New Workspace

This weekend, we took on a project to both squeeze yet more usage out of our limited square footageand to improve my posture.  If you'll recall from previous posts, my sewing space isn't exactly ideal.  I sew on the coffee table, which--when combined with doing all of my ironing and cutting on the living room floor--was slowly but surely turning me into a hunchback.

I've been doing tons more sewing recently, which has been a stark reminder of just how un-ideal my sewing situation is--not to mention the fact that I'd love to get a new coffee table at some point in the not-too-distant future.  Unless I go with another clunkin' piece of mdf like our current Ikea table, any future coffee tables are not likely to withstand the weight of what I can only assume is a 100% lead sewing machine.  So prior to the holidays, I set out on a mission to make my sewing situation more sustainable.  In the end, Michael and I decided that we simply had no spare square footage to sacrifice on a permanent basis to a new desk.  Thankfully, the internets led me to this gem...a murphy desk -- what a novel idea!

We finally found the time this weekend to install it.  Despite some of the reviews on Overstock by some customers that I can only assume have never used a screwdriver, it was super simple to install, so in about 15 minutes we from this...

...to this...

...which converts to this...

Once I filled the nooks, crannies, and cubbies with all my sewing goodies, I really, truly felt like I'd suddently gotten my own little sewing room.



And to further prove its practicality, check out the view of the TV from the couch should I choose to sew when Michael wants to watch TV (which indeed happened last night)...  Not so bad, huh?



I don't want to go on too much about it because well, it is just a piece of furniture...and a terribly practical one at that, but to me, it's kind of amazing.  I gave it a try last night, and it honestly kind of felt weird how not painful it was to be sewing and how I could actually see the seams I was making.  Crazy, huh?



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