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Building An Art Studio Part 2

2/26/2019

!We are on the second stage of building the art studio. That comes down to a lot of painting

The walls have been rolled, and now it's time to paint the trim with a little help from my friend, Janet Smith!

The next thing to tackle is the chimney. I had to get the old, rusted, gross pipe out of there. I didn't know what might jump out at me from that hole! I steeled myself and then painted the cement a nice, clean white.

I put a nice, new pipe in the chimney. That pipe goes to our water heater in the basement. Then, I put a second coat on the walls. The trim is all done and things are starting to look good!

The next thing to tackle is the floor!

The floor is an old, wooden floor. The first thing I wanted to do was caulk all the cracks to help keep the cold out. There were a lot of cracks but my assistant was ready to help as usual!

It took as long to paint the floor as it did to paint the walls. It was worth it though! What a difference a coat of paint makes!

The ceiling, walls, trim, floor and chimney are painted.

Now comes the fun part - decorating! Stay tuned for Building An Art Studio Part 3! I'll be putting down a rug and hauling some art equipment into my new studio!

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Building An Art Studio Part 1

2/20/2019

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I finally bit the bullet. I finally decided to turn my junk room into an art studio. I figured if not now, when?

When I say junk room, I mean junk room. However, it's a room with potential. It's a fairly good size and it has windows on three sides, which means light, and light is gold to an artist. The first thing to do was to clean it out. That took a full day.

The next thing I had to do was hire somebody to put up new sheetrock and wire the room for heat. I hired a small, local company called Peek Construction. They began work by tearing down the old sheetrock and hauling it out.

Then the new sheetrock had to go up, the wiring done and a heater installed. That's my dog, King, by the way.

My husband generously offered to paint the ceiling while I chose the paint and primer to cover the walls. Then, I spent a day cutting the paint into the walls and ceiling. Coming soon - Building An Art Studio Part 2 - the next stage in renovation!

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