I spent most of the day out in my studio. I didn’t get that much done, but it SEEMS like I was working the entire time! I have a few people who might come for a visit… and I was hoping to have the studio as an option for those who wanted a bit more…
Category: Projects
YIPPPEEEEEEEE!
It took us until 3:30 in the afternoon, but a carpenter friend and I finally accomplished one of my goals! The ceiling in the studio is UP. It needs paint, it needs trim, it is NOT finished, but I’m celebrating that it is UP! He put them up differently than I had planned, so where…
Decisions. Decisions.
Done with insulation! Yippee! It was much easier handling smaller pieces… why didn’t I do that before??? Next project just may be finishing the door tops on my shelves… If I get them screwed in place, I can walk on them instead of fighting my ladder when I hang my ceiling osb. Here they are……
Getting Closer
Well, it was back to the Good Ol’ Art Studio Project the other day… I worked a bit with some chinking… some cleaning… some organization… but best of all… I managed to get some insulation up! Just about ready for some ceiling osb now… The tallest side still needs to be insulated, but I may…
MUCHMUCH
It’s -16 out there. Nothing like a good chill in the air to keep you inside working on unfinished projects! Still unfinished… but progressing enough you need to see the update! When I was first thinking about moving into this house, I took photos of everything… the other people were in the process of moving…
Wowza
OK. I took the morning and finished those two boards! That wall is done! The boards were workarounds existing crooked boards, so there was a lot of crawling up the ladder, fitting, sketching, crawling down, sawing, sanding, grinding, then going back up and re-fitting. I then spent time sawing up scrap wood so it’d fit…
Artistic Wall
I did it. 97% of the wall is complete! There are two boards, both of which need lots of fitting and finishing, and when they’re installed, the wall will be finished! (No, not talking trim or window trim or shelves, just WALL!) But this, this opens the door for those shelves that I have in…
Deer Crossing
I spent most of my day either cleaning and picking up my house or sneaking out to work in my studio. I only have the boards above the big window to install! I also bought a truckload of good plastic tubs to keep my crafts in, hopefully they’ll be much more mouse-proof than my cardboard…
Window Wall
Finally, some time spent in my studio! That’s a resolution for this year… finish the studio… and create something out there! There’s much to be done still… I’ve run out of tongue and groove on my window wall, so it’s whatever I can scrounge. Still no clue on how I’m going to finish around this…
Create A Glowing Bathroom Nightlight
It was well below zero today with the windchill… -20 as I type with NO windchill… Needless to say, I found plenty in my house to keep me busy. I packed up the last of Christmas (no book to distract me enough today… though I’m reading two good ones…) and decided to act on an…
Step Two
Steps were the order of business today… Vernon had them all cut and ready to go, so it was up to me to sand and stain today. Vernon helped some, but he admits that finishing isn’t his “thing”, and I sand a bit more than he does! The stain actually matches the mud room cabinets,…
Front Door
Remember this? This is what you used to see as you entered my house. Of course, technically it’s the BACK door, but no one in the country, except salesmen that don’t know better, ever comes to your FRONT door! We’re all tromping in mud and you-know-what on our boots, so if it’s possible, we go…