What would go in your "Mom" cave?
Men have their man cave... maybe big screen TV, pool table, mini-fridge stocked with cold beverages but we all know it's MOMS who need time and a place to relax!
So if you could create a place for just you to relax ...."A mom cave" what would go in it?
I guess I must be the weird one based off of the answers everyone else on the forums gave..
I had a WOman Cave when we lived in Illinois. In the small house, I had one of the spare bedrooms as my place to hold all my crafty stuffs. Once we moved into the larger house, I had a room the size of a two car garage as my personal room (it was located above the garage, hence the size). It was such an awesome personal space. It is just a shame that I didn't have enough time to enjoy it (as it deserved) with having a child soon after moving in, plus the economy drop that caused us to have to move out and down to Florida.
(Not my photo. I think this is from bhg.com)
I really wish I had taken photos of my big craft room I once had. It was so very nice. *sigh*
The saying is true that you don't know what you got til it's gone.
I was able to have a little mini personal room at my former residence, but didn't really have gobs of time to work in there. It was also pretty cramped, so big projects either had to be worked on in the dining room or wait until a move was possible (which it was and will be again).
Currently, my husband and I are getting a house built which should be ready by Spring. Unintentionally (as in, we really never called them by these terms even though they truly are when you think about it), we are making sure he has a Man Cave and I have a WOman Cave. He technically will get two caves, one for his woodworking in the garage and the other is the spare bedroom which will also be his office. I am going to be perfectly content with just having one.
Mine will be a converted dining room area (since we really never do formal dinners it is a wasted room otherwise) that will have french doors to lock myself away (and to keep guests both adult and toddler sized out of my mess LOL). I will have floor to ceiling bookshelves on one side of the room to store fabrics, yarn, art supplies and books. Above the door (if it can fit there, otherwise I will try to find an area near the doors) will have a flat screen TV and a good stereo that will be able to play cassettes as well as vinyl (because I still roll that way sometimes hehe) as well as having the media center in there so I can watch any shows I want when the family doesn't want to (my tastes don't always match my husbands nor are they always suitable for young children) or when they are sleeping (I tend to work better when the house is quiet). My sewing station will definitely be there as well as my cutting table and art easel. I will also put a comfy couch or at least a reclining chair in there so I don't always have to sit in an uncomfortable chair while I work/play).
(Not my photo. I think this is from bhg.com)
In the house we are currently renting, my WOman Cave is all over the place. My sewing station sits on the opposite side of my husband's workstation in his office, but I never feel OK working in there since it can get very hot in there (I don't do well in 80 degree rooms). Right now my sewing machine sits on our dining room table with my laptop and a pair of good speakers (because if you are gonna play music through your laptop to work from, why use the dinky speakers they gave you? Crank that puppy up!) and my cutting board is comfortably stationed close by. When I need to pin and pin and pin (like my current sewing project for a client), I just sit in the wing back recliner and watch TV in the living room.
Granted, the design of my WOman Cave is still in the works. Until the day comes where I can move in, I will always be dreaming of what the layout will become. I am always checking out the DIY sites for ideas and suggestions to use the space as efficiently as I possibly can. ;-)
Frankly, I don't know how people can function without having a place to be creative. My father always had a personal space to tinker and my mother always had a personal space to work her craft magic. I know my in-laws have the same, although I do not know how much they really use their spaces. I have always tried to have one, even if it is a temporary one in a space that is not meant to be one.
It makes me wonder how many people don't have their own personal space to get away from it all. Maybe my situation is far more uncommon then it appears.
Now having personal time, on the other hand, well... that's a whole other story... LOL
