Workspace Makeover, Part III
February 29, 2012 Here's where I park myself ... a lot ... at my new/old desk.
I.LOVE.IT.
I'm very lucky to call this talented lady friend. One of these days I'll tell you story about how we met and how she was the first business woman to make me think I had legitimate sewing chops by selling my wares in her shop. :)
I bought this "Lady's Writing Desk" from Barb last Fall but I couldn't use it as my desk until I got my new computer because the old PC tower wouldn't fit underneath.
AND it even has DRAWERS, which I lined with Laura Ashley drawer liners ...
- no longer scented but still pretty - 'cause they match my ironing board cover ...
and the hat box on top of my shelving ...
Is that totally awesome ... or just seriously pathetic? Don't answer. ;)
The lamp - also from Barb (I've furnished my sewing room with a LOT of things from her!) - is perfect here in the corner.
It was the raspberry beaded fringe that made me buy it ... well, and the crystals ... and the taupe shade that matches the stripe in the wallpaper.
The clock that taunts me all day long by ticking away ... but also reminds me when it's time to pick up the girls from school.
The oh so adorable applique ... which sadly is hidden by the computer ... but I know it's there. :)
The magnet board is new. I've been meaning to get something like this for a while. Kate found it at Ikea and said I should get one. I've learned the hard way to always listen to her purchase recommendations. I can't tell you how many times she's told me to get something and I hum & haw ... and then six months later totally regret it. I know I'll never regret this magnet board.
And the iron decoration was an impulse buy a few years ago. I thought I'd put in the diningroom, but it's been neglected in a sideboard drawer.
My perch - another Honey B's score from a few years ago - which goes so well with the desk, even though they're not a set. I'm thinking of recovering it with the same ironing board fabric ... or maybe the green check ... tee hee.
Too bad I'm better with a needle & thread than I am with a screwdriver & staple gun ... 'cause I bruise easily.
I'm a wimp delicate flower.
My Sewing Room 
Reader Comments (16)
I love your sewing room! It looks so lovely and tranquil!
Pretty little work space. Love the bench style chair. Would love a pretty workspace like that.
What a beautiful sewing room. Everything coordinates so nicely! Wish mine were so coordinated. I must get rid of the brown valences and find some pretty flowers! Thanks for sharing. K-
No wonder you're sewing all day long! Confess it, you'll just need an excuse to spend as much time as possible in this beautiful/amazing/lovely room;-)
Hildy
Oh THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It's beautiful and I now have a picture of where you sit and write up these fantastic posts! BTW I love the lamp - wonderful!
What a beautiful room. I love your white desk and chair, and the lamp, and the wallpaper and, and, and!! It's gorgeous!
S x
FINALLLY!!!!!! Man, talk about making a girl WAIT for the punch line! It was worth it. THe room is just beautiful. I don't think you should recover the seat cushin. I like the faded look of it. Very vintage.
It really is beautiful. Hope to see how your cuttting table looks in the room...i'm starting to rethink your suggestion of moving it out from the wall. Just thinkin'....
Thanks for the peek Miss Shabby Chic! ;p
Your room is beautiful!!! Loved the glimpse into the studio!!! :O)
Wow! Pretty room! I would like to have a space like that (in my dream...)!
:O I love it! pastel loveliness! shabby chic is my favourite. Did u see my new makeover on my blog? I think ud love it judging by this room :p
I am loving these makeover posts!! I like how you're just showing us a bit at a time, that way your posts have more pics showing us lots of detail. If it was me I would recover the chair in the green check. Also, I'm curious about your bulletin board above your desk, did you make that?
So pretty and so you.
Enjoy it well and create lovely blocks in there. :D
Beautiful! I have been working on my space too! I have posted some pictures on my site, but mine isn't as pretty as yours! Love that chair! Seems big enough for a furry friend to join you - I need that.
lovely, lovely! :)
Thanks so much for sharing your sewing room with us.... it is absolutely gorgeous, so inspiring.... I can't imagine anything could be stressful in that room even if it was to do with zips or buttonholes or mending.... worst jobs ever in my sewing room, lucky I have lots of patchwork and that kind of good sewing to do. You know where I'm going now .... to google laura ashley and ikea, thanks again, Sheryl
your sewing room is hilarious - if only you could see where I work you'd know just how hilarious! You're all elegant and pastel and tidy and neat and your magnet board is tiny.
I have one too. the biggest one they make. seriously HUGE and it's always cluttered with stuff. stuff here and there and everywhere. and my room is green (mostly dark mossy shades) and anything pretty is swamped by the Piles of Stuff!
See? Hilarious.
I'm just not the neat tidy pastel elegant sort. I have penguins.