The "Mom Cave"

We’ve all heard of the “Man Cave”, but what about a “Mom Cave”? Ok, maybe Mom Cave isn’t really the right term. How about Mom’s Happy Place, or Mom’s Quiet Place. Or…I don’t know…. We can discuss what to call it later. What I’m talking about is a room that Mom can escape to when she needs to unwind or have some much needed time alone. If you could design one room in your house to be your mom cave, what would you put in it?

Mine would be a large room with sound-proof walls, so I couldn’t hear the kid’s fighting. There’d be a lock on the door to keep everyone out; otherwise the kids would trash the place when I wasn’t in there. There’d be a sewing area with a cutting table, so I can lay everything out and move smoothly from cutting, to sewing, to serger, to ironing. The wall would be covered in corkboard to hang up fabric swatches and things that inspire me. There’d be a small photo studio, so I could take my finished projects right from my sewing table to the photo studio to take pictures. Next the photo studio would be a computer area. This is so I can instantly view and edit my photos and post them in the shop and do other computer related task without having to fight the kids for computer time. And there’d also be a little TV area with a comfy chair, where I could sit and knit or read. Maybe once in a while I’d have a visitor or two while I was working so I guess I’d need a little love seat in there too.

Unfortunately I don’t have an extra room in my house to make mine. A girl can dream. The only way I could get my mom cave would be to get rid of the husband and kids; and I like having them around… most of the time.