Sewing Table

Have you ever been on the hunt for something specific, convinced that you could find it for a reasonable price, then be on the verge of giving up and spending a decent chunk of change on it, only to find a better deal than you could ever hope for just before you pull the trigger on your bank account?

It feels so good!

When I moved into my apartment, one of the cool features was a large closet. I live in a house that was converted into apartments - mine is the main floor. This closet is where the stairs used to go down to the basement, but now when you open the door there is one step and then floor. It looks like a normal-sized closet at first glance, but if you step down into it, you realize that it's actually pretty huge - it's about the size of a twin-sized bed!

When I was signing the lease for this place, my sister opened the closet, stepped in, turned around and said, "Do you think this is big enough to be a craft room?"

Cue me being excessively excited to move in. Couple this with the fact that my best friend's mother gave me a sewing machine, and I was one happy camper.

Here's a picture of the closet (after moving in and throwing sorting all my craft stuff into the room):

The idea was to put a small table along the back wall and drawers/shelves/some sort of storage along the right wall.

The hunt began for a table. I know I probably could have found a great one on Craigslist for almost nothing, but I don't have a car, so the chances of finding one that's still available after I reserve a zipcar and drive over seemed pretty slim.

Eventually, I got sick of never working on sewing projects because of the setup/breakdown time, so I went to Target. I found this one and was planning on buying it when the best thing happened: my friends had an estate sale.

They live in a house that was recently vacated by an elderly couple whose son wanted to get rid of some of the clutter, so they manned an estate sale for him. This are the same friends with whom my brother and I play board games with every Sunday evening. Two Sundays ago, when we arrived, everything at the estate sale was free.

FREE!!!!!!

I picked through their records, snagged a lamp and a bedside table, then was about to call it quits when I saw this beauty:



It's actually a sewing table! It has the fold-out leaves and space to drop in a sewing machine. Also, there's a thread spool holder in the top drawer, which I love.

Unfortunately, it wouldn't fit in the back of the particular zipcar I had that day, so I promised to get a different zipcar this week in order to get it out of their hair.

I'll clear out the craft room and put the table in soon and put up a picture when it's all moved in! Squee!!!