Seamstress extraordinaire, creative crafter and doting grandmother J.J. Davis always has a project pending, but space to implement her ideas was in short supply in the North Little Rock home she shares with her husband, Jerry. In seeking a space where she could sew costumes, cut patterns or play with her grandsons, the solution was simply a few steps away, in the couple’s unfinished basement.
When they built their home seven years ago, the Davis’ included a walkout basement on their hillside lot, yet used it merely as a storage space with sheetrock walls and concrete floors. “I decided the area could be put to better use,” says J.J., who envisioned a multi-functional room that “would be a nice place to spend time sewing or crafting, a place where the grandkids could go to watch television or play games and hang out.”
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