Craft Space Help!

I need some input/help/advice.

Our home is quite small. Somewhere around the 1200 square foot range. I have to be creative in my aproach to furniture and how I use my space. In alot of ways this is good. It forces me to get rid of things that I just don't need. We have almost no knick-nacks or dust collectors.

Our office is combined with the play room, in our sun room. Which is great because I can be doing things on the computer and still completely here for Nathan.

My sewing table is a little nook in our master bedroom. I have a metal office cubicle that was given to me by a friend.

Where I need help. My sewing table is just that, all sewing stuff. Many times I have to walk away from a project, so I leave it on the table to come back and finish. This works really well. However, I'm trying to start on Nathan's scrapbook.

Here's a picture of my table. I really don't want to crowd the table portion with stuff. I like being able to spread things out.

What is the best way to make this space work for both?

Out with the old

When we got married, we collected several standard household appliances. None of them were top of the line, in fact, probably closer to bottom of the line.

That was almost 11 years ago.

While making Christmas Cookies, the motor burnt out on my trusty hand mixer. I was tempted to run & get the KitchenAid that I have been coveting, but decided to be practical instead. We simply replaced it with a newer model. Well, Mike's parents replaced it for us. Thanks Guys!!

Since sewing this last year, I have been ironing more than ever! Seriously, we just don't iron much. We are jeans & t's kind of people. Apparently, it's all been too much for my old iron. I can't say that I was sad, it had very little features on it & just irritated me.

Then, I've been using a basic folding table for my craft/sewing area for quite some time. It bounced like crazy when the sewing machine would get going, and of course that slows me down. I had very little in the way of storage, and as I got more into sewing, it became more cluttered in there. Friends of ours are cleaning & reorganizing their basement and gave us a great metal computer desk with hutch. I can close the cabinets of the hutch, keep things out of sight.

I've been spending the afternoon putting things away and straightening the area. I'm so excited!! I still some work to do, like sorting my scraps & "to be finished" boxes, but that will happen in time. Hopefully, this new area will be more inviting to my creative juices.

















































My goal for the next week, is to get the house (and my life) much more organized. I think much better when things aren't cluttered, and I'm just tired of it all!

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering... my little sewing space is in a small, 6' X 2.5' alcove in our bedroom. So, I have to be creative with my space. I use our bed as my cutting table, and the ironing board winds up staying up all the time. I would love to some day have a bright room devoted to my crafts ~ complete with large cutting table, but for now, I am beyond grateful for my little space.