It was so tough for a while. I had work things in the family room, living room, kitchen and basement. What was supposed to be the plan: bring my work stuff up from the basement and sit in any one of the three rooms to work, to pack up at the end of the day and take back down in the basement; certainly became a serious burden. I hated packing things up and work supplies ended up piling up all over the three rooms. I got so sick of this.
The Solution?
The spare bedroom upstairs. No one uses it anyway but maybe once or twice a year for a night or two. What wasted space! But all the work I put into it! The 1930's decor, hand stenciling the walls, sewing retro curtains to even laying the carpet in myself. Scouring ebay and local antique malls for momentos from the 1930's from pictures to books to vases. Whew - that was a lot of work. But, so is carting boxes up and down the basement stairs and dealing with the clutter of things left laying around when I quit work to make dinner for the family.
Hence, the birth of the studio. All the way down to the sign and hours on the door: Alterity Art Monday - Friday and sometimes Saturdays 9am - 4pm.I still have the bed with the antique quilt just incase someone needs the bed for the night, but the closet is my light studio for photographs, I have my sewing center, my beading center, my journal making center. Perfect. If I don't want to clean it up at the end of the day, I don't. If I am in the middle of creating some beadwork, I simply walk away, shut the door and don't fear that everything will get all messed up. And the best part? No more boxes to the basement!
Oh...life is good! Now, back to work!
