No More Than We Need

Suddenly, it's time for the last blog I need to write for the Ikea liveLAGOM project - hasn't time flown!  I've been sat here thinking about how the project has affected me and trying desperately to think of some great headline saving or major life-altering flash-bang-wallop moment, but it occurred to me there isn't one.  Have I failed at what this was all about?  Should I have taken on something a bit more worthy than creating a sewing space??!  *Calm down Claire*  When I stopped trying to find the one 'big bang', I started to see how many small things have changed in how I live and how I think about things.  And, all these little things are starting to add up - like a dripping tap, at first it seems like nothing but then you put a glass under it and it fills that, then a saucepan, then a bucket, then you realise it could fill the ocean, eventually...a bit dramatic perhaps, but drip, drip, drip... Although my project was about decluttering and creating...

Well at last I feel as if I’m making progress with my sewing room!  As a side note I’m beginning to feel like it should have a sexier name now it’s here but no idea what - the sew haven, sewtopia, sew snug...hmm, nothing sounds quite right (suggestions on a postcard please). The room was cleared, cleaned and I’d managed to persuade my hubby to help me relocate the furniture from upstairs (basically thrown down the stairs, argh, but at least down!) and I’d set everything up according to my carefully considered paper plan. It was at that point that I stupidly decided to do a Google search on best sewing room layouts **cue lost hours on Pinterest looking at layouts in spaces much larger than mine, feeling like I’d missed a trick somehow, then lots of moving said furniture around about 10 times until I realise that, actually, my first carefully planned out layout was in fact the best** Procrastination at it’s best!  So now the furniture was in place, now it was time...

Hello again!  So this post is a little later than I wanted it to be, but to be honest – some of those things I talked about being scared of happening last time, well they happened.   I won’t dwell on it, but let’s just say it’s all been a bit rubbish **massive understatement** and life has changed again. **Deep breath**  But back to the project, I’m sure you’re gagging to know what’s been going on.  After deciding on my New Year resolution to get organised, declutter and set up my sewing room, excitingly, at the end of last year I had my personal shopping session with the lovely David, our #liveLAGOM leader, and it was pretty good!  I wanted to buy things to help get, and keep, my sewing room organised but as is my usual style, not really thought about it until I rocked up for the session.  David steered me through the sweet shop that is Ikea (ooh, I could get that, and what about that, hold on – I’ve just seen this, oh and that would be perfect, ...