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Post by refugeepea on Feb 25, 2018 17:53:27 GMT
I have a she-shed in the backyard. It's a Tuff Shed that we insulated and dry walled. I had it made with built in shelves, windows and a skylight. It was a milestone birthday gift from my mom and husband. I keep hinting I want one for my milestone birthday. Of course the one I saw want is more of a tiny house and was around $50,000.
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Post by travelsoul on Feb 25, 2018 17:59:39 GMT
Umm... I can assure you that they didn't spend 50k! But after all was said and done: laying concrete, shed, insulation and paint, it was around $10k. It totally looks like a tiny house and it can be lived it. (I've thought about moving in a few times 😂)
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Post by Mel on Feb 25, 2018 19:48:59 GMT
One end of our bedroom. It's an extra long room, and the door is just about center so the left side is my space, and the right side is Bedroom. I have a big bookcase that sort of separates it. My desk is behind the bookcase. Someday soon we'll be building a big new garage/shop and I will have a room out there just for me! I have been designing and redesigning it in my head! LOL
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Post by breetheflea on Feb 25, 2018 19:57:46 GMT
Our formal dining room. We only eat in there once a week and on holidays so most of the time I can use the extra table if I need it. I have a nice window where I can see the backyard if the kids are playing outside.
Downside, no door! Noisy ( between the tv in the living room and the kitchen) and four kids... Kids dump stuff on my craft desk constantly and walk off with my scissors and tape The room has had an ant problem since we moved into the house five years ago despite professional spraying, traps, powders and the fact that we rarely eat in there...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 20:00:51 GMT
In this house, I have the entire dining room. I love it. I can look out on the front yard and it is so peaceful. Me too. So many things I love about it...big window with morning sun. Next to kitchen so I don't burn food. (Most of the time) door that closes. Near family but separate (I can see them) couch where I can nap. It was my sanctuary the last month when I had a house guest that stayed too long. We eat in the kithen. This room has never been been dined in for the 38 years we have lived there. It's been a playroom, a bedroom, a piano lesson room before I was a scrapbooker.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 25, 2018 20:22:24 GMT
Mine is in a small bedroom - it doubles as my office. This is the same for me. It's a small bedroom on level 2 of a split level house.
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Post by guzismom on Feb 25, 2018 20:23:08 GMT
When we built our house 5 years ago, I had a loft spaced designed specifically for scrapbooking. It has built in cabinets, counter tops, shelves, a fridge and a sink.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 25, 2018 20:42:37 GMT
I moved last year and finding a house with a good scrap space was high on my priority list. My scraproom is in a room just off the kitchen. It used to be a garage but now it is my scrap room. Once I go through all the boxes, I think it will be great! I am going to need to get new lights, though. The lighting is pitiful. The lighting in my studio was horrendous at first, all these dim yellow can lights scattered throughout the two rooms, ugh. DH had his electrician friend come in and they put up a bunch of overhead fluorescent cloud lights with daylight bulbs in them. Wow, what a difference that made, literally like night and day down there! At first it seemed almost too bright with all those lights but now I’m used to it and I really like it. The daylight bulbs are great for color matching. The good lighting makes it so much easier to work down there especially if I’m down there at night or in the winter when it’s overcast. Enjoy your new space. Unpacking and figuring out where everything ought to go is such a chore but once it’s done it’s great having a dedicated place to work on stuff.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 25, 2018 21:11:52 GMT
I have a she-shed in the backyard. It's a Tuff Shed that we insulated and dry walled. I had it made with built in shelves, windows and a skylight. It was a milestone birthday gift from my mom and husband. I keep hinting I want one for my milestone birthday. Of course the one I saw want is more of a tiny house and was around $50,000. We built a fifth bedroom and a deck across the back of the house for about 40k. It was pricey, but we bought our house in the 80's for very little. The upgrade meant that my boys had their own rooms downstairs (and all of their junk). There was no way we were moving one kid upstairs as teenagers. They had lived downstairs since they were two years old. My scrap room is a small bedroom, but it is all mine. We have a five bedroom house and no spare room. It cuts down on people wanting to visit.
