I've been working on organizing lately, combining sorting, keeping/tossing, using, redistributing. General stuff shuffling. I think of it as shuffling my creative deck to get myself going on a creative track again. A good way to mark time until I feel well enough to actually dive in and make something.
This first picture shows the room I'm still using as a studio (it is meant to be the media room/guest room, once the downstairs remodel is finished!). Right now I've got a recliner and a rattan couch/ottoman in addition to my studio stuff. The room is large enough to have this comfy furniture, and I find I actually use it. I like to be able to get out of the chair by my sewing machine/table and flop on the couch to sort magazine images, or bead (great light by the big window). It is also nice to have this room when other family members join me while I'm working in here. Homework can be done, books can be read in the recliner, etc.
The only thing I'm missing having is a design wall, but I don't want to muck up my newly painted walls with tack holes. Maybe I'll have to make one of those flannel covered homosote boards to use. hmmmmm.
This is a view over to the closet while sitting on the rattan couch which is under the window. You can see the recliner on the right. The closet doesn't have the trim or a door yet. But it is filled to bursting with my boxes of fabric and supplies.
The larger tubs have batting, upholstery fabric and larger items, including all the decorative stuff I like to have hanging up in my studio. It is weird to be in a room with all my stuff, but to not have anything up on the walls but one calendar. I feel like if I start hanging things up, then I'll never be moving into the "real" studio room downstairs. But it has been awhile now!
This is how the recovering Zelda the Wonder Dog looks with her cone on (still). She still has some wounds healing, but no more stitches at least. I have to make sure to scratch her head since she can't do it herself (poor ol' girl)
Here is the wall o' stuff and ironing board across from the rattan couch. This is actually really organized now . I know it looks higgeldy/piggeldy, but compared to "before" it really is (at least to me!).
This concludes the studio tour...Back to work now!
The room color looks amazing and the space is well... spacious! Don't use Homosote - get some slightly thicker foam insulation - you don't want it to bend and bow so go for the thicker stuff. Tape 2 pieces together snug next to each other, then fold them back and put a much larger piece of tape there (making a hinge) - they are lightweight, easy to move around and work perfectly - HOMOSOTE weights a TON!
ReplyDeleteNice to see Zelda! Keep up the scratching!
:-D eirdre
Yes, what Deirdre said - those two inch foam insulation boards. You can use t-head pins to cover them with flannel or batting.
ReplyDeleteGlad Zelda is healing. Simi had two run ins with a neighbor's dogs when she was young and had to be put back together. Such a horrible feeling when one of the babies gets hurt.
Cherie