Garage turned into quilt studio

[denise-nh]

This is NOT my space, but my son sent me the link.

Looks bright and cheerful!
denise

http://lifehacker.com/5162044/before...lters-paradise

[LovinQuiltin]

That person trusted 5 friends with her quilting stash??? They must have all been quilters! Anyhow, it truly is an amazing transformation.

[she-quilts]

My brother sent me that last night.

I said I wouldn't want that tiny table for my machine. To each his own!

Joyce

[she-quilts]

It appears that bright sunlight is shining directly onto the fabrics. If so, that's not good! The light will ruin those fabrics very quickly.

[eileenkny]

I'll take it!!!! I keep moving my sewing table around the house trying to find the perfect spot. I'm now in my 4th or 5th and DH is getting tired of moving the furniture. :?

[eileenkny]

My first thought after seeing that was that I'd hate to be there during an earthquake. They'd have to dig me out! Those containers tower over the chair. Then I thought, no one in California would do anything like that, it's much too dangerous, we have earthquakes! Where is it? In southern California! Unbelievable!

I live in southern California and have storage containers similar to those but none higher than about four feet. If there's an earthquake the fabric I love isn't going to hurt me. I don't need to give DH a reason for me not buying any more fabric. I do have a floor to ceiling wall of fabric, DH built it and anchored it to the wall. It's not going anywhere.

JoAnne

[eileenkny]

I'll take it!!!! I keep moving my sewing table around the house trying to find the perfect spot. I'm now in my 4th or 5th and DH is getting tired of moving the furniture. :?

Before moving furniture around, I measure all the pieces and cut them out of graph paper. Then I move them around on graph paper marked with the room size, window placement and size, closets, etc. Much better on the old back :lol:

Hope this helps someone!
Brita

[denise-nh]

Finally cleaned, organized and hung the design wall in my studio.

Here is a link to my pictures

http://community.webshots.com/album/570754402rVUNGz

denise

[kfstitcher]

I like how your design wall slides back and forth to cover the storage. What a good use of your space. The whole sewing space is wonderful! Karen

[Margo]

Thanks for the pictures, Denise! Can you tell us how you made that awesome design wall? Is there a name for the track on the ceiling? What is the design part made of? What have you covered it with? You've got a great space to work in!

[denise-nh]

Margo:

This is blue rigid insulation we bought at the Lowe’s.

Similar to what you see here:

http://www.homeconstructionimproveme...on-300x225.jpg

We glued the pieces together to make the wall the perfect size using caulking. My DH bent some metal to go on the top and bottom to hold it together for the 24 hours drying time. I had some batting that I covered the foam with on the non-printed side because otherwise the print would show through. I was going to just leave it propped up against a wall and under one of my quilts when not in use then my DH decided a rolling system would be better and hide some of my – at the time – cluttered stash. He made it neat and tidy for me – hence the pictures. Creative people don’t have time to be tidy. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

The rolling unit is using 2 pocket door frames butted together and screwed into the ceiling. The rolling casters are put into the frame and the other part is screwed into the top of the wall and that metal frame. Believe it or not the batting was pretty difficult to screw through! – again a perfect fit for that space with about 1 inch on either side of the rail to spare. The pocket door unit comes with the wooden frame around it. We did not need that nor did we need the stoppers at each end because it has such a perfect fit. This too was bought at Lowe’s. We have left over rolling units since we only needed 1 set for the wall and we had 2 rails. Now we’ll purchase just the rails from the manufacturer to make the 2nd unit. Rails are manufactured by:

As you can see by the picture, my foam wall sits below the rail.

http://www.johnsonhardware.com/2610f.htm


We do have enough room to put up another wall and rail in front of this one so I can have more design space and hide both sides of the shelves – left and right.

One thing is that we needed to assemble the unit IN the room as it would not have fit through the door once put together. He pre-cut everything at his shop (he has a sign business) and then we assembled it on that table in my sewing room.

This room is really 2 rooms that we combined into one. Where the design wall is - was my mother’s bedroom. She was a very tidy person and I’m sure is loving the fact that he cleaned it up and made my sewing space. That may be why things went together so easily, he had a little help from my angel mom! :wink:

denise

[Margo]

Thanks so much for all the info, Denise! I'll look into that rail system! Lucky you to have an angel mom guiding a handy hubby!!
Enjoy your space....I'm sure your mom is smilin'!

[Margo]

Finally cleaned, organized and hung the design wall in my studio.

Here is a link to my pictures

http://community.webshots.com/album/570754402rVUNGz

denise

Love it, great use of your space. With such a big wall it's nice to be able to keep an eye on the progress of your quilts. I really like the grandma's garden quilt hanging on the wall.

[EditorAnne]

Margo:

This is blue rigid insulation we bought at the Lowe’s.

Similar to what you see here:

http://www.homeconstructionimproveme...on-300x225.jpg

We glued the pieces together to make the wall the perfect size using caulking. My DH bent some metal to go on the top and bottom to hold it together for the 24 hours drying time. I had some batting that I covered the foam with on the non-printed side because otherwise the print would show through. I was going to just leave it propped up against a wall and under one of my quilts when not in use then my DH decided a rolling system would be better and hide some of my – at the time – cluttered stash. He made it neat and tidy for me – hence the pictures. Creative people don’t have time to be tidy. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

The rolling unit is using 2 pocket door frames butted together and screwed into the ceiling. The rolling casters are put into the frame and the other part is screwed into the top of the wall and that metal frame. Believe it or not the batting was pretty difficult to screw through! – again a perfect fit for that space with about 1 inch on either side of the rail to spare. The pocket door unit comes with the wooden frame around it. We did not need that nor did we need the stoppers at each end because it has such a perfect fit. This too was bought at Lowe’s. We have left over rolling units since we only needed 1 set for the wall and we had 2 rails. Now we’ll purchase just the rails from the manufacturer to make the 2nd unit. Rails are manufactured by:

As you can see by the picture, my foam wall sits below the rail.

http://www.johnsonhardware.com/2610f.htm


We do have enough room to put up another wall and rail in front of this one so I can have more design space and hide both sides of the shelves – left and right.

One thing is that we needed to assemble the unit IN the room as it would not have fit through the door once put together. He pre-cut everything at his shop (he has a sign business) and then we assembled it on that table in my sewing room.

This room is really 2 rooms that we combined into one. Where the design wall is - was my mother’s bedroom. She was a very tidy person and I’m sure is loving the fact that he cleaned it up and made my sewing space. That may be why things went together so easily, he had a little help from my angel mom! :wink:

denise

Denise, I have a similar system for my design wall, except that I didn't do it myself. I had a cabinetmaker build it. (There are pics in my profile, if anyone is interested.)

He used very heavy-duty (commercial-grade) tracks at the top and bottom, because the doors are solid oak with donacona board on them and then flannel covering the donacona. My doors would have been too heavy for the kind of track you have.

The message is that you need to consider the weight of your doors when choosing a track system to carry them.

Anne in Vancouver, Canada

[denise-nh]

Anne: I love your gridded cover. May have to look into that.

The link I posted for the rails, has different weight grade rails, but your right the bottom rail would be needed for the heavy door.

Love your kitties too. Mine follow me into the studio and find the most fluffy fleece to nap on.

denise