My Studio

I am so excited, I finally moved the bed out of "My Studio"/Guest Room and so now I can actually call it My Studio with out the quotation marks and back slash! I will be working on getting it set up in between all the projects I have going on and I thought I'd share the process with you start to finish!

STORAGE

Right after AU last year Jackie sent me a picture of a ribbon storage idea she found on the web. It was a mannequin and they had tied the a ribbon around the waist to make it look like a skirt, I think it was less than a week later Gabrielle was born! She is one of my favorite things in my studio. I tie and untie ribbons, lace and fabric scraps as I buy and use them so her "outfit" is constantly changing. Thanks for the idea Jackie!

I added more shelving to the closet.

I always forget to take before pictures so here is a

midway pic and after pic of the front of the closet.

And a before and after pic of the end of the closet.

And yes, I did all of this all by myself,well,
with help from my trusty nail gun and jig saw,
my husband states it best....
"you are the girliest Tom Boy I have ever met."

LIGHTING
Again, forgot the before pic, so I took a pic of the box. I got this chandelier at a Lowe's clearance sale about two years ago for around $25, original price $250. But I didn't want a black one so I took it completely apart and painted it. The wiring that ran through it was black too, all the metal covered it up except where it went through the chain from the top to the ceiling. So I made a little tube out of some silk fabric and wa la a cream chandelier. I love it and all the crystals are genuine Swarovski so it's bling is BlingGirl approved!

This was a salvage yard find. It reminded me of a crown and me being the Queen that I am I could not resist, and heck it was only $10! I had to rewire it as it had just been cut out of the ceiling from where ever it came from. Instead of making it a chandelier I made it a lamp. I found the crystals at Carole's, The Ribbon Lady's store. They are crystals that came from a chandelier from one of the imploded casinos here in Vegas. I think I've had the crystals hanging on there 12 different ways already and am still not sure that this is what I will settle on.

Next up is going to be a new work table, I've got a couple ideas, but I think I want it to be at standing height, I usually end up working standing up or sitting on the floor, so I think counter height....and painting, I'll be painting the whole room, inside the closet and probably the Jack&Jill bathroom that is connected to it, I'm thinking....pink...no...green...no pink...will post more pics as I get stuff done!