Exci...tations...

My current sewing room configuration is not working for me.

A long time ago, after I had gotten my sewing machine, much to the husb's chagrin, and started buying fabric, much to the husb's chagrin, and stated spreading stuff all over the downstairs living room (our upstairs is the main level of the house), much to the husb's chagrin, I decided to take over the "exercise" room and make it a sewing room (because, let's face it, not a ton of exercising was happening in there).

One weekend, while the husb was out of town, I went to the office supply store and bought the cheapest desk I could find. It was $60. The guy at the store carried it out to my car, and then when I got home, I had to open the package and carry it downstairs, one piece at a time. I then spent approximately 12.5 hours assembling the thing.

It's an L-shape, fairly typical of what you might find in any home office anywhere. I like having a keyboard tray because it gives me a place to line up my scissors in an impressive row that screams to the errant houseguest, "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY!"

Other than that, the desk is less than ideal. The little wing that holds the sewing machine is great. The big side wing is not big enough or tall enough to function as a proper cutting table. And the fact that they're joined together means I can only choose one of two room configurations, neither of which is terribly efficient.

So, after deciding last month that I needed to switch out my L desk for a separate cutting table and sewing machine table, I finally got my wish. (Yes, finally, after twenty whole days. What suffering I endured.)

Better yet, the new tables were free, because we actually already owned them. They were the husb's old work tables.

They. Are. Awesome.

Ironically, they were designed to be an L-desk, but they aren't attached. They're on legs that raise up to a height of something like 36", which is a great height for cutting, because you don't have to bend down. The cutting table piece is as big as I could hope to go, AND it has a little curved cut-out where I can stand to be closer to my work.

I am so happy.

All I'm wondering is, (1) how long will it take me to find someone to come get the old desk and haul it away, and (2) how are we going to get the new stuff downstairs? I think we'll have to take the outside stairs on the side of the house. Ah well.

I'll post before and after pictures soon... in the meantime, I'm so darn excited. It's a little sad. It may even be a LOT sad. But I don't care! I'm too excited.

Happy Monday!