Ohh fun I'll check out the new island :) I love to see people's kitchens evolve. Thank you for the compliment on mine. I miss that darned kitchen LOL (We don't have one at the victorian). The old sewing room never got further than putting my fabric in it. DS suprised us (how did that happen) when he made himself known (thought I had food poisoning LOL) and my room became his :) I designed the room but because I broke my arm quite badly during the remodel doing venetian plaster, I had to hire it out to be done. I was really lucky because the artists I hired completely took to the vision I had and then embelished it and made it their own. They had become attached to my little guy durin the time they worked for us (did all of our textured walls in the townhouse) and added a lot of fun suprises while we were on a long hospital stay. He still misses that room....I have GOT to get one going here (it's going to be an alaska train room theme). I do have some freaking windows don't I LOL Definately a good opportunity to use collected fabrics heh heh It sounds like your sewing room looks like mine now. There is a reason I couldn't post pics of the window side LOL Boxes and couches...three of them stuffed in there to go to charity as well as several tables and antique sewing machines. It will be fun to see yours come together as I work on mine...want to race LOL I love the ironing board idea! I'll add one because I'd agree I like that too when I'm quilting. When I crazy quilt I absolutely need to iron each piece down before adding another. Otherwise you get odd puckers...much more so than with a normal quilt. I do have a 9' dining table and figure for the drapes I'll cut on there...but in the sewing room I want to do about a six by six foot table (two from ikea butted together like in the link on the other thread). I love the idea of it being for ironing and cutting but still...I don't want to get up for every piece. I have a cordless iron to help with that, so the location near the machines would be easy. DS getting up from nap...shall return!

Thanks ladies,wish you all lived closer then i could share all the books and magazines i'm getting rid of with you,but alas you don't so i'm waiting for a call back from the library.There are 5- 33 gal trash bags and one box sitting on my front porch right now waiting for AmVets to pick them up,plus a few miscellaneous pieces. Gillian i got those shelve years ago at the unfinished furniture store,and that's 8 separate units stacked on top of each other.Those other 2 units to the left of the tv used to be stacked with them also and the whole thing before was on that wall to the left of the tv,and where the tv is i used to have my Simplicity pattern cabinet and a 5 shelf bookcase.I moved the pattern cabinet to the garage and got rid of the bookcase.Oh and that hammer is no longer there.I was using it and every time i laid it down i couldn't find it,so i hung it there til i was done.LOL I didn't realize there was a magazine covering my cross stitch,so here is what was under the magazine!! Both of my desks came from the goodwill several years ago.I love them for their size and durability,and alllthe drawers they each have.Paid 35.00 each. Minnie,i can't stand empty walls,they make rooms look like no one lives there,IMHO.Besides if you're indulge in all these things then you should have them so you can enjoy them. Nina,yes it is very nice to look out into the gardens,and watch the birds,and see all the flowers etc.So when i'm not in this sewing room,i'm usually out in the gardens. There is only DH and i here now all our kids are grown and gone and have their own families.My oldest lives just 5 houses down the street with his family,so that's nice. Vicky ,you'll get your room someday as well.This one was a long time coming.I used to sew on the kitchen table when the kids where all young,but i never let that stop me. Again,thanks for the compliments. Kathi

I like the idea of the thread in storage boxes - what brand of boxes are those in your shelves? Nice room! (I'm going to get my thread off the walls and into dust-free storage).

In our design classes in college we were always taught that uneven numbers were more pleasing to the eye than even--so yes, three tabs per panel would be much nicer. Also, the other thing that jumped out at me when I looked at the panels was that it was a little disconcerting that the light panels only have light tabs, when you used both light and dark ones on the dark panels. drew my eye to the tabs (not in a good way, I'm afraid) and away from the lovely appliques. Seriously? I'd rip the tabs out, and redo them--3 per panel, and either alternate the colors on all the panels or don't--but mixing just doesn't look right. Buttons would be adorable. As long as the valances are hung high, on secure rods that aren't accessible to the little one. Oh, here's a great button site: http://www.shellysbuttonsandmore.com/categories.asp?cID=72&c=195740 I've purchased from them, and they were very good--my order arrived in just a few days. I don't know if they have what you'd be interested in--I bought the very tiny buttons they carry to use in button-quilting a quilt I was making.