Because I am a maniac, I really hoped we could get completely moved in before we left on this long awaited little vacation. I thought it would just be so nice and tidy to come back after this trip to a settled in house and be able to glide right in to every day life.
Yeah, that’s not going to happen.
If it weren’t for the whole blind fiasco, I probably could have done it. But I lost about three days waiting around for the maintenance guy to come and go so I could paint without advertising the fact. I really think that the landlord would only be happy with our efforts, but it’s one of those “easier to get forgiveness than permission” moments. And it would be nice to have a few months of timely rent paying behind us before they find out we’re making all these changes.
So I’m going to have to content myself with the fact that I have one room in the house that’s completely finished. Everything has a place, pictures are on the wall, this room is ready for action.
The bedroom I’ll be using as my studio is enormous. I could fit a whole other dresser in here if I felt like it, and I have a closet. I plan on getting a little armchair so that someone can visit with me while I’m working, and there is a huge spot behind the desk for Atti to play with Gizmo while I spend the day sewing away.
I pretty much used the same color I had in my last studio. I thought about venturing out to try something new, but nothing else struck my fancy as much as that cool teal blue. It will be the same throughout the rest of the house. There just wasn’t anything I liked as much as my teal and green downstairs.
It will still be a couple of weeks before I can actually put this room to use, but for now I at least have some place to escape to. Now when I can’t stand tripping over plastic dropcloths or steering around boxes, I can come and sit in my little green chair and just take a deep breath.
Cheetara has made herself at home too.