New Year - New Art Studio

One year ago today, my husband and I were on a plane to Denver to finalize the purchase of our new home.  We drove to the building site soon after we landed. Here is what it looked like.

We spent the next four days signing documents, deposit checks, rental checks, and choosing all of the finishes for the interior of our home.  The bedroom in the basement with the large walk-in closet was going to be my new art studio.  I chose a wood grain vinyl for the floor for ease in clean-up of the occaisional art mishap.  I also requested that they do not hang the closet shelves but to leave it just drywall because I wanted that room to hold my cutting table.  In May of 2013 we moved into our finished home.  Here is a picture of what the basement looked like after the movers left.  Most of these boxes came out of the two rooms and two closets I used for my office and art studio in Ohio.  Now they would have to fit into one bedroom and one closet.

Some seven months later, I have finally finished unpacking and organizing and have this lovely art studio to start the New Year!

I designed the counter height workstation from IKEA kitchen cabinets.  I have two work areas so that if I have a sewing project going but want to start a beading project I won't have to put away the sewing.  The turquoise cart is in one of the work spaces.  The shelves on the walls and the cute button rug are from IKEA as well.  The cutting table is from Pottery Barn and it has bookshelves on the side for my library of craft/art books.  Sprinkled here and there are some of my Longaberger baskets filled with UFO's!  I still have some finishing touches to do like under cabinet lighting and adding the hanging containers on the towel racks, also IKEA kitchen components.

Since my studio is in the basement, I chose a soft yellow for the walls called Banana Cream Pie. I also used that color in one room of my studio in Ohio because it is very, very cloudy there.  My accent color is turquoise.  A nice reading chair finished the room by making it feel cozy and inviting.

A nice new place to create surrounded by the things I love.