Does any body have an arts and craft shed?

[starbear]

Weird question I know but hear me out. Feeling very depressed today as I'm Soooo bored at work and home. I need a hobby to give me a little mental break. I used to go out a lot but....you know the rest. We have a tiny house, 2 bedrooms with a medium sized garden. So if I took up sewing, painting etc... I would have to put it away every time I need to do anything else like eating.
We have a large shed. Do you think I could make it into a warm, cosy, hobby room for the family? How would we insulate it? What should I think about and/or avoid? Anyone give me some tips?

oo I would love a crafty shed . If it wasn't heated all the time you'd have to be careful of it getting damp

Sounds like doing the room is quite a hobby! Have fun on google/ebay kitting out your shed!!

Do you think they would have a safe low output heater for the damp or I'm I imagining things? Don't blokes have hobby shed? How do they keep it dry?

I'm drooling here!!! I'd LOVE a craft shed!!!

(i even considered using the attic in the spring/summer....but took one look and realsied it would take me a year to clear enough space in it to use it!)

only thinking that a bloke shed = tools, wood, spanners & bloke things.....craft shed = paper, fabric, wool & pretty things.... would get damp quickly

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ClutterJunkie, Can't use the loft as we have a shallow roof. The house is one of those that I vowed I wouldn't live in when I was a kid. Old two up, two down with a small third box room off the back bedroom. This room is used as DH's office, we put the clothes drying in it and wardrobes. No hallway and steep stairs. BUT... if I could figure out how to insulate the shed and make that work. Help me figure this out and I'll pass on the things that work.

Rein, Do you think I should wait for summer? Do you think a sewing machine would rust in the shed? Should I take up a blokey hobby?[hgrin]

at craft shed.
A tubular greenhouse heater would be ideal for your shed - they are fairly inexpensive to run.

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GentleOtter, Now your talking I didn't think of that. This only came about because I really need something or I'm going to pack my job in and go to Peru. DH had to calm me down some how.

I like sewing but haven't done it since 2001 when I made myself a pirate costume and that took me a week with the stuff left out as we didn't have DS then. I think I would like to make gifts for friends too. Maybe those fancy scrapbook things

This one is quite funky and puts out a fair bit of heat.

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And this stuff is amazing. You just cut it to size and staple it into the wood.

Oh yes. I like that heater. Now I need to think about the walls?

Gentleotter, You are good.

The Actis is wafer thin but more efficient than the big bulky rolls of insulation and is not itchy. One roll goes a long way.

Thank you gentleOtter. Going off to do boring house work now. LIke filling the washing machine and putting the clothes to dry in this room. I will have a little look around on the internet. You have started me on the right path, me thinks.

Good luck Starbear!