It’s time to buy that sewing table, and you want only the best! What can you get for just under a thousand dollars? A sturdy cabinet that serves as a safe, compact storage place for your machine and sewing notions when you’re busy with other things, but that converts into a sturdy, spacey work surface when it’s time to sew.

But that machine is heavy and it’s no fun to lift it out of a cabinet every single time you need to work, so you want a table with a sewing machine lift as well, so that setting up your space can be as easy and effortless as possible. It is much easier to sew if you don’t have to strain your back every time you set up!
So, then, now that we’ve nailed down what we want in a sewing table, what is the best unit on the market that meets our budget? You have two very good options; one is a little cheaper; the other offering more storage and customization. Arrow Cabinets Bertha Sewing Table in either white or oak finish, or Kangaroo Kabinets Wallaby Sewing Cabinet with a teak finish.

Best Sewing Tables Under $1000:

 

Arrow Cabinets Bertha Sewing Table is a well-designed, nicely streamlined sewing cabinet that offers space for a sewing machine, an airlift to bring that machine up to your work level, extra fold-out table space for you to spread out your projects, and a little storage in the way of an extensive thread organizer and a few small pockets where you could stash a little fabric. If your machine is no larger than 22-9/16” wide to 11 ¾” front to back, and no more than 14 1/2 “ tall, it should fit in Bertha. The lift is designed for machines weighing up to 60 pounds.

 

Do you want more storage than just a set of plastic pockets? Then have a look at the Wallaby Sewing Cabinet ; a solid, high quality piece of furniture you’ll love to add to your sewing room. You will need to buy a sewing machine insert  separately to use with this table, as the insert is customized depending on what sewing machine you intend to install.

This table gives you plenty sewing space when all the leaves are extended, but folds down into a nice tidy little cabinet that won’t clutter your room. In fact, with all the organized storage it includes, this unit will work wonders in de-cluttering your sewing space. There is a drawer, divided into compartments; a thread organizers and a series of small pockets, and also room, off the lift, for a second sewing machine or a serger. Your primary sewing machine sits on the lift, and goes up to work and down to storage like magic. You can use the lift to bring your machine up to three different positions, and the customized sewing machine inserts means the heights are adjusted to the ideal level of every machine.

Either of these tables will transform your sewing area to a well-organized, fun-to-work-with place, and will make setting up your project so simple you’ll have nothing keeping you from the sewing you love.