We decided to convert an existing bedroom into a sewing room for Patti. Approximately 10 feet by 14 feet, there will be enough room to provide a wall-hanging cabinet 12 feet long, a 12 foot long base cabinet underneath it and finally centered between the base cabinet and the front wall, will be a 12 foot long sewing surface with multiple drawers.
This is the beginning. An empty bedroom with many changes that need to be made. This view is from the door looking at the back left hand corner. The wall paper border has to be removed. The fan is to be replaced. The ceiling and all the molding will be repainted.
This view is from the back left hand corner to the door. More wall paper border to be removed.
This is the closet. The sliding doors have been removed for easy access to the fabric bins. The closet is lit to enable easy viewing of all the material. You can see the window blinds stacked up against the door jamb waiting for the window woodwork to be repainted.
Here is the original ceiling fan. It will be replaced with a 52" fan finished in white. There will be two, 2 foot by 4 foot, fluorescent fixtures to light the sewing table.
These are the fluorescent light frames. We used drop-ceiling lights (relatively inexpensive) and enclosed them with a wood frame and finished the effect with crown molding all finished in gloss white.
The new fluorescent light fixtures and re-painted fan are now installed. This is the original fan. We shopped for a replacement fan bout could not find one she liked so I re-painted it white to match the other lights.
This is the crown molding detail. These lights are standard drop-ceiling lights with a 1x3 frame and crown molding all painted white. The lights cost about $40 ea, the wood cost about $20. Similar lights, finished the same, cost about $160 ea!
This picture and the next two are all the parts for the wall hanging unit and the base cabinet. All the shelves are cut and edge banded. The shelf supports (seen on the top of the pile) have been edge banded and drilled for the shelf pins.
Here are the drawer parts made from
1/2" material. The panels standing up are some of the doors.
These are the
panels for the carcass; vertical panels, top and bottom panels and back boards.
The room is ready for painting. Patti will use the "Woolie Technique" to apply 2 shades of yellow.
This is the final finish. This finish is accomplished using two shades of yellow and a device called a Woolie. Big "blobs" of paint are applied to the wall and then the Woolie spreads it out resulting in a translucent appearance.
Well here are the cabinets hung on the wall, all 12 feet of them! All the doors hung pretty well. Phase 1 of 3 is completed, the Base Cabinets are next.
Thread, miles of thread! Every color imaginable! All neatly organized and accessible.
Serger thread. Used on a Serger machine, the serger costs more than my Unisaw! But again, all organized and accessible.
Phase 1 and 2 are now completed. Phase 3 is already under construction. Phase 2 provided six compartmented drawers and four more shelved spaces. She has patterns and projects in them already. Notice the peg board between the wall shelves and the base unit. Great use of space.
This is the finished room.
There are several design changes form the original effort. Among those are
four sewing chairs, an ironing surface and iron station.
Last Updated: October 21, 2005