! I decided to try putting my monitors on the high shelf - previously my desk was switched docking station was under the shelf and monitors on the single desk. I also got rid of the keyboard tray and raised my chair. It's an easy switch back if I don't like it.

MT left his 21 inch tv, he bought a 4k 50" tv that was on sale for half price. I decided that it was all I need for my room. We attached a chromecast, connected Netflix and called it done. Chris thinks we need a a larger tv but thats not high on my priority list. On the same shelf are my Georges. I might have mentioned before I love monkeys, but I'm especially partial to Curious George receiving my first George at 4 when I went to the hospital for the first time. The three closest to the tv represent a time when I needed strength/comforting and we're given to me by my mom. The little one was the first gift my youngest R bought for me on her own - she found him at a garage sale and brought him home. The angry birds the furbabies found in the back of the closet and they thought it made a great chew toy.  That needs to go in Mt's treasure box.

My cold is at its worst today, I'm completely exhausted. My room is done and I really want to sew but I can't find the energy to cut fabric. I thought about working on hexies but I have a whack of 2.5 squares that I'm using for leaders and enders. I set my iron up right beside my sewing machine and I'm hoping these will help scratch the itch

Sewing room relocation

With MT leaving the nest, his room was up for grabs. Our home was built as a 3 bedroom with bonus family room on the upper floor. It was perfect for our large family. Originally this room was shared by the girls, Mt had the smallest room & CJ and B shared the other when they came over every second weekend. As needs changed, the 3 that lived here full time were moved into their own rooms and the basement was finished for the boys. MT grudgingly took the largest room because both girls felt it was too big. This 16 x 19 foot room is over the garage and has big windows that let's in a lot of natural light during the day. (Picture below was taken around 8:30 pm so lighting is yellowed )

One major item I want but just can't do at this time is put in hardwood flooring. So here is the plan -  as mentioned before we did a complete paint job & steam cleaned the carpet. Once carpet was dry we put up shelving on one wall. The other wall is going to be a design wall, my primary machines will be in the middle of the room and my cutting table in one corner with some shelving mounted above.

Here's where we were waffling - should I move my office upstairs and what to about lighting. Moving my office would really make my days brighter with all the natural light and I could even sit facing the window, but it's going to eat up real estate lol. This room has its own hallway leading into the room, so Chris suggested making my design wall smaller & using the hall walls for additional design walls (seeing I always have multiple projects on the go) then I can switch them out as wanted. This should give me space for my office. For lighting, he is thinking multiple overheads across the cathederal ceiling that daisy chain to the light switch.

This weekend we move everything up and find a solution for my Internet. For work I prefer to be hardwired, we have some spotty areas in the house and this room seems to be the worst. There must be something in the walls interrupting the signal ??

Unfortunately, I've been popping Advil cold and sinus pills since this morning. I have a cold starting and I'm fighting tooth and nail not to let it kick my but but I know the minute the med start wearing off and it's not pretty. Fingers crossed I can keep going because I'm hoping to have everything done by Sunday so I can get sewing :)

Mt's Big Move

Well, the big move is done. It was harder than I ever realized it would be to leave without him. Chris had taken the truck back around 1. My dad and I stayed to finish up - Dad and Mt putting furniture together and me washing & setting up the kitchen.

When we were all done my dad turned to Mt and said ready to go? After a second or two of silence we all had a quiet laugh. For weeks we'd been focused on this day and had spent all day unpacking Mt and in that moment reality hit. From our front door to Mt's aptartment is only a 20 minute drive, but pulling away felt like he lived much further.

Mom called me shortly after dad got home and we made arrangements to take Martin out today (Sunday) to continue our search for curtains. We started off at Ikea and picked up a few things like dish rack,  plastic mat to go under computer chair but no luck on curtains. Off to Walmart, we did find curtains in colours that would work in his apartment but no ceiling mounts.

My Dad thought about a drapery store he saw in one the malls near by. We found the hardware we needed but boy they were expensive. Back to his apartment he and dad installed the curtains while mom and I did some dishes and small things. It was hard leaving again but we've left him in a really great place so I'm trying to stay focused on that.

Chris took advantage of the cold day and started working on my sewing room. He got the pin holes filled (my kids really love tacking stuff all over their walls), walls wiped down and had just started painting when I got home. By 7:30 he finished the entire first coat.

I washed the windows and scrapped the Crayola window clingers off the windows. Those were originally put up by the girls years ago. We did try taking them off at one point when Martin moved into the room but we didn't get very far - they had baked on and I was concerned I'd break the window so we left them to deal with another time and forgot abut them. Chris looked through his tools and found a razorblade scraper. It took over an hour of scrapping to get those sucker's off. It must have been loud outside, everyone who walked by looked up and waved. LOL I think they thought I was banging to get their attention. As you can see, we still have a few things to clear out of the room. Chris has some touch ups and wants to start the trim after work tomorrow. I'm hoping I'll be able to steam clean the rug Wednesday night. If things keep moving, we might be able to start moving stuff up next weekend!

Hope every has a great week!