"Mary in Washington" wrote in message
ups.com...
Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the
floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous
owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and
the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going
to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party.


When I did my sewing room, in a moment of total madness (I excuse this based
on the fact that I literally lived with the contractor in the house for
months on end) I had a sort of berber put down in a color that turned out to
be very very light. Needless to say it took about 12 seconds for something
to get spilled on it that would not come out. GIANT SIGH. Also dragging the
vaccuum around the room is annoying.

If I could afford to do it over (I pray, I tell you pray for the hot water
heater to die and flood the basement) I would go with something like vinyl I
think. Cheap vinyl with a pattern that doesn't have to be matched. Tile
would be nice but I can't afford it. I want something sturdy, that isn;t
going to stain, that I can actually pick the pins up off of, that the chair
wheels will roll over and, if I want to start dyeing fabric or flinging
paint around I will be able to do without fear. Did I mention cheap? I want
to be able to sweep all the detrius into the middle of the room and then
just sweep it into a dustpan and dump it. Now I am constantly unwinding
thread from the vaccuum rollers and fishing out pieces of fabric from the
tubes.

I figure I can always put a small mat or something down in front of the
sewing table if I have to stand for long periods of time. My sewing room is
nice and cool in the summer and cool to cold in the winter so I have to wear
socks anyway in the winter.

Ellen