Where I work Part 4

Where I Work Part 1

Where I work Part 2

Where I work Part 3

Even before I re-established this work space this work space, I knew there was one major thing that I wanted to do differently.  Last time, I had a lot of of supplies and shelving ON the desk.  And while it looked nice and everything was right there, there ended up not being enough room to spread my wings and my imagination.  This time I tried ( emphasis on 'tried') to keep what actually belongs on the desk to a minimum.  

The other main difference is my staggeringly inexpensive splash back.  I really wanted to start messing around with paints and other messy supplies.  But the wall in front of the desk was the one that we just created and painted.  So the 12 year old and I stamped, stuck, doodled and coloured onto a strip of butchers paper.  Then attached it with  blu-tack to the wall.  And the really fun thing is that when I get bored of it...or mess it up too much, we can simply create a new one.

    My Ikea lamp was next to go up, once I located where the 15 year old had stored the screws (I am still unsure why he thought a lego filled container was a good place for them) 

After the desks first day of use, I decided that a couple of things needed to find a home on it.  The two containers to the left hold all of the tools - scissors, lead pencils, rulers etc that always seem to need to be at hand.  Then the 12 year old added a couple more things.

The far right  is a makeshift shelf that holds most of my colour pencils (truly, it is almost all of them....maybe).  The containers they are in are mostly tin cans with crochet coverings

 Here ends the tour of my little work space.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit....There will be an update to this tour in the (I hope) not too distance future.  We are planning on putting a big window in where the shelves are now and I cant wait to put the desk in front of it and have some lovely natural light to work by.

Where I Work Part 3

If you do any sort of craft, you will know that you never have enough room to store it all and that there is always a better way of storing it.  I am happy with how my work area is sorted......at the moment.  I have lots of small supplies so I find that little sets of shelving/drawers work well for me.  

 Here is the third set that I have.

Apart from a copious amount of beads that I have in a cupboard, this is where I store all of my jewellery making bits and pieces.  They all have homes in little paper boxes that I made from scrapbooking paper.

Paints and paintbrushes

And of course here is my all time favourite Indie girl.  She is always ready to give me a hand. 

Coffee Table Confessions

OK, I have a confession to make.........nothing overly earth shattering, let me assure you, but still.....

Do you remember my lovely workspace?  Here is a reminder. Well, being the caring, generous mother that I am, I gave up this lovely creative hub about a year ago so my kids could have their own space to hang outin, be creative, have their computer, lego, other assorted kid stuff and generally call their own.  And it worked well for them......but not for me. 

 My confession is that for the last year I have drawn, painted, polymer clayed etc while sitting on the lounge with a board on my lap.  

It doesn't sound too bad, and it isn't, but sometimes the lounge room looks like an art supply store, the coffee table gets inundated  with a huge array of bits and pieces and I think I have worn out the springs on one end of the lounge.  What make it worse is that I have to pack it all away at the end of the night.  This is the family lounge room, we eat in it, watch TV in it and casually sit around with our feet on the previously mentioned coffee table (if there is room) 

So as of this weekend things are changing and I am taking back my space.
Stay tuned for further updates.

 The computer has been relocated to a smaller desk.  

Hubby gets the joy of reconnecting it all.

 The 15 year old gets to sort out this pile of "stuff". 

 I am sure he will think he needs to keep it all.

 Lego, bionicals and other assorted small plastic pieces 

will need to be re-homed

 Our coffee table on a normal day

House & Garden are not beating down our 

door for photo shoots.

My reclaimed blank canvas. 

 It took quite a while to de-lego this area.