Much improved in appearance and functionality! The big maple cabinet was once in a high school science classroom. It has shelves on the top half and drawers and a cupboard on the bottom. I'll always regret not finding the cash to buy one of the other pieces from this group way back when! There were two cabinets- one with solid maple doors and one with glass fronts- as big as the unit you see above, and a large (and I mean large) work island with cupboards and drawers and shelves..... sigh... The work table by the window mostly holds supplies and clutter. My honey built the round table using an old oak round table top that had been painted white. It has a large shelf underneath that holds 22x30 paper in a homemade cardboard folio and a paper cutter. I celebrated last night by going on a dinner date with my hubby to Levanti's for wonderful, homemade Italian food and the pleasure of each other's company and conversation sans interruption. Yum. Oh, wait, we were celebrating Valentine's Day, not my clean work space! :>
a bit of my collections
current journals- being worked on (ready to be bound) and worked in
I might enclose the bottom of this work table in fabric. What you see are printers drawers to hold vintage bits- also found in the blue suitcase... in the baskets-loose paper, scraps, and old books. More books and bits are upstairs. Since I really have pared those down over the past two years by taking them along to retreats and putting them on my vendor table, those were some of the few things that went unscathed in the purge that filled ten contractor bags to be hauled away, and packed a Ford Expedition to bursting for a trip to Goodwill. I actually need to add to that stash so I have some things to bring to Artfest.
Oh! I did enclose the table with three swaths of gorgeous silk fabric (one in a seafoam green with gold embroidered fleur de lis and the other two with the same pattern in pale gold with rose. ) given to me from Pindler fabrics (their fabric is part of my remaining treasure hoard.) I didn't want to cut or sew the fabric, so it is folded over so that the selvedge edges are horizontal, and I have thumbtacked under the fold to attach it all to the table.
My storage closet looks great, and my upstairs space looks quite bare. We may make a little guest nook in there- it is soooo empty! (and clean!)
All this work has tuckered someone out.
Oh, and I added a bit from True Vision to this past Friday's prompt!
All absolutely gorgeous - to see where you work and how you store your stash. Quite lovely. Glad you had such a superb meal out; refilling the well (or artist date) as Julia Cameron would say. Good and vital nevertheless.
Posted by: Ann Somerset Miles | 02/15/2009 at 02:57 PM
look at that sweet little baby ...sigh.
you HAVE been busy, goodness! i hope it has inspired you to dive in, anytime i clean my studio or house i feel so inspired to create. i think tomorrow will be a great day for purging here!
i love all of your natural light pouring in and i love how your studio is the first room you walk into when coming into your house.
Posted by: misty | 02/15/2009 at 11:08 PM
are you kidding? It's very right and good to celebrate a neat and clean studio! Happy Valentine's Day to your studio!
And how nice to find a little cherub curled up there!
Posted by: Chris | 02/16/2009 at 02:14 PM
WOW - your creative space looooooks WONDERFUL : ) if I took a picture of my workroom, you'd laugh - total chaos !!!!! thanks for sharing your space, I am inspired to go gussy mine up AGAIN !!! love, love, love that sweet little teeeeny one sleeping. Happpppy "V" Day to you and your ROOOOOOM : )
Blessings, Sandra in AZ
Posted by: SandraG. | 02/16/2009 at 05:24 PM
love your space!
i just finished one of your prompts and i guess now i have to go and check my playlists for music, you surely are keeping me busy te-hee!
you sound so joyous! super!
Posted by: carmen | 02/18/2009 at 02:25 PM