a new place to sew

the baron and the husband were recently given a set of china that once belonged to the husband's mother. it's lovely, and the baron is VERY GLAD to have it.

but.

the arrival of this china, though welcome, is problematic because:

the baron and the husband live in a teeny, tiny house. their dining room, miraculously, has room for a 4 ft. round dining room table, a credenza, sideboard, and an arty looking (though functionally useless) table (one the husband zeroed in on at restoration hardware a long time ago and HAD TO HAVE). the dining room has also, for the past almost-three years, housed the baron's sewing table; it's tucked unobtrusively into an corner near the radiator. this is a small table, 3ft x 2ft at most, and when the baron wants to sew, she just moves the table over one room, poaches a chair from the dining room table, and sets herself up in front of the television.

the sideboard currently acts as liquor cabinet, bar glassware holder, and wine caddy. the credenza currently acts as bookcase for the baron's cookbook collection, and houses assorted other items (dinner trays and woven baskets mostly). the arty table? it holds a coffee mug full of wine corks, a white ceramic pitcher, and a really beautiful sculpture of an octopus.

back to the china. there's no room for it. currently, it's stacked on top of the sideboard, gathering dust.

but.

the baron has devised a solution to this issue. she moved her sewing table into the sunroom, into a spot she is forcefully calling a 'sewing nook'. this frees up one corner of the dining room, making space for maybe a moderately-sized china hutch?

finding a china hutch to fit the specs of this particular dining room corner will certainly be a long process.

but, in the meantime, see the baron's new sewing nook!