During the cold New England winter, our unheated basement is pretty much the last place I want to be. Unfortunately, all of my art supplies and work space are located--in the unheated, as-yet unfinished, basement.
At least they were.
Last weekend, my husband gave me the go ahead to transform our dining room into a (temporary) studio space. With no more food-centered holidays on the horizon for a while, the dining room was available, sort of. For many, the dining room only gets used a few days a year. For us, it's actually the only room that has a table and a place for all of us to eat together. Our kitchen has an island and a peninsula (sounds so tropical) but a total of only 4 stools. There are 5 of us. It usually works out ok because a. BGD gets home late and the kids have already eaten dinner or b. BGD doesn't seem to mind standing up at the island to eat. At any rate, I'm going to try to keep one end of the table clean & clear (or at least easily clear-able) so we could all be sitting down and eating as a family--albeit in different rooms. Fortunately we had the opening between the two rooms enlarged when we moved in so we can have the illusion of togetherness while dining in semi-privacy. We do have a 6 seat table out on the deck...
I'm still in the process of deciding what to bring upstairs and what to leave in the basement, however, things are coming along nicely. Here are a few glimpses...
My tiered work/storage table, with paint spinner, sewing machine and my still not quite finished Lisa Kaus inspired Gridlocked piece.
I love these tissue paper honeycombs. I got them last month at Pearl River in NYC. They hang above a very comfy chair that I hijacked from the family room.
I took the salt and pepper shakers out of my $6.99 Pottery Barn Outlet shadow box shelf (sold as an advent calendar) and filled it with glitter, flock and specialty paints.
Ok, I had to leave one S&P set in.
We brought up my white 5 tier wire shelving unit and a smaller bookcase and free standing shelf for storing lots of goodies.
I love the barber shop glass jars--99 cents each a few years back at Old Tyme Pottery in Charlotte.
The space is still in transition but I did feel obligated to get out my sketchbook and play for while. Can you tell what my favorite colors are??
Looking forward to finishing up organizing and beginning to create...and Spring!
{though I have no plans to head back down to the basement until at least Thanksgiving ;-)}
