More sorting...

Sice sorting out my workspace a couple of weeks ago we have been doing bits and pieces to other parts of the house. Previously we have toyed with the idea of moving house but we feel alot more settled here now. So since we are going to stay put a while longer we have been looking at how we can make better use of the rooms.
We all like to spend time in the kitchen so we have started in here. After spending a silly amount of time looking for shelves that fit this little nook I built these myself. Built is overstating it a bit - I got the wood cut to size from the local wood yard and just stacked it between the bricks. Now I can find the jars when I need them instead of scrabbling around in the cupboard.
We have lived here for about three and a half years and all that time lamented not having a kitchen table because we didn't think we could fit one in. But it turns out we can :) We moved the butchers block thingy into my workspace (more work surface for me :) and mapped out the size of table we needed. Then we trawled around antique / junk shops til we found what we wanted and could afford.
This was a complete bargain!! I'm told its Victorian, I know its solid, and just what we wanted but didn't think we could afford.

All four of us can sit round it using two chairs and two stools but it can extend to seat six. The top lifts out, the side panels pull out, then the top slots back.

Why didn't we do this 3 years ago? I wonder how many other things we could do like this!

Have a lovely holiday weekend. We are spending ours in the kitchen.

New space!

Things have stepped up a pace recently! So much so I hadn't realised how long its been since I last posted here. I have been busy working on wholesale orders and trying my best to keep my
website stocked up - there is still alot I want to do with this.
The extra work that I have been doing has meant that I have had to change my tiny space around alot! I used to work on the dining table, storing all of my materials in an old display cabinet, this is still very much in use. But we often couldn't use the table when we wanted eat together and the room was getting very cluttered. So, we freecyled our old sofa, which in the 3 years that we have lived here hadn't been sat on! And bought a small table and a huge set of shelves. I used to yearn for a little room that was completely my own but actually I'm really happy with this set up. Now we can all use the big table when we want, I have my own space do my stuff, I can use the dining table to use as a cutting table when I need to, and because this room opens onto the garden I can work and keep an eye on the kids when they play out.




I love seeing where other people work! Please leave a link to your space however big or small in the comments section.

Featured!

My work space has been featured on the Artists in Business Blog

I love taking a peek at where other people create. It has to be said that the vast majority of them put my little corner to shame! There are some fabulous garden room work spaces, converted box rooms, all sorts of things. I really do find them facinating.

If like me you wish to see more there are lots of Flickr groups like this one for instance :)
Apart from coveting other people's studios it's great for picking up storage and display ideas to help improve your own practice, or maybe thats what I tell myself when I'm lusting over beautiful attic/studio conversions when I'm meant to be working.
And speaking of working I have some vintage pin-up / show girl themed Tiny Tile Paintings which are almost ready for the shop I will post pics here soon.