Progress in the sewing room!

When we first moved in Ryan's dad put up a peg board in the basement over the work bench for Ryan to put his tools on.  It works great for Ryan, and got me thinking that a peg board in the sewing room would be a great idea.  There was even a piece of peg board left over for me to use!

I wanted the peg board to be functional but also look like an intentional piece of decoration.  I had researched some ideas on Pintrest where people had made frames for the peg board, which looked really great.  I told Ryan about my idea and he told me that in order to make the frame we needed to buy a miter saw.  Darn. I wasn't really sure how much a miter saw would cost, but I didn't really want to spend money on a expensive carpentry tool, and especially just for one project.

Then, the other week I was again, looking at Pintrest, and saw a really cool DIY shelving unit that I thought would look great above our couch.  I told Ryan about the idea and again, he told me we would need a miter saw for the project.  Darn again.  But hey, now we could use the saw for two projects.  In a very uncharacteristic moment, I told Ryan we needed to buy a miter saw.  I don't think he thought I was being serious at first.  If you know me, I am pretty frugal and I don't like spending money on things that aren't completely necessary.  While I like to think this is a great trait, it isn't always, and I know I drive Ryan crazy sometimes because I am too frugal.  Once he realized I was being serious, he didn't waste anytime and we were at Home Depot before I could blink.

When we found the miter saws at Home Depot, we were pleasantly surprised to find a miter saw for only $90!  We were thinking we would have to spend closer to $200.  We put the saw in the cart and went to look for some wood to make the frame.  We decided to use a piece of unfinished crown molding for the frame.  It was pretty cheap and you buy it in long pieces so you can cut it to whatever sizes you need.

I was too excited while we were making the frame to take and pictures, but here is the finished result!

 We used the miter saw to cut the wood to size and miter the corners.  We used wood glue and staples to hold the frame together, and used screws to hold the peg board to the frame. 

I don't even have it filled up yet and I love it!  It works so well to hold all my scissors and rotary cutters.  The four green and metallic flower things on the bottom are bobbin holders.  It is really nice to not have to search through boxes or drawers to find things.

I decided to hang it right above my machines so I everything is right at hand while I am sewing.  (Also, Cassie, our kitty, has made her first debut on the blog!)  I decided to stained the frame at natural wood color instead of paint it, which I really like because it compliments the wood of the hutch we bough for the room.  So wonderful!

I just realized I never shared about the hutch we found for the sewing room!  Ryan and found it at an antique store downtown for only $60.  It is just what I wanted.  I wanted a hutch or shelving unit that was mid-century modern in style, and had plenty of space to hold all of my fabric and sewing supplies.  This fits the bill perfectly!

 

I use the shelves are for books, patterns, some notions, and fabric.  As well as a few quilt tops I have finished piecing.  The small pile of fabric on the top shelf is only a small portion of my quilting fabric, the rest are in another box on a different shelf for now.   

 

The drawer holds all of my rulers and pattern paper.  The bottom doors hind all of my apparel fabrics.  They are larger cuts of fabrics than the quilting cottons so they need a little more space.

The room is pretty close to being all set up, which is great because I finally feel like I can start sewing in there now.  I started on a project Friday night actually!  I have to say it is really nice to not have to put away all my sewing things because we need the kitchen table for dinner.