The publisher 'Interweave' has a magazine dedicated to studios. You can order back issues from their webside for inspiration and ideas.

And let me add two points to your list:

Flooring that is easy to clean (sweep).

Storage for fabric that is behind doors, in drawers, or behind curtains. Several years ago I visited a quilter who had a beautiful, large, airy studio, and all the fabrics stacked on open shelves looked ver colourful. But a lot of them had faded along the folded edge that was exposed to the light. And they were not in direct sunlight.

The risk of fading may be reduced (or even eliminated) by having semi-transparent blinds on the windows that let through (diffused) light, but not any of the harmful rays. TQS must have members who work in museums and can advise on this.

Personally I would not paint the walls in a bright (or very distinctive) colour, but go gor a light and neutral colour. You can always bring extra life to the room by displaying your quilts on the walls.

Lorchen

Does anyone know what the best color for the walls is? I think I want a vibrant yellow, but am afraid that it will "influence" all the other colors when I audition them on my design wall. This is only my first question -- as you can see, I'm not far along in my design process! Also, I read somewhere to put wheels with locks on everything you can, so that you can move stuff to fit what you are doing at the time. This is a huge challenge to me; I want to get it right and not have to re-do it!

Lighting, definitely lighting. When my space was first created I only had one pot-light installed over my sewing table, now I am trying to figure how to add lighting in my basement sewing space.

My DH built me a great space several years ago, giving me exactly what I wanted - at the time. And now we're remodeling the space. Lessons that I learned about how I work, and things I'm now doing differently include (1) any horizontal surface will just be an excuse for me to fill it up, rather than put things away where they belong and (2) you can't have too much storage. The solution will be to take out two base cabinets and one short wall cabinet, along with the countertop, and replace them with 2 large, floor-to-ceiling cabinets with doors and shelves. Another lesson learned: having a cutting table (at the proper height for YOU) is crucial, but you might as well design something into the space underneath, or it will be wasted. The new table is built over what used to be a desk (that I no longer used) and has the two side 3-drawer banks and a large, flat center drawer for ruler storage. It also houses a 2-drawer file for pattern storage and a 3-drawer chest for scrap storage. And two final lessons: I really need a design wall, now that I have moved into larger quilts, so I will have one in the new space. And enough lighting (natural and artificial, ambient and task) will make or break a space. Please check my blog from earlier this week for some pictures.

When I built mine - I visited lot's of others sew spaces and took what I liked from each one. THEN - I went to an architect. I LOVE my sky lights..........

I know that not all of us are lucky enough to have a dedicated room for quilting or sewing, but there are some of us who are actually getting to design our own room from the very start. I would like to hear from you as to what you have done that pleases you in your room. Also, what you did that turned into a bad choice.
I have a wonderful DH who is having two new rooms built onto our home; one will be our new bedroom, the other (12 feet by 20 feet) will be mine to do with what I please. It is wonderful, but scary! I don't want to mess it up! Please help!