More Studio Sneak Peeks..

  Hello Hello friends!!! So today  i thought it would be to share with you the progress of my art studio... its still not quite done.. doesn't have any of my art supplies in it.. and my own art table isn't moved over yet.. PLUS I want to just create and put art all over the walls.. so let's just consider this a sneak peek? okay? Next week after thanksgiving.. I plan to move it all over.. so I will post probably the week after that with all sorts of FUN pictures!

 

so if you missed the sneak peeks last week.. here is the view from when you first walk in..

The white table you see, is the "guest" art table (one of two) it sits four, and the other sits four as well. So yea! 8 people having fun! wahoo! My art table will go right where that cream rug is.. and should be able for two people to sit at as well. I truly can't wait to start creating in that space!  The dresser that is yellow.. is like a curio cabinet.. full of tons of little drawers.. we got an auctions and then painted. Most of the furtiture we found at thrift stores and then re-purposed or re-painted it! Love it!
You can see the brick wall.. I started to paint it.. and got 2/3 the way up the wall and haven't finished. Yikes.. yes I will be finishing that next week. Then ben built me a mantel out of an old piece of wood he found. Lots of fun stuff.

This is a view from the left side looking over. The room where you see up in the right hand corner. that is called the "blue room" it has lots of blue storage pieces.. like an old post office box sorter, a metal industrial sorter for canvas (I painted blue), and  a blue file cabinet and blue old herb cabinet. It's also lovling called the "storage room". as it will have a big shelf on the back wall for big stuff that doesn't get used  much.. just more for storage. This room use to be the "Suana' room. We tore down the wall between it the main room.

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THis is just on the other side of the white art table. I found over the last 5 months some cool dresser and cabinets.. and ben  and Allie spent a day last week re-painting all of them. The blue cabinet, I wanted to do. So you can see that yesterday I grabbed a bottle of my favorite blue craft paint and seriously just started using my hands to cover it. Ben had literally JUST brought it in.. and was going out to get another piece of furniture from the garage and by the time he was back.. i had painted the top and one set of drawers. I didn't have a paintbrush.. so I just used my hands.. lol.  I was too impatient to wait and do it right.. I just wanted to see what the blue would look like. So yea.. gotta finish that now. lol

This is me doing it. Ben walks in and he just looks me and shakes his head.. and I am like what?? lol.. he took this picture and sent it to me.

(hahah.. seriously so impatient! )

 

 

This is a view into the kitchen area.. from the side of the white art table looking into the kitchen area. This used to be a large bathroom with a big romain tub in it.. but we tore it out, tore down the wall, and put in some old cabinets from the new/old house (Painted them green) and and now this is the Kitchen/Office.. sitting area. there are actually alot of comfortable "sitting" areas.. in my art studio. Three of them. I want when people to come over to TRULY be comfortable!  The red table is another art table for Guests and my kids. Its lower and will have benches under it to sit on (ben made some a few years ago for a big dinner table, but they are too long for this one. so he is cutting them down and then I will  spra paint them green I think). so those are coming!  The green cabinets actually came out of my kitchen in the old/new house. They were from the 1960's and SUPER outdated.. so ben brough them in, we spray painted them Green and built a new wood top for it. They turned out beautiful! Love re-purposing! I will show closer sneak peeks next week!

 

Another sitting area in front of the main front window..

Below.. This was our frist kichen table.. (the blue table) it was twice a big and wide.. and it was oak. Ben cut it in half for me, took the legs off and put them back on, and then painted it blue. The chair I got online (as well as the yellow seat above). it was on a deal of a day website I found earlier this summer.. and i used some money I had earned from my teaching trip to Sweden! they were pretty cheap too! the red chair was $150 bucks and then yellow seat was $180! so adorable! I had to get them!

 

This is the view from when you first walk in.. i have  large easil (one that I will use to paint big canvases on) right as you walk in.. and will swap out new art peices as I make them.. Next to it is the Yellow and Turquise seating area..

another thing I splurged on was rugs. I had a few I had used in my home that I had kept. but I really wanted the floor to be bright and colorful since I had decided not to stencil or paint the walls or floors. I kept the walls VERy nutrel with the wood walls and cream beadboard.. so wanted TONS of color in the furniture and carpet! That is why I painted all the furtnure bright colors! I think my family who saw it before in nice oak and wood pieces thought I was crazy when I said I was going to repaint it red, or yellow or turqouise.. but It had to be colorful! Its an ART STUDIO!

 

This is the blue room I mentioned above.. It was the sauna connected to this side of the pool house. So we left the wood slats and just painted it cream.  This is looking into it from the fireplace area. I have to say THAT is my favorite piece EVER!! the one on the left! it's an old post office box sorter! I got it at a local thrift store here in shelley called Treasures (actually I got EVER piece in my art studio from that thrift store except for the red dresser and my art table which ben built and my office table which was our old kitchen table. EVERYTHING else came from that store. It was $150! that is a sTEAL! I plan to make drawers for the slots and put all of my paint, inks, stamps, etc.. in it.

I found this adorable chevron rug to kinda fit the space too. Along the back wall, ben will build me shelves and I think I will have to paint them a light blue and then sand them down.. to go with the space! Or maybe do a pop of red? maybe? what do you guys think? we should do a vote and whatever ends up with the most votes. I will paint it that color.. so let's do it..  Post on the blog what color YOU think I should do?

Red, Yellow, Cream, Green, light blue, Blueberry Blue, Yellow or Orange?

