Finally! I have finally finished {well, almost finished} my Basement Craft/Sewing Room! Remember when I had a really cute sewing room upstairs in the 4th bedroom? {click to see pictures} Unfortunately, that room never ever worked out because I work late at night and it was directly near the kids’ rooms…. and well, you know how that goes. So, I stuck my tail between my legs and tried to come up with a better solution.
EDITED TO ADD: I recently blogged about all the details HERE
The basement. The ugly, scary, unfinished basement with gray concrete walls, concrete floors, exposed beams on the ceiling, and almost no natural light was my only option. {click here to see BEFORE pictures} Ugh. Sure, we eventually plan to finish the basement, but certainly not right now. With virtually NO money in the budget to spend on fixing the basement up, I really had to use what we already had and definitely use my imagination.
So, for under $300, I now have a craft room/sewing studio that I actually {somewhat} enjoy being in! I will be back another day to explain where I got everything and how I put everything together! In the meantime, I am going to just relax in my new room!
Hayley
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Hayley – It looks PHENOMENAL!!! I’d come and play for the day if it weren’t so far from Tokyo. You did an awesome job. Enjoy!!!
What a great space! I especially want to hear about how you ‘hung’ everything on the pegboard. Especially where you purchased those items!(shelves?!) I have a small sewing area in my bedroom 🙁 but want to hang a pegboard to take advantage of the vertical space but keep it nice looking still.
I really like your cutting table. Are those IKEA cubbies? The storage inside is great, but I also love that it serves as decor hehe. I am a big fan of fabric lined up nice and pretty.
I LOVe it. I would come and play too. 😉
Looks great!!! I’m not a sew-er (that’s not a gift of mine at all – ask my mother…) but I do some scrapbooking and I am struggling to find a space for it in our place since we down-sized a year ago. I’m only a little bit jealous that you even have a basement to use. Way to go, though! It’s a great space and so economical. I can’t wait to hear about all the little details.
Great job!!! Love your new space! Stopping by from Skip to My Lou linky party and your newest follower.
Here is what I shared this week: http://craftybrooklynarmywife.blogspot.com/2012/01/hollys-first-coat.html
It looks great! I LOVE all the storage! You would never know that was a basement. Hopefully looking at your beautifully finished room will help me get in gear and finish redoing mine.;)
this entire room is just awesome! it is just as perfect as perfect can be!!!! thanks for sharing and thanks for hopping over to my blog! so great to meet you and i will be watching!!!
hugs…
Everything is so colorful. I love your paper organizer.
It’s a dream come true!
What a great room! I love the all over pegboard and the organized cubbies for your fabric!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your craft room. All the beautiful fabrics!!
This is a remarkable transformation for $300. You ROCK!
I think it turned out really nice and bright! It’s very organized. Makes me want to make mine a bit neater.
~Judy~
This looks really great. Do the curtains on your sewing table bother you or get in your way when you are sewing or using your serger?
What a beautiful space you have created! I’m right in the middle of trying to make a craft room in our (unfinished, concrete clad, poorly lit, old) basement as well. Thank you so much for showing us so many wonderful, colorful ideas!
What kind of sewing machine do you have?
You did a gorgeous job! I’m working on my basement craft space, and this gives me lots of inspiration!
Looks great and what a great space, good for you ! Great post
Awesome work!just like your dream come true…I wish i too work my studio like this
Wow, you did a fantastic job! What a great place to create!
Would love for you to post your project or any of your projects at my website http://www.ohmy-creative.com
Susan,
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I love that room. It looks spectacular and not like a basement at all. I would love to do that to my basement. How did you get the pegboard up on the concrete walls.
Ruth
Thank you so much for all the lovely comments! I have been sick and unable to blog much, but I promise to have a post up soon giving details and answering everyones questions
I can’t thank everyone enough for being so kind!
Your room is Out-of-This-world beautiful! I wish you could come and help me organize mine.
I love to sew and also make cards with rubber stamps so I’m always struggling with how to store/organize everything. I have my own little studio in a separate house but it needs some organizing. If you have time, please drop by my blog to see what I need to do different.
Take care and thanks so much for sharing! What an inspiration!
Debbie
amazing job!
enjoy enjoy enjoy!
xo
elyse
What a lovely space to create in! Love the pegboard walls!
Thanks so much for joining our Impossibilities challenge!
Linda
itallstartedwithpaint@gmail.com
I love it – I don’t know if you saw my challenge which was organizing my basement. It is unfinished and ugly but at least now it’s clean (got rid of tons of stuff). Would love something like this as my next step! Thanks so much for joining our Impossibilities Challenge! New follower here.
Kelly
I had to come back for another look. I thought I had left a comment before, but maybe not. I just love this space, I bet it is so inspirational to create in!
Thanks so much for linking up to the challenge!
Karah
Your fabulous craft room is being featured at the Imagine the Impossibilities Challenge!
http://www.eclecticallyvintage.com/4/post/2012/02/imagine-the-impossibilities-fabulous-features.html
Kelly
Seriously….this is nothing short of spectacular! I love the bright colors and pegboard. Congrats on the feature from Kelly.
blessings,
karianne
Looks great! How did you hang the pegboard on the walls? I am looking to do a cheap basement fix, and am wondering what to do with the walls.
LOVE this! I am struggling to create a craft space in our basement (much smaller area) on a very tight budget as well. Great Job!
P.S. I have the same sewing machine and serger…great minds. 🙂
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What a great craft room! Thanks for the ideas, I’m in the process of organizing mine, oh so cute!
Marti
Awesome! I have never seen a sewing room this organized. Mine is definitely topsy-turvy! I really adore those thread holders especially that all my threads are tangled up! That linen storage is also very useful. I certainly need to do some cleaning and reorganization of my own sewing room. Thank you for this inspiration!
BEAUTIFUL! I, too, have an ugly, unfinished basement that I need to turn into a craft room. I have been unable to come up with any ideas. Then I found your post, and I am THRILLED!!! This is something I can do, and mbest of all – something I can afford to do right now. I love how you utilized the bookshelves as storage and a cutting/work surface – brilliant!
Thank you so much. I’m off to clean my basement so I can get started on the makeover. 🙂
This is one of the prettest sewing roms I’ve seen. Love that it’s so colorful.You should be very proud.
What a lovely crafting space 🙂
This is beautiful! It’s just the inspiration I need. I actually Googled “transform unfinished basement into sewing room” because I’m about to do the same thing. I look forward to updates (maybe they’re already on your site…) about where you got all of your finds.
I too have a basement studio where we produce our refrigerator magnets. It’s a great space in our new house. I have all the room I want, but it’s unfinished. Because the walls are unfinished, it is dark because there is nothing to reflect the light. I’ve been trying to think of inexpensive ways to brighten it…the walls are either concrete or, in some areas, studs with insulation in between. This is brilliant! Tell me, Hayley…did you put pegboard on the ceiling as well?
Thanks for sharing!
Fredda from The Magnificent Magnet