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Post by medennis4 on Feb 26, 2018 4:34:46 GMT
My craft room is a spare bedroom on the 2nd floor. It shares a Jack and Jill bathroom with our guest room which I enjoy having. It's great to have a sink nearby.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 26, 2018 6:37:10 GMT
Game room upstairs.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Feb 26, 2018 6:50:53 GMT
I have a she-shed in the backyard. It's a Tuff Shed that we insulated and dry walled. I had it made with built in shelves, windows and a skylight. It was a milestone birthday gift from my mom and husband. We are house-hunting, and my husband joked that instead of the cost of ab additional bedroom that he'd get me a shed. I said that's a thing!!! I googled she-shed and cottage and he actually said it may work. But I'm wondering, what about the heat? I feel like heat and lack of temperature control would ruin my paints, adhesives, and papers. Of course while I was inside I could run a space heater in the winter, or a window unit in the summer, but what happens when you're not using it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 14:51:36 GMT
Upstairs in what was the master bedroom facing the ocean. We decided to have our master bedroom on the first floor so I was so luck to get this space!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 26, 2018 15:11:48 GMT
I have a she-shed in the backyard. It's a Tuff Shed that we insulated and dry walled. I had it made with built in shelves, windows and a skylight. It was a milestone birthday gift from my mom and husband. We are house-hunting, and my husband joked that instead of the cost of ab additional bedroom that he'd get me a shed. I said that's a thing!!! I googled she-shed and cottage and he actually said it may work. But I'm wondering, what about the heat? I feel like heat and lack of temperature control would ruin my paints, adhesives, and papers. Of course while I was inside I could run a space heater in the winter, or a window unit in the summer, but what happens when you're not using it? Where I live, that wouldn’t work. It can get to be -30° F in the winter and over 100° F in the summer. No year round climate control would be a no-go for me. Even the changes in humidity are awful for paper products. There are winter days when I don’t even want to work in my basement studio because it’s colder down there than I like. I imagine once we upgrade our 35 year old boiler it won’t be a problem. But since the old one is still going strong DH has no plans to replace it anytime soon.
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Post by wallyagain on Feb 26, 2018 16:21:11 GMT
We have a bonus room on the second floor that I knew was going to be my scraproom when we bought this house. It is lovely.
I’ve had my scrap space in a bedroom, in the corner of the master bedroom, in the corner of the dining room. My husband is so patient, moving my stuff over and over.
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Post by don on Feb 27, 2018 0:58:04 GMT
Today my craft space is between my ears, and it is completely empty. I spent 2 hours out there today and couldn't come up with anything.
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Post by travelsoul on Feb 27, 2018 4:40:20 GMT
I have a she-shed in the backyard. It's a Tuff Shed that we insulated and dry walled. I had it made with built in shelves, windows and a skylight. It was a milestone birthday gift from my mom and husband. We are house-hunting, and my husband joked that instead of the cost of ab additional bedroom that he'd get me a shed. I said that's a thing!!! I googled she-shed and cottage and he actually said it may work. But I'm wondering, what about the heat? I feel like heat and lack of temperature control would ruin my paints, adhesives, and papers. Of course while I was inside I could run a space heater in the winter, or a window unit in the summer, but what happens when you're not using it? I live in Southern California, only 8ish miles in from the beach. It has great insulation so it doesn't get that horribly hot or cold. I've had my she-shed for almost 3 years and haven't experienced any of my products drying out or damaged from the weather.
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Post by pancakes on Feb 27, 2018 6:01:16 GMT
Our formal dining room. We only eat in there once a week and on holidays so most of the time I can use the extra table if I need it. I have a nice window where I can see the backyard if the kids are playing outside. Downside, no door! Noisy ( between the tv in the living room and the kitchen) and four kids... Kids dump stuff on my craft desk constantly and walk off with my scissors and tape The room has had an ant problem since we moved into the house five years ago despite professional spraying, traps, powders and the fact that we rarely eat in there... regarding the ants... have you tried Terro liquid ant bait. they have these plastic packs that kind of look like those cheese whiz and cracker packs I used to eat in the 90s, ha. But this stuff has worked like a god send for my ant problems in the past. Like the time an ant colony moved into my car. They were sick/dead after one day, completely killed within 2 days.
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Post by PaperAngel on Feb 28, 2018 16:36:55 GMT
Thanks for your replies. I enjoyed learning about your hobby spaces. Happy crafting!
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Post by mamakoala on Feb 28, 2018 19:46:09 GMT
Mine is a converted third garage space.
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Post by lemondrop on Feb 28, 2018 19:46:20 GMT
My happy space is a converted free-standing garage.
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Post by creative*moma on Feb 28, 2018 20:11:39 GMT
I use half of my pantry to store my supplies and then work on the dining room table. That means I have to clean my mess up after every project and before every meal. I thought it would be awful. But I’m such a messy person that it actually helps keep everything under control. This was where my first craft space was, except the pantry was a wide but not very deep “ closet”. I then got upgraded to our guest bedroom, by taking out the bed that no one used I had that for a couple of years, till I became pregnant with our youngest... so that meant he needed a bedroom! We have 2 walk-in closets in our master, and one was mainly storage stuff that needed to be cleared out anyway. So my husband took out the rods, added another shelf above and we moved in one of the tables he made me for my room, it fit the length of one of the walls perfectly! It’s small, but I’m happy I have a space
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Post by papersilly on Feb 28, 2018 22:04:55 GMT
it's in it's own room. at the last house, DH and i shared a large office that was detached from the house. at this house, we each have our own office or craft room.
