It's a bath...no it's a sewing...

No, lets just call it a multi-purpose room!!

It's been quite a while since I posted some pictures of rooms and I've been really busy lately trying to get some more cleaning out and organizing done.  Unfortunately I seem to make a huge mess in the process, and it causes more dis-organization & work needing to be done in another room.  Sometimes a room that I've already got pretty much gone thru.  Seems to be the story of my life tho.  After all, I'm *only* a stay at home mom, what else would I do, right?  RIGHT.

One of the biggest problems joys in my life is that I love creating and have way too many hobbies and things I want to do. (When I hear people say they are bored, I just grit my teeth & roll my eyes.  smile politely and wonder what they do with their time.)  There is just not enough time in my life to do all the things I want to do, and NO time to be bored!  Oh yeah, blogging comes under creating in case you were wondering!

Back to my house.  Remember-- we moved last spring.  Remember-- we moved FROM a huge house, TO a small house. Remember-- I have stuff.  Alot of stuff.  I don't mind going thru my stuff, but I hate getting rid of my stuff.  So I keep it, store it--but sooner or later something has to be done with it, or....

#1 it will get filthy from barn dirt,
#2 it will get broken or torn, or messed up from people digging around looking for other STUFF
#3 it will get wet
#5 it will get ruined by mice, dogs or cats.
#6 if nothing else, it's likely to get thrown away if my husband or kids get too tired of having it in their way.
#7 And help us all if my daughter comes home at Christmas time and decides SHE needs to help me go thru it!

I worked lately on my scrapbooking nook & supplies and got them the space under control, but didn't get around to taking a picture of it.  Now I've messed it up a bit because....  (there's always SOME excuse ya know)

Anyway I've been sewing again lately!  I use to sew.  Loved it and made lots of clothes and other things over the years.  For many years I had a quilting machine and did custom quilting.  I've made a lot of friendship quilts for friends, but for the last 10 years there's been very little sewing.  Now the bug has hit again, and I had no space to work except my dining room, and that's a bit inconvenient a lot of the time.

After racking my brain on where I could make myself a sewing spot.  After crossing off the barn (too cold, dirty & unfinished) and the basement ,(too damp and dark) I came up with basically 2 choices.  My downstairs bathroom, or my upstairs bathroom.

Now I know that probably sounds really strange, but
#1. I'm desperate here.
#2.  I have 2 really big bathrooms
#3.  I believe in utilizing space
#4.  If you don't have something and you want something, figure it out, and make it work!

(I'm really in to #4.  I grew up this way--blame it on my mother. Or being poor.  Or something.)

I didn't take before photos, not much was changed except a dresser where the sewing machine now is.
And, I still have a couple boxes on the shelf of non-sewing STUFF that has to be gone thru.  But, I have my space and I'm quite happy.

We didn't do anything to this room when we moved in except put the two white cabinets on the wall for storage. The colors matched my bathroom decor anyway, so we left it the way it was for now.

 The sewing room from the doorway

 Sewing room from the bathroom

 The bathroom/tub

 The bathroom sink/stool

Looking out the door to the hallway.

There you go.  Mission accomplished.
Oh, you wondered why I didn't put it in my downstairs bathroom?
My Laundry room is in there.  :)