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  • Basement – our painting area

    The posts of the basement (play side here, and work side here) don’t show the whole story. We also have an uncarpeted area that is home to storage, a giant bookshelf, laundry area, and now a painting area. I have had the big easel for a while, and the bigger canvas (a gift from Carmen), but besides small watercolors the lack of painting going on this house was appalling! I so miss getting messy with paint. For this area the main thing I had to do was come up with something to keep the floor warm while we painted. I…

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  • The Basement – the other side

    The “other side” of my basement is really my work side. I don’t shoot down here but this is where I meet with clients and show them their images (with a fancy new projector). I love the space! This was that same view before: Besides the couch the biggest change is the skirt around my drafting table (which I use for cutting fabric/displaying photographs and albums). This was my mom’s idea and it makes such a huge difference! This way I can actually store stuff under there as well. I had hoped to make it detachable, but I couldn’t get…

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  • The basement: the play side

    Ok, I still have  a project for the back wall, but I want to share this side of the basement as it stands now: And here is the before: (from a little further back). If only you could see the sweat and tears in those flor tiles, they look exactly the same! Because I am bringing clients down here I wanted to keep this space clean and open (I meet with clients on the other side). I also wanted something low to divide the space so I could still see Tuesday playing from the other side, where I also cut…

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