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Post by amom23 on Feb 28, 2018 22:12:24 GMT
I use the open loft space at the top of our 2nd story. It's my craft space/TV sitting room space. I don't have a door so the space needs to be kept clean/presentable, but it works great. I'm close to where the kids hang out, get tons of natural light, have a view of the front yard and a bathroom nearby.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 28, 2018 22:38:28 GMT
my craft room is one of the bedrooms (about 10x12, maybe??).... and my crafting sometimes spills out onto the dining room table, sometimes also the living room ottomans, and the kitchen island, when I'm heat embossing or batch-making cards.
the first apartment my BF and I lived in, we shared the (tiny) office between my crafting and the regular office. After that experience, every house we've had has had a separate room. (we don't have kids) This house has 4 bedrooms: the master bedroom, my craft room, my BF's music room (for his drum set, stereo system and bass guitars), and the home office / guest room (it has a futon).
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Post by LisaDV on Mar 1, 2018 2:30:07 GMT
We moved into a very old and small farm house several years ago. The previous people had cut off the kitchen to make it a galley and took the dining area and pantry and enclosed it to make it into a bedroom with a 3/4 bath in the pantry. I claimed it as my craft room/office and treadmill area. Unfortunately it also has to hold the towels and extra bathroom supplies (there is not room in the bathroom for these things). Currently the only working bathroom. It also holds homeschool and kids craft items.
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Post by wordfish on Mar 2, 2018 14:38:37 GMT
We live in a 100+ year old house in a historic neighborhood. When we bought it, the upstairs had no central heat/air. We had that installed as one of the first projects. We have basically turned it into a sort of apartment or guest suite. There is a full bath up there, a small bedroom, and a large living area with a wall that has a bank of kitchen cabinets. When we don't have someone staying in the guest room, the upstairs is my study space/scrapbook studio. The light up there is incredible, best of any room in any house we've owned. I have the entire living area up there plus I have some albums stored in the bedroom in a 2x4 Kallax, and I have an old armoire my FIL made that we took when my MIL died and nobody wanted it. I have a ton of stuff stored in there and it looks like it was made for the bedroom. I think the living area is maybe 12 x 26' or something like that. I can't remember. I spend a lot of time up there. I could live up there if it came down to it. There's even a mini-fridge and an extra Keurig and a microwave, plus we had the handyman put in a working sink when he installed the bank of kitchen cabinets. It's where I shower even, because the shower up there has two shower heads and that is a glorious thing. I'm still not sure how that happened because it's an older shower, definitely installed way before multiple shower heads was a thing. Now my husband has his own shower and I have my own shower and life is good. We even have a shower that has only been used maybe 10 times in the last 3 years but that's OK. Empty nester problems . At least it stays clean. It's such a great space. I feel very lucky to have it. The only thing I would maybe like to change out eventually is to get one of those Pottery Barn type square craft tables because it would fit the space better and my current desk is HUGE. And maybe a loveseat/sleeper instead of the old leather recliner that is there right now. Just last week I finally figured out how to hook up my youtube channel to my TV so it's even more awesome up there now.
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 4, 2018 13:36:27 GMT
Upstairs in what was the master bedroom facing the ocean. We decided to have our master bedroom on the first floor so I was so luck to get this space! I think I might hate you! That sounds wonderful.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 15:28:33 GMT
Upstairs in what was the master bedroom facing the ocean. We decided to have our master bedroom on the first floor so I was so luck to get this space! I think I might hate you! That sounds wonderful. he he he It is very lovely...sometimes I just sit there and drink coffee and watch the sailboats
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Post by tduby1 on Mar 5, 2018 16:24:19 GMT
We have a finished basement with a walk out that has a bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, work out area with sauna. The bedroom is used by my in-laws who come to town frequently and my niece who stays on the weekends. 1/3 of the remainder is Dh's man's room. The rest was my scraproom. (the guest room, bathroom, kitchen, workout area and man room all are off of this portion). Then about 4 years ago ds decided he no longer wanted to room with his younger brother, so I gave up half my scraproom and we made him a bedroom. So the remainder of the basement is mine, which actually is perfect, as I have paired down quite a bit through the years. I never scrap down there. In fact I never scrap at home anymore. It houses my stuff and we do use quite a bit of stuff for other projects so it's nice to have a place for it all rather than having to have it all packed up all the time.
DD17 has taken up quilting and sewing so I share the space with her and her machine. She spends a lot of time down there compared to me.
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