The first four of five Billy Bookcases are up. Only one top extension is in place, and the doors are not on it yet, but I have started moving fabric into the lower cabinets. The fifth cabinet was damaged in shipping and I have to send the damaged parts list to Ikea as soon as the top extensions are finished.
I can't claim any responsibility for the results so far other than buying the cabinets and helping lug them up the stairs. I am grateful to know a couple of good handymen and am very happy that A has taken on this job since I know I would be nowhere near this far along were I attempting it myself, and I would probably be lying on the floor with my feet up on the sofa feeling stiff, sore, and frustrated, and too tired to unpack fabric.
My only other responsibility so far, other than moving tons of stuff around and helping carry, has been to crawl around the garage floor while I glued large pieces of plywood together, and haul more heavy stuff around to weight the pieces, in order to make the 42" x 108" (3 1/2' x 9') top of the future cutting table.
Seeing the assembled slab of plywood lying on the floor, although not in its final place, I see that although the cutting table will dominate the room, I will have room to work around it, and I am happy at that thought. Only half of the base cabinets have arrived, and two of them are awaiting assembly. The final cabinets should arrive this week, and the materials for finishing the top probably this coming week or early the following week.
I probably won't get more fabric moved today as I'm hosting a dinner party this evening. But I can go upstairs and sigh occasionally, and dream of the space to come.
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12 responses to “Cutting Room 1: A Little Sunshine On A Rainy Day”
I love the bookcases for fabric…jealous!
I don’t know if I can stand the envy that this photo produces M! 🙂 Lord, it’s going to be fantastic. And how wonderful that you are entertaining this evening. I hope everyone has a chance to admire your room-in-progress and that you enjoy food and friendship. xo
Hmm, I don’t know if I will take them upstairs to see the room in progress, or if they will understand….
We’ll see what happens.
Very impressed that you’re hosting a dinner party — hope that’s a joy-filled evening!
You are off to a good start. Enjoy the journey.
I love these bookcases. I’ve been trying to think of what to use for fabric storage and this seems almost perfect. I may copy you….
oooh, i love having a good ‘ol perve at sewing studios! yours is looking { REAL } good so far 🙂
My dining table is my cutting table. It opens to 105 inches, and I splurged on cutting mats for it. I know you’ll enjoy cutting on a long table with no fabric drooping off the ends. The bookcases look gorgeous.
I love IKEA. My new sewing room (still not totally organized, but close) has IKEA shelves (the Expedit ones), filing cabinets, and a huge corner desk that easily handles a couple of machines plus all sorts of other stuff. This is looking great! K
Hmm, perhaps I should look at Ikea’s corner desks…
Karen, I looked at expedit. The added depth would be nice for folding fabric, but I needed he glass doors and the narrower footprint in order to work around the cutting table, and the cutting table width was non-negotiable.
I hope you post pictures when you are done.
Mardel,
I love your room — the great storage shelving and the very long workspace. I have been mentally planning a long and wide cutting table/workspace and have a couple of questions if you don’t mind my asking. I had been thinking I wanted a surface 60 inches wide by 8 feet long so i could layout 60″ fabric in one layer. I read your note about the width of your table and wondered if you would strongly recommend against such a wide table. Second, I wondered how you plan to use the shallow drawers in your base units. I had thought I would want deeper drawers in a base unit for pattern storage., but i do know there are tons of notions that could be stored in shallower spaces.