Oh Happy Day {creative space reveal}

It took several days and lots of elbow grease but the office makeover is finished!

Here is what it looked like before…cluttered and messy.

And here it is now! Come on in and I’ll show you around!

I showed you all this area already, but in case you missed it…here is my revamped ironing station!

Next, I moved the desk, relocated my cutting matt, cleared off and painted the bulletin board, and made a few accessories for the desk!

Thanks so much to The Secret Stitch Club for sharing their tutorial for the cute little “Keep Calm and Sew On” printable! Love it! And see that little mug rug??? Those will be coming to the shop in the very near future!

I also made a new cover for my sewing machine! I will be guest posting the tutorial for this ruffley goodness on a fabulous blog in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more details on that!

Then I made a cover for my boring folding chair. I chose a sunny yellow vintage inspired fabric. I also made a cushion for my bum. Hours of sewing is hard on the tailbone :P

I painted this bulletin board to match the other one and I added some teeny tiny bunting. So cute! Thanks to Andrea from Knitty Bitties for this printable. Something I need to be reminded of everyday!

Here is the backside of my desk where I store all my stuff.

On this shelf, I store my fabric and works in progress.

My cutting matt and tools we relocated here, to the other half of our L-shaped office desk. It’s working out nicely. And in case you can’t tell…I am printable obsessed! Thanks to Kim at Yellow Songbird for this one!

This is the email checking desk. As I have mentioned previously…I blog from the couch due to laziness. Still working on getting a new chair. This one is GINOURMOUS.

Well that’s it. This is where I make all the pretty things for the shop! I hope you have enjoyed the tour!

Oh and make sure you stop by See Kate Sew today for my tutorial on the Conversation Heart Coasters!

Have a great day friends!

Creative Space Makeover {part 1}

I am SO excited to share part one of my {Creative Space Makeover} with you all! I worked really hard on Tuesday and got these first projects done. I just LOVE how everything turned out! It makes such a difference in the room! I can’t wait to get everything done and get back to work in my pretty new office! I have a few projects to finish up today while the little man is at school. Part two of the reveal will be next week so stay tuned!

Ok…here is this part of the room before and after!

and a few more shots of the details…

Framed Vintage Flour Sacks (I used this tute) I think I need to add a few more…

 Pretty new Ironing Board Cover in Robert Kaufman Dill Blossoms (I used this tute)

This pink basket holds all my current projects. Typically I will cut a bunch of things out at a time and they live in this basket until they are sewn. Huge timesaver for me! The rolling cart holds LOTS of fabric scrap organized by color.

Ahhhhhh. The aqua dresser. I could not love it more. It’s a little dresser from Ikea. Perfect for all my sewing bits and pieces.

I scored these yellow ceramic polka dot pulls from the always AMAZING Cost Plus World Market. Such a fun store!

Well, there you have it! That’s part one! I will be busy today working on finishing up a few more projects. It’s all coming together quite nicely if I do say so myself!

Have a happy day friends!

{My Creative Space}

Over the weekend I gave you all a sneaky peek at what was going on behind the scenes at Sew Chatty.

It was time for an office/sewing space INTERVENTION. I felt like I was on an episode of “Hoarders” {which I totally love BTW}.

Clutter had overtaken most of the space and when things are messy, I am a crazy lady. It’s a pretty small room…about 10x10…and we have A LOT of furniture in there. It’s our home office AND my sewing room. Double duty means two desks and one of them is L-shaped so that’s like 3 desks.

My sewing desk {IKEA…love it} is made to be double sided so I was using one side to cut and the other to sew. I love that, but that means the desk is in the middle of the room and it is a TIGHT squeeze to move around in there. I decided that was the first change to make.

After LOTS of decluttering and organizing and moving things…I give to you the tour of my creative space…how it is now…but I’m no where near done yet!

This is the view from the living room. Whoa. I can actually walk in there now!

   

This is a strange little nook outside the room that I have turned into my shipping station.

This is the first area I’ll be making over! The dresser will be getting a pretty paint job and new pulls. The ironing board will be getting covered. And the things that are currently on the wall will be relocated to another wall and I will framing some pretty vintage flour sacks in embroidery hoops to hang up.

I am also eager to makeover this area! I’ll be redoing the inspiration board, covering the chair, making a new sewing machine cover, and adding a few cute accessories to the desk. 

This is the shelf part of my desk and where I store all my books, patterns, and various supplies. What is that white thing you ask? That would be my .50 light box…what I use to photograph most of my products. Tutorial coming soon! The other shelf stores my fabulous fabric.All that stuff in the corner is display things for boutiques/shows. I really need to find a more aesthetically pleasing way to store that!

This would be my new cutting table {aka desk that’s been in the room for 7 years} and where I check email, etc... I blog from the couch because I’m lazy :) 

I am also thinking we need a new desk chair. This one is GINORMOUS {while being very comfy} and not pretty. I like things to be pretty.

Well, that’s it. My creative space pre-redo. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be working hard to make it pretty! I hope you’ll follow along to see the progress!

Have a fabulous day!

Sew Chatty {behind the scenes}

This weekends project...begin to declutter, organize, and beautify the office. Don't shame me. I know it's bad. I'll keep you posted on the process!

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