Dying to find out how it will be painted! wahoo!

So anyhow.. that is just a sneak peek.. it will look SO much homeir and cosier once my messy art table is in it.. and all my artwork and the artwork I have been collecting is up.  I sent pictures to my friend Junelle and told her to PLEASE come have a "art weekend" with me so we can plan workshops for next year and she said "I am scared to go into it! I will get paint everywhere!"  i said.. GIRL! that is the POINT! I don't want this to look like a perfect cute little studio that no one can be comfortable in! I want it to be lived in and painted in.. and messy paint on tablers and floors. I already did one project on the white art table. Allie and I made wastepaper baskets. We mod podged fabric onto white plastic waste baskets we got at Walmart ofr $3.00. They turned out SO cute! ben asked.. aren't you going to put newspaper down on your new white art table? I was like.. NO??  lol  this is an ART table! It's being christened with Mod podge today! lol  and it was.. it was ALL over the table. Still is.. dried that way. and I LOVE it! :)

so anyhow.. that's .it I will take more after thanksgiving! okay? and seriously! if you have a vote on what color I should paint the shelves in the blue room.. tell me! I would love to hear!

Well.. better get working.. have a few things to finish up in the Winter Workshop! Week 2 starts tomorrow! If you haven't signed up for it.. you still can :)

have a WONDERFUL monday!

 

Comments

[kelly barton]

it is looking AMAZING! so many happy colors and fun pieces.
so happy for you girlie!

[juliette crane]

looks fabulous! LOVE all of the color :)

xoxo juliette

[Heidi Elkj?]

It looks perfect :) Love the chevron rug too.

[karen]

Looks fabulous!!!! Like a dream studio for sure :)

[Krystal Hoover]

Love it!!! It so reflects your personality. I vote for red shelves in the blue room, but there really is no wrong color!!!

[Brenda Jensen]

What a fun studio!! My vote is the shelves have to be Blue!! The blue room needs more blue!!! I'm leaning towards light blue, but blue berry would work too.

[Carol M]

Love it all. Can't wait to see more pictures as you progress. I vote red.

[serena]

WOW!!! such a dreamy place Christy. I am a thrift shopping gal too, so I just love seeing all your "scores". NICE JOB!! Hope I can see it in person someday :)

xo

oh, I think yellow would look great

[Laura@Ms Smartie Pants]

Thinking blue shelves definitely need to be in the blue room! It looks great, can't wait to see it all done!

[Jozazoo]

wow! just wow! thank you so much for sharing !!!

[sandeeNC]

OK, I have to admit I didn't read much ( ADD here, lol ) but I loved looking at the pictures. I am amazed, NEVER seen such a big craft room, nor one with a fireplace in it! It looks fabulous, can't wait to see it all finished! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)

[Retta]

I want to come over and play! I couldn't believe you started painting with your hands...and no drop cloth! Couldn't believe it until I read the end of your post, that is. Haha. Okay...here's what I think about the new shelves your wonderful husband is going to make for the "Blue" room: Paint the shelves a shade of blue...because I'm thinking if you paint them some other color...it won't be the "Blue" room. Just my two cents...I'm sure whatever people vote...it'll look wonderful :)

[Barb S]

What a great space!! I vote for blueberry blue since they will be in the blue room. :)

[Linda Robison]

o.k. Christy here goes....I think the shelves should be yellow and on all the walls everyone who comes to the studio gets to sign their name on the wall! Or...paint them blue and a huge yellow sun with orange rays on the wall - Christy style of course.

[Shelly H.]

I love what you're doing with your studio. I can't wait to see more pictures. Did you use the cool, red sink in your kitchen? Love the heart on your fireplace! I'd use a pop of yellow in your blue room. Blessings and hugs!!!

[Jennifer Hartsfield]

I think the blue shelves will probably win out, however, i vote for a pop of color---RED--- Love the rooms, thanks for sharing!! What a fun place for you to create.

[Jaime]

I think orange would look wonderful, it's the compliment color ;-)

[Julie]

Love the New Art Studio!! All the color!! I LOVE ALL THE COLOR!! WOW!! I agree about your "Blue Room" - it's got to be a hue of Blue or it won't be the "Blue Room" LOL! What a fantastic place to be creative!!! Thank you for ahring with us!! I can't wait to see more!! Happy Thanksgiving!! Hugs to you!!

[Melita]

Wow, I wanna come play in your studio!! I vote for yellow shelves, and then for the drawers in your post office sorter - red!

[Sharon Osborn]

Hmmmm...I vote orange :)

[Gloria]

LOVE your studio!! I think you should paint the back wall the bright yellow on your cabinet in the corner and have blueberry shelves. Then you will have a HAPPY blue room.

[Tisha Havens]

I vote orange to. I think it will look nice with blue. I also like the idea of blueberry blue. I think any color will look nice with all the other odors you have. It is a beautiful creative space. I would love to see pics of how you did the trash cans. Sounds like a project for my daughter and I to do.

[Eva]

Love the studio - hope to come see it in person someday!! :) I vote red or orange...can we pick two? I think i am leaning more towards red... would love to see picks of the trash cans, too!!!

[Susan Tidwell]

I've always loved red and blue together so I vote red, but any color will look great. LOVE your new studio - such a fun and happy place to work, I mean play.

[Eileen Terhasr Clark]

Love your studio! Looks like a happy, art-inspiring, fun place! I'm really loving all those rugs! Really neat! I vote for red shelves--you can still call it the "blue" room, even with red shelves. Lol