A presentable workspace adds motivation to your endeavor level. This is the reason why all of us need proper working space. As you start pursuing a professional career in sewing, you suddenly realize that you really desire a personally customized space. But what’s the plan for organizing your sewing room?
When this question arises, how to organize a sewing room on a budget? The very initials to notice are your priorities like what you really want to invest in. For instance, with a basic budget, one would give preference to a sewing machine (obviously), then a sewing machine table, maybe an ironing stand or board, and a storage area.
These priorities are the basics, the rest comes afterward. Like crafts, decoration stuff, and storage ideas. If you think of increasing your budget then you can expand it to include a computer and a cutting space in the sewing room as well.
Let us try to formulate and suggest a plan that will help you organize a sewing room on a budget.
Three main steps to follow before organizing a sewing room on a budget:
- Search for scratch.
- Plan a budget.
- Make a purchase list.
Once, you are done with these 3 steps. The rest of your organization’s planning becomes a lot more simple and easy.
Formulating A Tentative Initial Plan
1. Budget Planning
If you keep stalking Pinterest ideas for your sewing room. Chances are that you might be watching people having perfect huge personal spaces for sewing and crafts. But let’s not scare you in terms of budget.
Everything can be managed under a certain budget. Just set the initial priorities that you want at this foundational level. And set a budget for that. This will help you manage all your other expenses besides sewing room organization, smoothly.
And how everything is going to be managed under a specific budget? How are you going to set it? Fret not! Just break down your budget into pieces. Like if you are planning a sewing room then you must have the initials in your hand priory. This includes your sewing machine, a little cabinet or storage boxes, an iron, any random table at home that you are not using for any specific reasons, etc.
These all things will serve a purpose in your sewing room. It’s not necessary to buy everything ‘NEW’. Already existing material can do the job better with just a little bit of deco to add more presentation to your room’s display. And that obviously goes well with the budget.
2. Scratch Hunt!
Firstly, search for all the scratches you have at home. Before making any purchase, I highly recommend considering things that you already own. This will help you in many ways. The most amazing benefit is that it gives you the option to discard those already existing materials from your purchase list and you can have more extra stuff.
I am pretty sure that we all have some tables already at our homes that are not serving any purpose. You can use your previous dinner table, dining table, or any other random table from your storeroom.
Consider some DIY crafts over that table. If the table is wooden or steel-cased, there are several ways to restore its condition to make it appear like a brand new table. Maybe; polishing, a bit of repairing, or little add-ons could help. Just let your creative side wake up!
3. Floor Planning
The floor is very important when you think of bringing changes to any new space. This does not require very expensive stuff. You can renovate it by yourself without any help. And remember the scratch can be your partner here.
You can start by cleaning the floor and adding the previous carpet and some beautiful pieces of rug from your home. If you have some budget planned for flooring then wooden theme sheets will justify that.
Also, make sure to install some electricity plug-ins, or maybe a simple electrical cord will suffice. If you are planning to just carpet a pre-floored space, then simply just run an electrical cord from any possible corner of the carpet linking it to the table for the sewing machine and ironing. This will add more convenience and safety.
4. Storage Space
In a sewing room, you need to sort lots of stuff from buttons to fabrics and a lot more. If you are a DIY person, then you can craft your way out. The first thing that is my personal preference is a pegboard that you can easily find on Ikea or any other online store for wall hangings.
This pegboard can add several options to hold your threads, little button pockets, and some deco or frames.
Buckets, plastic storage boxes, or maybe cloth baskets can spare the space. To make your sewing room more spacious, you need to store the fabrics and leftovers in boxes and store them under your work table. You can sort threads color-wise and place them on hooks over the pegboard.
5. A workspace & an office; combo!
If you already own a computer and a sewing machine. Then you can combine them both in one place. This will save you from organizing an office separately.
Basically, it will meet your important corners together so you will no longer have to run distances to be at the office and at the workstation. You can easily deal with everything from a single workspace.
Whenever you start planning a sewing room, make sure to organize it in such a way that it is more spacious. And that you can do by storing your extra material under your sewing machine table. Use a single wide table for multi-tasking like for cutting, sewing and ironing as well.
Add a comfy chair to your sewing room. The majority of people recommend furniture from Ikea, which is pretty much affordable and incredible as well. If you find any old furniture at home, you can restore it too. Because organizing is a fun thing!