Confession.
I have a confession. I can be quite a slob.
The evidence: Exhibit A — My craft room, The SMOR (sewing machine operations room), about 24 hours ago.
When we bought this house, we knew one of the rooms would be used for hobbies. Unfortunately, we had been using the dining room table previously so we had no furniture to set up in there. About the time we moved, I was given a very nice cutting table and sewing machine desk. They came from a family friend who had passed away. Sadly, she was a heavy smoker and smoked in her hobby room. The tables just ooze nicotine.
My father in law convinced me that I shouldn’t try to paint them, as they’re covered in melamine. While I’m fairly certain I would be able to repaint them, new furniture would be easiest. Of course I decided this after trying to clean one of the tables with bleach (Bleck!) and ruining a perfectly good skirt.
So I struck a deal with my husband. If I clean the craft room, could we build new furniture for the room? He agreed, poor sap. 
So this is where it stands currently. Not “clean” per se, but everything has been gone through and sorted and I found all kinds of stuff I had forgotten about! Score. My M.O. was to grab what I needed, take it down stairs to craft, bag/box up whatever was left and toss it in the SMOR when I was done. Bad bad. I had at least 15 empty boxes when I was done, and double that amount of bags to recycle
(I still need to vacuum, obviously.)
This is the table I want we’ll be making, free plans courtesy of Knock Off Wood. It’ll go well with the IKEA Expedit bookcase that’s in there currently.
I know that if I had a vehicle right now, me and the boys would be terrorizing Home Depot and Lowe’s. I’ll keep you posted on our progress. I’m super excited to make my own craft furniture, and for so much less than Pottery Barn too!
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Nice job on the Server Operations Room (SOR). Now I have room to set up a Linux cluster! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_%28computing%29 <– in case you were wondering.
I know right? The SMOR is so spacious now. I’ve alotted you the closet for your hobbies, how much more do you need?!
Love ya babe. I’m grateful for everything you’ve given me. <3
nice and simple!
vacuum will now be easy after the difficult sorting job…
Sorting is cleaning, don’t let anyone tell you differently. I’m amazed you were able to do such a daunting job in such a short time with kids!
Haha, doesn’t your husband know not to mess with a woman on a mission?
I love that table! Perfect for an arts and crafts room!!