I love having a dedicated sewing room now, but I'm going to have to do something about the lighting. You recall the layout (final proposed floorplan - I don't have that sewing or cutting table, nor the wall lamps yet):
Right now I have an antique (rickety) oak table holding the sewing machine. My OTT light is sitting there for additional illumination for sewing. My old articulated desk lamp is sitting on the bookcase at left, providing light for the ironing board. These are in addition to the usual semi-flush mount ceiling fixture you'd find in a bedroom, which is good for providing enough light to walk into the room but not much else. Overall, the lighting is adequate but not good. I need to research wall-mounted articulated lamps for either side of the window to provide more even light at the sewing table, and I'll have to buy some type of clamp-on lamp for the cutting table, because standing there I wll be casting a shadow from the ceiling light on the surface of the table.The one good thing about sewing in the kitchen was the lighting. The 300 watt total hanging fixture over the table was great, and the undercabinet lighting where I put the small ironing board made pressing easy.
Oh well, all these things will work out eventually. And my stash closet still makes me smile when I open the doors.
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It puts off a LOT of heat and it's very contemporary (opposite my idea of "decorating") but I had prince charming install a simple 3 light track light bar above my cutting/ironing station. Those track light systems (got mine from Lowe's) can also have additional lights added to them. Easy enough form the princess charmings to install themselves too, I might add! Extrememly useful, lots of light & you can turn those little buggers any direction you need the light directed.
Sam
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