We’re moving. Chris took a job in Provo last week!
I was so looking forward to a quiet winter without the stress of a newborn or a new place, but apparently that wasn’t in the cards for us. I’m both excited & stressed about our relocation, but I’m convinced it’ll be for the best.
Before the madness of boxing & packing happens, I thought I’d clean up & take some pictures (and video) of my studio. I’m mostly doing this so that when I’m packing & going crazy with the stress of moving, I can look at these pictures & remember how clean things once were. I’ll do my best to cite sources, but if there’s something I’ve left out, let me know. I’ll do my best to respond in the comments.
We’ll start with the studio-side of the room. This is my craft desk where I take my table top shots.
- chair, $7
- table legs & top, $30 from Ikea
- bookshelf, $3 thrifted
- bookcase & boxes purchased at Ikea by my mom for last year’s b-day gift
- dachshund, won from a giveaway
- cork boards, $3 thrifted
- clipboard, $5 Urban Outfitters
- posters, c/o A Vintage Poster
- wreath, $30 knock knocking
- globe, hand-me-down from parents
- elephant, $12 Urban Outfitters
- yellow & white vases, $1 thrifted
I attached paper to the wall with bulldog clips for my photography backdrop & added plexiglass atop the lower paper. It’s the perfect permanent backdrop. I can always wipe up my spills & messes off the plexi & snap away. Also I like the Apple-esque reflective effect it gives to my photos.
Lunch box stores my calligraphy supplies.
- lamp, Ikea ages ago
- calligraphy box, part of swag at Alt
- painting, gift from sis-in-law from France
- line drawing, $5 from Colt Bowden
I love that this globe has markers indicating how old it is. The USSR & other colonies are on here. I believe this globe is circa 1979-ish.
Here’s my sewing space. I just bought the thread rack right before we found out we were moving, so that’s just hanging out there. I plan on wall-mounting it at our new place (wherever that new place may be!).
- shelf, $5 Ikea
- frame & print, $50 Paul Ferney + Michaels
- bucket, $4 Michaels
- tins, dunno
- scissor bucket, $.50
- machine, 1970s BERNINA record from Mother-in-Law
- chair, $7
- thread rack, $9 Walmart
I love having my fabric stash organized by color palette. Each basket is as follows: warms, cools, greyscale, browns. The other side is separated out by large cuts & projects needing to get done.
Here’s my desk. I’ve got the 27″ solid state iMac (SO FAST!), Wacom tablet stacking robots & a stash basket on the actual desk. I mounted two shelves with a break between them right behind the computer. This allows us to store & have easy access to all of our hard drives & for me to easily move the Silhouette cutter onto the desk when it’s in use.
I’ve got a few treasures on the shelves themselves.
- vintage clock, $10 etsy
- book: It Must Be Hard To Be A Mother, gift from a friend
- pencil holder, formula can covered with wallpaper
- ceramic bucket for misc cords, $2 thrifted
This might be my favorite corner of the whole room. It’s my Christopher shrine. On the left is a painting done of him when he was a baby. The middle two paintings are mine and the right is a stenciled self-portrait on a suitcase. He used this suitcase in college & made it long before we ever met. I love this stencil of him.
- ironing board, $12 Ikea
- ironing board cover, Cath Kidston from Sewing summit
Like the goiter on the side of the ironing board? Yeah, turns out our ironing board is not a full-sized ironing board. Maybe one day I’ll upgrade to a full-sized ironing board.
I love baby Chris’s striped shirt & chubby cheeks. The yellow border is adorable, too.
This explains Chris perfectly when we met. This is a stencil of him rocking out to music. I love everything about what this suitcase says. Perhaps we could collect more suitcases & stencil the entire family!
Here’s a little video tour of the room. Please excuse my awkward pauses. I can’t seem to operate a video camera & talk at the same time.
