Inside My New Studio

My new studio is almost empty.  This is what it looks like on the inside.  There’s a little chicken door on the back wall, it looks to clean to have been a chicken coop, but that would explain the south facing windows.  Maybe I’ll make it into a cat door.

The first time I went inside my studio it was filled with furniture and junk.  It was hard to see, but I got a feeling . I had some ideas about how I wanted it finished off.   But, now I have some new ideas.  They are a bit more expansive, more space, more light.

Last weekend we visited our friends Paula and Pam and seeing Pam’s painting studio made me want a high ceiling and white walls.  At first I was thinking about keeping the ceiling low for the heat, but it’s really a small enough space that I don’t think it will matter much. And I can picture it,  the space above my head going up and up to the rafters.  A ceiling fan and bright lights.  Blow-in insulation in the walls and wooden storms and screens on the windows.  And I’ll paint the walls white.  A bit hard, the wainscoting is aged such a nice brown, but I don’t want brown walls, I want white walls.  Clean and bright.  And air conditioner in the window in the summer and a woodstove in the winter.  I can’t wait to move in.

12 Responses to “Inside My New Studio”

  1. Emily says:

    It’s so exciting to move into a new place. I can’t wait to see what you do with it.

  2. Jill says:

    So exciting. Can’t wait to see what you create of, and in, that space.

  3. Sara Hartman says:

    It looks wonderful, Maria and can’t wait to see photos with the white walls and lights and woodstove and all! Your special space is coming!

  4. mare says:

    i can almost see it clearly the way you described it! It will be a lovely space! Love the “cat” door too…

  5. Mary Ann says:

    I hope you do some remodeling-in-progress photos–I have a studio in a small old outbuilding which I want to re-do. It looks very much like yours. Perhaps I will gain some good ideas–good luck!

  6. Sally Brechbill says:

    This studio is so charming it practically makes me salivate. OOH OOH OOH! Will be so fun watching it be transformed into “you.”

  7. Joleen says:

    It will be awesome and it will be very nice to have a visit from the kitties and maybe a chicken now and then when they discover the little door.

  8. Maria says:

    We can trade photos Mary Ann

  9. Terri Brown says:

    I just love your new studio, Maria! I can just picture you creating your beautiful fiber art and the bright white walls surrounding you, hugging you, saying “welcome, welcome!”

  10. Maria says:

    I like the idea of being hugged by my walls Terri

  11. Kim says:

    Looks like a great room, Maria. And I’ll be anxious to see how you transform it to be your sacred creative space.

  12. C.S. Miller says:

    I’m glad you are getting an air conditioner!

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