Mrs Murfins Country Life
Loving the Good Life
A Room of One’s (My) Own
Virginia Woolf is well known for pointing out the obvious – that creativity needs space to be free. She also mentioned money…but let’s deal with one thing at a time.
I just don’t think I truly appreciated her point until now, as I sit here in my own room.
It’s a space that has no other function except to serve my creativity. This room does not have to do double duty as a guest room or a shared family space, it is mine all mine. I fully acknowledge how lucky I am to have this space, though it took more than a few years to achieve, I am blessed.
So how did this miracle come about? Well, start with a large dry basement, a husband with incredible skills, a pinterest board full of plans, and more than a little effort.
I was initially skeptical about this space, “I’m not a basement person.” I said, “I’ll feel cut off from the rest of the house”. But in truth, I am very happy with my hedgehog den. Rather than feeling cut off, I feel able to tune out of the chaos that is the rest of the world and focus on doing my own thing. I can have a project on the go, take a break to get a meal, and I don’t have to tidy anything up! It is all right there where when I return.
I do allow the rest of the family in…. there is a little comfy love seat for visitors.
Being able to make the design choices has been great. I must say, my Hubby and I work well together when it comes to design. I come up with a basic idea and he either convinces me that it won’t work or gets right into making my dreams real.
I chose the colour based on a favourite mug, but have realized as I put all my fabric away, this is a colour that features often in my choices…
I knew I wanted a sitting space, crafting is as much about sitting and thinking as it is doing, and I knew I wanted lots of drawers. (they are in phase 2). He made the shelves super strong so they can take big tubs full of fabric, and he made all the shelves adjustable so I can easily move the around.
All of these pictures are of the building and moving in period, there will be more finished pictures to come.
So now I happily fold and shelve material, dream of projects yet to come, and look forward to phase 2 – the counter tops and cupboards.
And maybe go through a few inspiration books. (please ignore the waste basket!)
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Mrs Murfins Country Life 
Looks great! I know from experience that every crafter needs a room like this and yours is beautiful. Give David a big hug and a lot of credit for a job well done.
Nice room, great things will come from this room
Bev
Perfect timing Nan…this being Martha Stewart’s birthday!!! Looking forward to wool storage techniques, and craft kits, and WIP’s and so on…Yes David is amazing! Pam
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