Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New digs (so to speak)

You may have been wondering what I have been up to lately (maybe not), but for those of you who are interested... in between being ill off and on for the past few months, I have been swapping rooms, rearranging furniture and revamping my work space with new cabinetry. The end result (although not quite finished yet) is a space I feel I can comfortably work in. New space, new dreams = new art for 2012.

I can now hide the bane of my existence (craft clutter/craft supply hoard) by shutting it out when I get sick and tired of looking at it. 

This space will never be magazine beautiful... so not the point!
My goal is not to fool myself (or you for that matter) by using smoke and mirrors to show you an unrealistic "dream" studio.

I did it because clutter and not being able to find your supplies when you need them is a real pain in the arse (excuse my foul language) but there it is! MESS drives me CRAZY these days!

Because of this revamp I can now find my supplies, I can also sit comfortably and work at the dining room table and when the day is done I can simply shut the doors on the cabinets and french door to the room and then no one else in this house is bothered by my soon to be messy work space :)

Posted below are a few pics of half of this 10' x 12' space... and no, I can't show you the other half because it's still a work in progress (messy), I'm good... but not that good, sheesh!

Cheers for now!! ~ Lori 





4 comments:

Leah's Art Magic said...

Your studio looks great! I'm working on mine too. I hear you about not being able to find things.

Len said...

It is a lot of work isn't it? It looks great. After coming back from H&V and finishing the huge window display I did my studio. It feels WONDERFUL. You will really enjoy working in your studio. Keep on cleaning!

Diane MacNaughtan * Dianie Mac * said...

Lori,
It's a perfect studio!!! I have always loved your little touch of finness, totally eye candy to me :)

My walls are the same color ;)

I hope you are feeling better, being ill off and on for several months can really wear ya down.

Take care,
~Diane

Vintage by Crystal said...

I'm gonna have to get a piece of your work one of these days...they look so great finished and unfinished in your cabinets! So wonderful! :)

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