For a while there was a lull in the work in the basement. My dad has two of my aunts and an uncle staying with him for 2+ weeks and I was keeping busy getting ready over there. And then those pesky kids of mine got out of school and demanded to be taken to a pool or a beach nearly every day. What kind of mother would I be if I didn't oblige??
Over the last few days I've been back at work down there though, concentrating mostly on my new studio space. We've finally all had enough of art supplies in the dining room, no room in the garage and general clutter and chaos all around. You may recall that I toyed with the idea of painting the studio white. There are so many clean and inspiring art spaces on flickr and all over blogland that I nearly gave in.
But I didn't.
Instead I decided to carry the color palette from the family room area over to the studio area. So far I've painted the walls a light robin's egg blue (Sea Breath by Valspar--ridiculous name, nice color), the floor has been primed with tinted primer, painted all the trim and the steel door to the bulkhead has been painted (Cheery by Behr, inspired by Melissa at Yummy Goods!).
Still left to do: prime and paint the new desk (Castleton Mist by Ben Moore, same color as the family room walls) and oh yes, move in all the furniture and stuff.
As of right now, it does indeed feel like an indoor swimming pool--which luckily, I'm not opposed to ;-).
Phew.
Good thing the boys have camp this upcoming week...
{pictures taken at night, colors not quite right but yes, the door is that bright}
