Getting My Old Studio Back!
Finished a painting yesterday and started a new one while Steve was away at an art fair. I moved my easel and some paints up to the dining room for the day and felt so comfortable there that I was tempted to make it my new permanent studio, which would be disastrous for every other reason imaginable in this little house. After about an hour's discussion, Steve and I realized that it was time for me to have my old studio back, and I am so excited that my insides feel like a bunny dancing under a full moon.
I've tried and tried to work in the basement, and sometimes it was not too bad--there's room to spread out and have many projects on the go at once. But this summer it was always so cold down there, which is hell on the arthritis. And it is, after all, a basement, no daylight, no views, very isolated. If anything, I'm a treetops person and my first choice of a studio location would be a second-storey loft or attic. My second choice is right next to the garden. At the moment the cookery is the room right next to the garden, and it has to be there for health department regulations, unconnected to other living areas of the house. The next best room is the room I originally chose for an office/studio when we first moved here, a small back bedroom with a tiny window nook. I did some nice work in there, even though it could be a bit cramped.
I turned it over to Steve when his photography work expanded but his allergies and other health problems made working in the basement impossible for him. It is also next to his office where all the computers are, so it was a no-brainer to locate his digital photography space there. But now he has closed down his web development business and his office is more painting studio than anything else. He's also feeling much, much better than he did last year, in fact he is feeling better now than he has in the past six years. Swapping work spaces is reasonable now.
Can hardly wait to get it all set up!!! I love the little window nook and its tiny built-in desk. It's a warm and cozy room and I'm going to have my rocking chair and reading lamp in there, as well. It'll be a true "room of one's own."
I've tried and tried to work in the basement, and sometimes it was not too bad--there's room to spread out and have many projects on the go at once. But this summer it was always so cold down there, which is hell on the arthritis. And it is, after all, a basement, no daylight, no views, very isolated. If anything, I'm a treetops person and my first choice of a studio location would be a second-storey loft or attic. My second choice is right next to the garden. At the moment the cookery is the room right next to the garden, and it has to be there for health department regulations, unconnected to other living areas of the house. The next best room is the room I originally chose for an office/studio when we first moved here, a small back bedroom with a tiny window nook. I did some nice work in there, even though it could be a bit cramped.
I turned it over to Steve when his photography work expanded but his allergies and other health problems made working in the basement impossible for him. It is also next to his office where all the computers are, so it was a no-brainer to locate his digital photography space there. But now he has closed down his web development business and his office is more painting studio than anything else. He's also feeling much, much better than he did last year, in fact he is feeling better now than he has in the past six years. Swapping work spaces is reasonable now.
Can hardly wait to get it all set up!!! I love the little window nook and its tiny built-in desk. It's a warm and cozy room and I'm going to have my rocking chair and reading lamp in there, as well. It'll be a true "room of one's own."
posted by meg at 8:23 AM
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