On the 10th day of patching and painting my studio, I finished the job at 7:30 pm! Wow, it's finally done.
Day 11, is "put it back together" day. Well, I was so tired after all the painting I decided I needed a break--so I took a nap instead. Eventually I did work at getting parts of the room back in place. The work is slow as I cleaned everything, tossed out stuff and tried to find all my rulers! I reorganized all my patterns and book stock, so it is easier to fill orders, hooked up the TV and DVD player. My great grandmother's tea cart holds my phone, phone books, paper and pencils. It took a long time to gently dust all the surfaces, clean the glass tray on the top and hook up the phone and answering machine. This is stuff I'm not good at: cleaning and organizing stuff. "Where did I put those rulers?"
It was time to start dinner, so I went to the basement and got one more load of stuff to put away, and there they were. All the rulers were sitting under a huge stack of old drawings and notebooks! I was afraid something had happened to the rulers. Now the rulers are back in their corner stored above my cutting table.
Now I can relax, I've found the rulers. Tomorrow I will begin to hang my quilts and other artwork on my freshly painted walls. On Day 12 I'll give you a quilters tour of my studio next time. Soon I will be back at my quilting.
Ann Fahl
Day 11, is "put it back together" day. Well, I was so tired after all the painting I decided I needed a break--so I took a nap instead. Eventually I did work at getting parts of the room back in place. The work is slow as I cleaned everything, tossed out stuff and tried to find all my rulers! I reorganized all my patterns and book stock, so it is easier to fill orders, hooked up the TV and DVD player. My great grandmother's tea cart holds my phone, phone books, paper and pencils. It took a long time to gently dust all the surfaces, clean the glass tray on the top and hook up the phone and answering machine. This is stuff I'm not good at: cleaning and organizing stuff. "Where did I put those rulers?"
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| Great grandma's tea cart, is now my communications center! This cart was formerly painted white and sat on the porch at Winona Lake--almost as long as I have been alive. I am now its caretaker, a job I take seriously! |
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| My rulers have always been on the ledge near my cutting table. Nothing felt "right" in my new studio until they were back in their place. |
Now I can relax, I've found the rulers. Tomorrow I will begin to hang my quilts and other artwork on my freshly painted walls. On Day 12 I'll give you a quilters tour of my studio next time. Soon I will be back at my quilting.
Ann Fahl
4 comments:
LOVE the teacart. It is a treasure.
I also have been out of my studio space for awhile...while moving back in it was a great time to reorganize. Now I plan on having fun "messing it up" again!
I can't wait to see it finished.
Love the tea cart, so beautiful. I agree about the rulers too, as I find it is not a good idea to move items out of their spots at this point in life.....ha! I'm still looking for one of my rulers from last year's re-organizing.
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