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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 12:07:22 GMT -6
Good eye, Sue. They are plastic tubs that used to hold reading and spelling games at school. Over the years, the little game parts got lost and the games became dated, so the games were no longer in use. During a spring cleaning of the storage building, they were going to toss the games so I asked if I could have the tubs. They are perfect for storing jewelry inventory especially because they have lids. Yes, so true...must. remember. where. I. put. things! I am hoping that once I get settle in and get it organized in a way that works for me (which will probably require many re-arrangements), I'll be able to remember where I put stuff. Should have some pictures of the mostly finished room up later. Still feels funny to refer to it as a studio. That will come eventually, I suppose. Dawn
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Post by Michele on Feb 28, 2015 16:46:37 GMT -6
Has the paint dried yet?
Label the ends of your containers. It makes it so much simpler than having to look through them to find what you need.
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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 16:58:37 GMT -6
The paint is dry enough - pics coming up in a few minutes. Need to download them from the camera. Yep, this is a good time to develop a whole new system of organization. The other thing I'm going to do even if it kills me is to clean up after every project. No more tossing a few leftover beads/components into a bowl with a bunch of other leftover beads/components. Leftovers will go back into the bag/container with their siblings to be used another day. Dawn
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Post by Michele on Feb 28, 2015 17:19:41 GMT -6
The other thing I'm going to do even if it kills me is to clean up after every project. No more tossing a few leftover beads/components into a bowl with a bunch of other leftover beads/components. Leftovers will go back into the bag/container with their siblings to be used another day. Dawn I say that every time I clean my office/studio. I hope you have better luck than I do, actually doing it.
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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 17:35:07 GMT -6
Before I show you guys the finished room, I thought I'd show you the door turned into a table project. This door used to be the bathroom door at the little A-frame where my dad used to live. It's a narrow door - maybe 24 inches wide. I'll have to measure it because I don't know for sure. When we re-modeled the bathroom at the A-frame, we replaced the door and this one has been sitting in the garage. We removed the door knob, the latch thingy and the hinges and then filled in the recessed areas with wood putty: Sanded the wood putty smooth after it was dry: After the putty was dry, I painted the front and back of the door in the Smoky Mountain Spring blue, but didn't take any photos of this part. We then mounted heavy duty brackets to the wall: And screwed the door onto the brackets. It is solid. The door is 7.5 feet long so lots of space to work. I don't know how well you can see it, but after the door was screwed to the hinges, I painted the edges in the dark brown (Rue Bourbon) paint: I am going to use the hole where the doorknob was to put electrical cords through rather than have them dangling over the sides of the table. Next photos will be of the finished room! Dawn
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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 17:38:36 GMT -6
I forgot to add that because of the heater on the wall, I can't put any furniture against it. Using the door and brackets to create a workbench seemed like a good solution to this potential waste of space. Dawn
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Post by Michele on Feb 28, 2015 18:07:22 GMT -6
Looks great Dawn. The heater under your desk will keep you nice and toasty.
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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 19:01:53 GMT -6
Thanks, Michele. I've had that heater on while working down there and it is nice on chilly days. Because of the block wall and that that side of the house is built against a dirt bank, it's similar to a basement in that it's always cool in the summer. There will be no need for an air conditioner and I have a fan to use if I want to move air around. Ok, here is the basically finished room. I'm especially pleased that except for buying paint and painting supplies, no money has been spent to create this room. Everything is either recycled, upcycled or refurbished and stuff we already had sitting around taking up space. Now that my jewelry stuff has been moved into this room, hubby's office no longer looks like a tornado went through, so he's got his space back too. These pictures go around the room to the right starting with the door: Things left to do are to deal with that pile of stuff in the corner next to the trunk, put a coat of varnish on the two yardsticks leaning against the wall by the file cabinet and screw them to the front edge of the work bench, finish cleaning up the lamps, get shades for them and put on each end of the table and to find a nice stool to sit in. A chair won't work because the table is mounted too high, so it's going to be a bar stool instead. After that, it'll be little things like hang art/photos on the walls and whatnot. I do believe I'll start working on jewelry projects down there tomorrow! Dawn
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Post by Michele on Feb 28, 2015 19:35:15 GMT -6
It looks fantastic. You should be so proud of what you have accomplished in such a short amount of time. It's a great space. You'll love having your own studio.
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Post by Sophy on Feb 28, 2015 19:43:11 GMT -6
I love it. Great job! So nice to have your own space.
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Post by DawninCal on Feb 28, 2015 20:15:24 GMT -6
Thank you both! Michele, without bragging I will say that I am pretty proud of this accomplishment. Except for a few things I needed to enlist hubby's help with, I did it all by myself and that feels great. Oh, and to respond to your earlier comment. In my former workspace I was always saying I'd clean up between projects, especially after spending a day tidying it all up and it never worked out well for me either. It's way more fun to start a new project on top of the old project! But, I am going to try. Carole, never having had my own space (not like this anyway), I'm not even sure how to begin. Thinking the thing to do is just take the plunge and mess it all up with a big project! Dawn
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Post by gbobmi on Feb 28, 2015 23:25:23 GMT -6
Woo Hoo! Looks great, Dawn! You've done good...
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Post by DawninCal on Mar 1, 2015 23:38:55 GMT -6
Thanks, Gayle! I spent a few hours working in the studio today and it was so fun! I'm sure the novelty will wear off in time, but right now it's a new experience that I am really enjoying. Dawn
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Post by gbobmi on Mar 1, 2015 23:41:28 GMT -6
To me, the novelty of working in my own space never wears off. You'll treasure that space you've made your own (and mostly on your own) for a very long time!
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