Christmas came early!

I am so thrilled to have a room of my own to sew, quilt and scrapbook.  Larry has worked very hard for a few weeks to renovate his basement office into a craft room for me... my birthday, Christmas and anniversary present (all within 8 days of each other).   It was no small feat to haul everything upstairs from Larry's office and haul everything downstairs from my old teeny craft room.   I thought with such a large room it would look bare... not so much! I had supplies squirreled away in my tiny craft room, in a large closet and a spare bedroom.  It will probably need some fine tuning so that everything is where it should be.

I should have taken a before picture.  The windowless room was so incredibly dark and dingy with its 70's "economical" finishing and the ugliest yellow/brown/rust carpet I've ever laid eyes on.  The walls were dark brown panelling.  When Larry removed the panelling to see what kind of insulation was there; he wasn't surprised to find there was no insulation at all.  I asked to have the rubber connect-a-mat flooring for warmth and comfort and it is so awesome to stand on! 

From the foot of the stairs from left to right, here is my new room. 

Next project is to make covers for the burgundy chairs that don't go with the room colours.

My poor little antique chiffonier needs to be refinished (that will happen this spring hopefully).  I was fortunate to inherit the oak desk and corner cabinet that Larry had custom-built for him when he was transferred back from Saskatoon as Branch Manager.  When Larry's employer sold to the US company it wasn't long before they starting shutting down branches including ours.  Larry's job changed to that of a travelling sales rep so all the furniture came home to our basement where Larry intended to set up his office.  It wasn't long before he couldn't stand the dark, dingy room so brought his laptop and phone upstairs and used the kitchen table.

After many days of hauling and reorganizing equipment and supplies, I can finally get back to doing what I love to do.  Well; after I hem all the pants and catch up on the ironing.   Every time I go to do something I discover more supplies that I have to find room for downstairs.  The thrift store is benefiting from all of the sorting and purging that we have been doing!