Hello everyone,

Happy New Year to you all! As my wife and I are just getting started with our weaving, we have set aside a room in the house as our 'loom room' and we are now trying to get things organized. I have always found I get good ideas from seeing how others set up their workspace/workshops, so I thought I would see how some of you set things up. We are looking to use the room for both our weaving and my wife's primitive rug hooking endeavors, so storage ideas for her wool and our yarn are foremost on the mind, but I am sure lots of other ideas may come from seeing how others organize their rooms. As expected we are learning more as we use the room too, but I'll 'prime the pump' and post a picture of our room at present, look forward to seeing your 'loom room'!

PS - don't mind the minature Christmas Story lamp in the window, I hope to have the 4' version by next Christmas :)

mike in MD

loom room

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Thu, 12/30/2010 - 16:07

tien (not verified)

When I moved into my current house, I laid out the entire studio in Photoshop (though I could just as easily have done it on paper!)  This was really helpful, and I wound up with this:

Tien's studio - floor layout

And here are photos of the actual room, shortly after setting it up (it's messier now!):

Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:46

Phoeb (not verified)

We just don't have the space for even a general craft room. My loom lives in a little space, right behind the couch, next to the fireplace (it's cozy) and, if not in use, I just move it under a window. My yarn all lives in the guest room.

If we EVER move, I want a room all to myself. 

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 21:05

sally_libby (not verified)

We converted our formal living room into our weaving studio.  It holds our Wolf family (we have all 3 of them Pup, Baby, and Mighty), a table loom and an inkle loom along with a compute.  The nice thing about it, is that has floor to ceiling windows on one side and a volted ceiling that gives us the feeling of more room.  It makes a nice studio and we never used it as a living room.

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 01:29

suzyhok (not verified)

Over the years my looms have lived in several different spaces in our different homes.  Currently we live in a 3-bedroom condo and one bedroom is our master, one is for my husband's den (he hates the term Man Cave, but that's what it is...) and the third is my studio.  I love it.  I ordered a corner shelf unit from Ikea for my many art, weaving and fiber-related library as well as some of my yarn.  My big desk and art table that holds my sewing machine fit nicely, as well as an easy chair. My spinning wheel is by the door.  I have a great walk-in closet that is chock full of STUFF including a file cabinet!  And in the center of my studio... my 8 shaft Mighty Wolf.  Currently I have a small Dorset visiting as I'm working on a crackle weave dish towel for my guild's study group project;  we pass the loom from member to member.  It's really a great studio space and very well organized -- so why do I still have trouble finding things???

In the past my looms have lived in a corner of the living room, a sun-room, a large hallway and a spare bedroom (once the 4 kids grew up and moved away)...  Yarns and books have been placed on concrete block/brick and board shelves and cheap fiberboard shelves.  Sometimes I have had as many as 3 floor looms and an upright tapestry loom in one of my studio spaces.  The only rule is NO LOOMS IN OUR BEDROOM!

Having a special studio space that is dedicated to your weaving and fiber projects is the best, but don't let not having that perfect space stop you from weaving!  When I started 35 years ago with a baby and 3 little ones... I wove in the very few quiet moments I could find in the day.  Yes, doing it this way takes more time, but it gave me such joy.  It was one of the few things in my life that stayed together once it was done! 

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 05:42

steve104c (not verified)

Sterlite Plastics make great clear(transparent) plastic storage containers in several sizes. Walmart's price is really great. Like Tien's storage containers. You can stack them pretty high and you are able to see what is in each box. I have 50+ containers to work with................Steve.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 05:43

lkautio (not verified)

I started out with a corner of our bedroom, then a wall of the living room.  When we moved to a bigger house I took over the large master bedroom.  Who needs all that space just a third of the day?  There are three looms (small 4S Harrisville and 8S Macomber, and large 32S Weavebird with its computer), two long closets fitted with shelves for bins of yarn and tools (have to smile at the innocence of knitters who decide to start weaving to lessen their yarn pile), two bureaus, two chests, sewing and ironing area (and need to move in the new mangle), three file cabinets, seven bookcases, bins and boxes holding about half my textile collection, and piles of weaving related books on every remaining available surface.  Did I mention I like books?  Whatever space you have, it will probably never be enough. Your room looks cozy and inviting, and has all that great space for bookshelves...

Laurie Autio