A Room With a View To Art ~ My Remodeled Studio

Some of you might have read a while back that my husband was working on an art studio for me. Well the studio is just about complete…at least complete enough that I could start moving my materials into the cabinets.

This studio is the third attempt to find a space for me to do some painting. My first space was in our poorly insulated shop building.  I had to abandon it when the insulation filled with so much condensation that it fell down.  My second studio was in the garage, but I never had enough light to paint.  I finally gave up and started working wherever I could find space in the house.

My whole family, including me, was tired of having my art, craft and sewing stuff all over the house. 

We finally decided to devote a space off the living room for a workspace.  The room was originally a sun room that we had left “as is” when we did a huge remodel a few years back. We had left the old roof on that side of the house.  The roof had started to leak. We needed to replace the roof and redo the interior anyway.

I tried to be as economical as possible. We found the all the cabinets, except the sink cabinet, on craigslist. They are used, in great shape and very solid.   Even with one cabinet yet to be installed, I had enough room to store my sewing as well as my art and craft supplies.  We bought the laminate floor from a discount warehouse.  We reused many of materials left over from our previous remodel.  The sink was a display model.

We’ve had the work table for a long time.  I can’t even remember why we bought it in the first place.

With all that light the room makes a wonderful art studio. Originally the house had been designed as a solar home. That room had a heater vent for winter and two trees planted outside to shade it in the summer.

I still have a few things to move into the room.  With the Thanksgiving holiday and a sore back, I decided to take a bit of time off. 

I can’t wait to get back to my painting.  The light is superb.