Studio Progress

Been working on the studio this weekend, felt a crazy urge to get the ideas out of my head and into reality.

Here is the before...lots of great household storage and shiny silver insulation, all very practical...but not what I wanted to look at all the time.  My mind saw curtains to give the illusion of a wall, something that could be opened and closed easily.

It took 30 feet of cable, clip hooks from Ikea and 15 yards of muslin...

The louvered bi-fold closet door in the corner hides some PVC piping, opposite that are a full set of doors that screen the furnace.  Found all these at a local re-use shop for $10 a pair.  I will probably paint the brown set eventually, also wonder if I can add cork to the insets to make them into bulletin boards.

Over to the other side of the room... I replaced the sagging plywood shelves with white melamine boards, one day I will paint the wood white too.  Organization will come slowly but surely, still trying to determine my needs, but it's not a bad start.  The Christmas light strand hung on the ceiling is a necessity since lighting in the area as really poor, only two light bulbs in the whole space.  

Here is the next project I will tackle...it is an incredible built in workbench but there is no electric.  I need to take down the pegboard and stud the wall to I can have electric run.  My hope is to do all my polymer clay and jewelry work in this space. Oh, I'm also dreaming of a thrifty old wood window pane to hang and cover the not-so-pretty metal window but not lose the light.

It will all take time, trying to be patient.  I'm reluctant to spend a lot right now...still in the Christmas spending hangover stage.  Thanks for stopping by to see the progress!

~Angie