My friend Amy is coming again soon so once again I am
preparing for a Staycation. Last time her visit went really well so I want to
build on that success.
One problem I have is that I no longer have a guest
room. Until Amy came last November I had
never needed one. I have a
dining-room-cum-sewing-room and that had to take on yet another function as a
guest room. I use it several days each week as a sewing room and several days a year as a dining room.
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| So inviting from the door! |
You’ve guessed the problem – I have an awful lot of sewing
stuff. Quite apart from two sewing machines
and an overlocker there are huge quantities of fabric and “stuff”. Each time I need the room as a dinning room everything gets shoved every which place. I really don't want to live like this and I would like to be able to do a neat conversion job each time I need the room for a different use. It didn’t
look QUITE as bad as this before I started sorting but I’ve had to abandon the Room of
Doom for the moment.
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| Glorious which ever way you look! |
So for those of you who thought I had only one Room of Doom – think again!
I want to do something with my third bedroom, as I want it to be multi functional. I think I will get away with a day bed that I can use as a sofa. I can store my craft bits underneath and use a fold up table when needed. The day bed will be second hand. The trouble is when you're a crafter you never want to throw anything away as you believe it will come in handy one day. In the mean time it's clutter..
ReplyDeletePS You dealt with the room of doom you'll get it sorted.
ReplyDeleteEr, no. The Room of Doom is still the Room of Doom, but slightly better but not as anybody apart from me would notice! I've just had to switch my attention to the sewing/dining/guest room or Amy will have nowhere to lay her head!
DeleteI feel your pain. Eight years ago when we moved to this house -- downsizing -- my husband asked if it was ok that I wasn't going to have a sewing space. Of course, dear, I said -- you are getting your big garage for a wood shop, I will be fine. It was a lie. I have no place convenient to sew. I have a second bedroom that does have sleeping space but if I want to sew I have to drag everything out of the closet and set it up in the middle of the floor and, of course, in a nanosecond everything is a disaster. I have to cut out fabric in my kitchen and haul it across the house to the sewing machine -- yes, I didn't tell him the truth and now I am paying the price so I know exactly what you are going through.
ReplyDeleteam luckier than most as I live alone - at least I am luckier as far as crafting is concerned! My stuff can go everywhere without anybody else being inconvenienced - at least it can most of the time! I have someone coming to clean on Wednesday and what hasn't been sorted by the time Louise comes will just be boxed and bunged in my bedroon but that's not how I want to be!
DeleteLouise, I should have said, will be doing the cleaning.
DeleteCrafting is wonderful but takes up so much space. I empathise, I thought putting everything in plastic boxes would help but they just have to travel from box room to loft to downstairs. I have so many craft things I would be ashamed to photograph them!
ReplyDeleteIf anyone stays with us they have to sleep on the sofa bed in the front room - which is furnished like an Edwardian parlour! It's like a time slip room.
Your friend won't mind the clutter as long as she can rest her head somewhere; its your company which will mean far more to her.
I too am ashamed by my mess but I find that blogging concentrates the mind wonderfully. This is my year of facing up to my excess and I am hoping that I will be in a better state.
DeleteAnd thank you for that last paragraph. In my head I know it, but I need reminding. I shall enjoy her company greatly but I shall be happier if I have made every effort to make her welcome.