Big (Final) Reveal...

It's hard to believe that a room can make such a difference to a creative vibe.

I never realized how I could be affected by light and space...or even the illusion

of space. I thought I needed a hard floor. Nope. I require light and a great view.

The big cabinets are gone, giving me about a foot more floor space, and I've

become very selective about what comes back in here. I have lots of elbow room.

My cutting table is in front of the largest window, and my sewing cabinet 

is turned to face the doorway. My chair will easily slide from the sewing table 

over to the computer, so I don't need to put two chairs in the room. Less is more.

I've got enough room to open up the extra table surface on my cabinet without

having to move it an inch! It's great to hold a quilt in progress or supplies for a

current project. When I'm finished, I just drop the leaf for more floor space.

The guest room is back to "normal" now, too. I repaired all the holes from the

wall anchors to secure the shelves, and gave the room a new coat of paint.

Handsome and I chose a nice, soft rug to coordinate with the Princeton Plates

quilt I made for the bed and we reset the room yesterday. We still have a few

 pieces to hang, but it's now essentially done, leaving a comfortable guest room.

  I have things to put away, a few things to donate and a few things to sell. I'll get  to all that as soon as I my muscles stop aching and I finish my "happy dance". Oh, and if you're looking for me after (or during) all that, I'll be in the studio!

One Down, One To Go...

 Introducing the new guest room...I'm calling it the Wisconsin Room. 

We've put some of our dog prints on the walls and it feels more like

one of our guest rooms up north than a tropical, Florida look to me.

I like that we have a little bit of our old home here in our southern one.
I love that our guests will now have a light-filled, quiet room to rest.

Walls have been painted, windows washed (inside and out), blinds

and carpet cleaned. We made the decision to keep the carpet for now.

(We previewed the large samples of flooring we had chosen and

weren't 100% sold on it, so we're keeping the carpet we have.)

 That wall straight ahead is where the "tower" of folded fabric used to be. 

Now, there's a small dresser, topped with a Spuds MacKenzie (bar) lamp 

that we've had for years. We used to call my first Labrador, Bryn, "Spuds"

so this silly lamp holds a special place because of my first silly, little dog.

(As an aside: Handsome always wonders why my dogs are all so silly.

hmmmmm. I guess I should take credit for that. You think? lol)

There's also a small chest for holding extra blankets or supporting a guest's 

suitcase. It has a duck half decoy on the front. It's another old favorite piece.

Just enough room for a queen-size bed and side tables, a chest of drawers

and that small decoy chest. Storage will be more than adequately handled

by the large, built-in cabinets on the other wall. They're still full of fabric

right now, but by the end of this process week, they'll be perfect for hanging

clothes and storing a few other items that take up space elsewhere right now.

 My paint of choice here is Behr. I like the coverage and their color selections.  This time, we decided on "White Clay". I color corrected all the pictures,  but the table lamps can shift the color. The first picture and this one are pretty  accurate. Now that this room is finished, I can concentrate on the new studio.   Today, I'll be picking up the paint I chose for the new space and applying it to the studio walls. When that's finished, Handsome will help me pull the carpeting  out of the room so it'll be ready for me to put in the new floors tomorrow. (This step is an adventure that I want to try to do all on my own. Fingers crossed!)   Tag will be here to visit with you, as usual, but I'll have more to show  you on Wednesday. Don't forget to come back and see Tag tomorrow.  I'll see you Wednesday!