So here it is finally an update on the new Studio Office! My nephew moved out a few months back and I was finally able to set up a Studio Office space. I have been dreaming of this space for years. Of Course my idea of the design changed throughout those years. I don't think I ever would have done the lime green walls a few years back. I do love the color of the walls though.
As you notice the floors are a bluish color. I took a blue pigment dye and put drops of it into first a concrete sealer, but it wasn't coming out the way I wanted. Then I got a can of water-based polyurethane and put the blue tint in that and just kept applying it until the can was done. I love the color but feel like it could have used a couple more coats of the polyurethane.
When you first walk in you can see the art carts I got from Ikea a few years back. There is my painting of Hedwig and a few paintings behind the easel. Oh and yes that is a zombie deer with a skeleton on its back (I told you I loved Halloween, this kind of stuff is scattered throughout the house). The flower that you see there my Mom made out of plastic soda bottles. I love how whimsical it is!
This is a picture of my desk/table. I wanted a counter-height table so that I could stand when I got tired of sitting for to long.
In this corner are a couple of my drawer units I got at Ikea. I love these drawers. In the very corner there you can see a mess of stuff. I have quite a few blank canvases that I need to get started on painting!
My painting table. I still haven't gotten to far on that painting I started months ago. I can't seem to get the background the way I want it and I got discouraged.
Another view of the painting table from further away. I love the big window that lets so much light into the room. As you can see with the shelves on the back wall I still have some room to grow.
These are the shelves hanging above my table desk. I still have a bit of room on these to grow also. The 3 small prints on the top shelf I got when we were in New Orleans over Christmas last year. I do not remember the name of the artist and wished I would have grabbed one of his cards.
And then the big monster unit of cubby shelves I got from Ikea. I love this unit, it holds so much stuff! The Jack and Sally prints on the top of this shelf were done by Vaughn Belak. The fox print was done by Don Martin of Torch and Paintbrush.
Of course a studio tour wouldn't be complete without the Murphy dog making an appearance. Let me know what you think and I would love to see pictures of your art spaces!