In the early years of my marriage, I had a sewing machine set in a simple cabinet. Over the years I sewed with that machine in our family room, in the dining room, or in our bedroom in the various houses where we lived. There was always a sewing mess in those rooms.
After my last child left home, we decided to use one of our bedrooms as a computer and sewing room. My husband has a long desk and several file cabinets on one side of the room, and I have a smaller desk on the other side. Not much room was left for sewing.
My husband bought a new, computerized, portable sewing machine for me, and after seeing in a magazine an idea for converting a closet into a sewing space, I decided to have a shelf with a fold out extension built in the closet in that room. My handy husband put up other shelves and lights inside the closet. It works pretty good - not as much room as I would love to have but at least I can fold up the extension and close off the mess.
Now.........if I could just figure out what to do with all the mess important stuff my husband leaves needs to keep around his computer!
Closet closed
Closet with the extension folded up
Extension down with machine set up for sewing
Fabric shelves at the top of closet
