Hi all- Tried sending a short clip of Caleb at the bat to my dad via email, but even tho it's only 30 seconds it was way too big to mail, so I'll be using youtube to upload the occasional video. I'm one proud grandma when this boy's up to bat! I think the wind chill factor was like 36 degrees out there tonight. Possibly the coldest place on the planet! brrr.
Hi friends!
I got home Sunday to a completed studio. I just couldn't be happier. I won't bore you with all the "I'm gonna's", but I AM gonna do an awful lot more before I take pics again. :-) I'm not even going to try and count all the trips I'll be making from the big house to the little house, but eventually it will all get done, and maybe I'll even lose a pound or two in the process!
I really like how they configured the deck, and tied it to the patio. I think we're going to hire a landscape designer to doll up the leftover dead patches...that's just not our forte. (the banquet table got booted out...used to be my sewing table but now it's not nearly pretty enough!)
Ta Dah!! Look at how much fabric that green cupboard's gonna hold! This is a not-so-great shot of the sewing area. I think I'll put UFO's in the aqua and red baskets.
Pretty much the whole back wall (besides the little nook in the middle) is super deep closet. My hope is that I can cram as much of the doo-dad clutter as possible in there, so it won't get so overwhelming out on the floor.
This will be the papercrafting desk. I've saved that upper piece for years in storage, and have had a heckuva time getting rid of the mildew smell. It's the inner guts of John's old rolltop desk. I covered it in cloud fabric. Not sure yet if I'm thrilled with that.
Anyhoo...that's the state of things as of today. I'll be busy for the next little while, as you can imagine, but I'll be back eventually with a big creative bang, that you can be sure of!
xo, jen
Hi there- I thought I'd better check in with my parents before they disown me for noncommunication, but sending pics and talking about them is a pain through my email program so I thought it'd be easier to just make a quickie post here. For the most part we've got so much undone and in disarray I often get too overwhelmed to pick a project and end up doing nothing. Although John's bathroom is 98% done.
I still have to make a roman blind for the window. It's hard to photograph such a tiny space but here's my attempts.
I've always wanted to incorporate glass block into our home, and now we have it. We had the old tub pulled out and this shower enclave built. One weekend I got so stinkin' tired of them being upstairs, traipsing back and forth through our bedroom, that I got in there and grouted the entire three walls and ceiling. Just had to get'rdone, ya know?
I loved the sea green 2inch glass tiles so much, that we paid for six square feet (was a minimum order) at $30 each knowing full well we only needed 2 sq ft to dot here and there throughout the travertine tile. I also love the squares of pebbles we found to use on the floor. A really nice organic element.
I took this pic (basically sitting on the toilet) to show my mom that I still manage to find a place for her first real art purchase; The Solitary Cormorant. She bought it in the late 70's when she was sad and lonely. I think it's peaceful and serene, plus the frame matches the fixtures ;-)
At some point recently I decided I wanted to buy a buffet/sideboard to paint and put in front of the dining room window. I ended up buying a whole set because I loved the lines of the buffet and the price for it, six chairs and a table with leaves was so reasonable I just couldn't pass it up. So I quickly ditched our old set on craigslist and hauled all of this home.
Lord knows when I'll actually get around to painting it and covering the chairs, but for now it makes a nice project table---I don't even have to cover it up when I paint things on it!
Here's a pic of the studio as it stands today (taken from the kitchen window)
They should make a lot of headway toward buttoning it all up this week...fingers crossed. I'm really not in that big of a hurry, believe it or not. So much to sort through and decide on before I just start hauling all my crap out there. I want to do it right the first time, ya know?
I'll be back in two days with a final peek at the *special project* that has been my main priority for the past couple of weeks. I've no choice but to be done by Wed morning, as it requires me packing it all on to a plane. oooohhh! Exciting! Okay, back to work!!
