Cleaned up and ready for new cabinet

 I ordered a new sewing cabinet last week. It is the Outback from Kangaroo Cabinets, a division of Arrow Sewing.  It is the only one I found, in my price range, that had an opening that was large enough for my Solaris. Here is a picture of it I got off their website.  Mine probably will never look this "clean" after I start using it. But there will be plenty of space for me to work on my projects.  I'm told delivery will be 2 to 4 weeks, and it has already been one week, so hopefully it will be here soon.

  I also bought a new sewing chair, from  Horn. It is a 6 way adjustable deluxe chair, and should work nicely with my cabinet.  I got the blue, and it has already arrived.

 

What really surprised me is that the company said my zip code was in an area that they do their White Glove delivery service.  They will deliver the cabinet, put it together and remove any trash from the packing materials.  So we opted to spend a bit more for that, rather than have to assemble the cabinet ourselves.  I'm sure we could have put it together, but it would have taken us hours.  It may take them hours, but they should be familiar with how to put them together and should be able to do it faster than we could.

In order to get ready for delivery, I got into the Studio and started cleaning and putting furniture where I think it may live.  The bookcases in the back will hold my fabric, and  books, and near the front, on the right, is where the sink and refrigerator will be placed. (Where the vacuum is now)  The front table on the left is my old table, and that may or may not stay.  I wouldn't mind having some extra horizontal space to work with, but I still need to move in my old sewing cabinet, that will have one of my older machines set up in it, and a 6 drawer cabinet that I use for storage of rulers and other small notions.

The back wall, where the black rack and my quilting frame is, will become my design wall, so those aren't staying there, but they are out of the way for when my new cabinet arrives, to give them plenty of room to put it together.  The open wall on the right is where the new cabinet is going to sit.  If I still have enough space, my old sewing cabinet will go next to it, otherwise, I may have to set that up along the left wall.

I don't want to start unpacking until my cabinet arrives, just in case I change my mind about where everything is going to go.  It will be eaiser to rearrange things if they aren't filled up, or boxes are in the way to where I want to put them.  And it's possible, I may change my mind about shelves, and get rid of the bookcases, and find something else that will work better.  But for now, I will use what I have, and see how it goes before I decide to get something else.

The space has come a long way since we first moved into the house.  In case you don't remember what it looked like, here is the picture of the space right after we purchased this property.

I should be able to start sewing again soon. I know I won't get everything unpacked before I do some sewing, but I need to wait until I find all my notions and tools that I use all the time.   Hopefully they won't be in the "last" box I unpack and can start sewing as a "reward" for getting boxes unpacked and organized.

Until next time...happy crafting!!!

The shed is built!

So, it has taken longer than expected, mostly because of the weather. We had lots of rain the past few weeks, and couldn't work on the shed.  But the shed is finally up, and in a few more days, we will be able to start moving things into it, as I start setting up my Studio.  Here are some in progress pictures of the build.

This one the walls are up and the doors have been installed.

We are almost done putting the roof on.  A few more panels, then the top peak, which has spaces for some panels to let the light in. 

 

Here is a look into the shed, after all the roof has been installed.

And here is a look at the shed next to the Studio.

 

 

 

The shed is 8' by 15' and we will be putting some shelving units in there to better organize what I will be storing in there. I plan to store things I don't want to get rid of, but don't use regularly, so they aren't in my way in the Studio.  But before we start moving things in there, we want to make sure that it is waterproof like it was advertised.  It should rain again in a few days, so we will be able to check that out soon.  We plan to put some caulking around the seams just to be safe, but just want to make sure there aren't any major leaks because of the way it is put together.

I have found a new sewing cabinet I want, and will get that ordered after I get some things in the Studio in place.  It will have to be assembled, so I want to make sure we have enough room to work on that before it's delivered.  

I should be able to start unpacking and putting things where I want them soon.  I can't wait until I can get back to sewing and quilting again.

Until next time...Happy Crafting!!