studio update and cardboard coffins

The creation of the perfect temporary 'studio' is taking much longer than first anticipated. It's due to all manner of things, waking up late (oops!), accompanying my mother to the supermarket & charity shops, having to paint walls I'd not planned on painting, painting shelves, it getting dark too quickly and not being able to see. The latter will be rectified tomorrow when I disappear into the cold and dusty loft to find a better light fitting than the single bulb which is currently hanging from the ceiling. The shelves and walls are now all painted and are currently drying, so shall no longer be a problem. The first two things were entirely my own doing and shall not happen again until the room is complete. Honest.

I blame Puzzle (cat) for my waking up late. 2 nights ago he decided to bring me a present at 1am. A present he didn't quite know what to do with as it's the first gift he's ever brought me. So he threw it around the room a lot, a few feet in the air, followed by himself. Both came crashing down onto my knitting machine, which was 'resting' in the middle of the floor.
I was using the light from my mobile phone to see all of this as I really didn't want to get out of bed. But when I discovered what it was, obviously got up. I thanked the cat, put the bird in an empty box and put that in the bathroom to deal with in the morning. For the next hour or so the cat was in and out trying to find his little trophy until I eventually locked him out of the room, where he scratted all night trying to get back in. Now, if he was a clever cat (it is well known that he isn't) he'd have just opened the bathroom door and found his little friend in his cardboard coffin.

So tomorrow. I'm hoping. The room will be finished. We shall see...

new studio = pain in the foot

studio in progress 4

Originally uploaded by lost-in-the-forest

This is the result of a long day of cleaning, moving things, dropping things, throwing things, injuring myself and random swearing. Yes - a half empty room! Or as I like to call it, my new studio.
I'm not totally enamoured with the location - it's my youngest sisters bedroom (well it's not anymore, she moved out) so there was a lot of stuff to move that has been dumped there over the years. There still is a lot to move, as currently I only moved it to the otherside of the room - but that will be done tomorrow as I really hurt my foot and can't stand on it at the moment!
I hope once my things are in there and I'm properly set up it will feel more like mine, and not like I'm camping out. I know this is actually exactly what I'm doing. This is in no way a permanent space - but I'd still like to feel at home. And then I can get some proper work done!
Tomorrow the rest will get done and my things moved in. I'm also hoping to convince my mum to come to the Charity Barn with me so I can buy a couple of comfy chairs (one for the computer, the other for the desk in the studio) so I don't end up crippled from working. And who knows what other bits of dusty tat I shall end up with!