the joys of moving, creating a workspace and why I love a patio

Now that I have a final move date (the 23rd, yayayayya!!!) for transitioning into my new place I have been figuring out what I need (since I sold pretty much everything I owned when I left Ohio and moved back to Oregon).

While I think I have it mostly figured out, I have been trying to find the perfect workspace/table/desk that I can use for a variety of mediums (leather, paper, paint, and I am hoping to get back to silver as well, so it must be quite strong and able to take a good beating) , and that will allow me to store my rather large collection of paper and book cloth that needs to be kept pretty much entirely flat (this mostly means I need a large shelf underneath the work surface).

So I have been looking at work spaces.

If anyone has any fantastic ideas for me, please oh please let me know! :)

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I will also have a very tiny outdoor patio.

BUT its size will not keep me from thoroughly enjoying it. I will have a tomato plant, small herb garden, a very small grill and hopefully 2 chairs out there.

Here are a few outdoor ideas I came across in my browsing.

Though I cannot paint the door to my rental bright orange, I still dearly love this particular orange door and wanted to show you.

I am off to the Oregon coast this weekend. Hope you are all doing something wonderful :)

xo, ~s

All images found via Apartment Therapy.

creative spaces

I have always been interested in and inspired

by the spaces that artists create for themselves.

Sometimes all that is necessary is a coffee shop,

or a blanket by the ocean and a pen and journal.

But sometimes you need something a little more complex,

with a home to tenderly place each tool.

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Here are a few that I have come across lately:

This workspace belongs to Lisa of Lisa's Lovelies.

Image found here

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The dearest UmberDove

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Kerri of Songs of Light

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Heather Smith Jones

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Portland artist Betsy Walton

Image found here

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Necessary parts of any creative space for me:

room to sprawl

natural light

something alive and green and leafy

music

images or items that inspire

lots of storage

bits of nature gathered during my travels

Have a lovely Tuesday birds!

My little studio is coming together…

It is certainly not done, but it’s getting there.

While my parents were in town my dad added three shelves to my workbench so that I would have a place for storage in general, but most importantly have a place to store paper. It comes in rather large sheets and can take up quite a bit of space. So I was quite glad to have this new solution my to storage problem.

I also have some shelves mostly to store already made books and text blocks and LOTS of plastic bins for a variety of tools and silversmithing related things.

Also notice the bike tire in the bottom right hand corner. My bike is still in my living room since I have not yet figured out a good place to lock it up outside where it will be out of the weather. I have a garage of sorts, but it has no door and looks like it might just tip over if I look at it funny :)

Anyway I think it will work out a-ok once I get everything unpacked and put in its new home.

my workshop

My work bench which i built with my own hands and am pretty proud of.