After a wonderful open house where many friends came to help me celebrate the completion of my new studio, I wasn't sure I needed to continue writing posts about the place. But one of my sisters said of course I did. She wants to see how the space works, and how it doesn't work, and how I use the different stations I have set up. So here we go...
I am working to establish a routine which is a series of linked good habits.
At 8:30 a.m. I walk 38 steps from my office in the house to my studio.
Once the Back Yard Project is implemented it will be a pleasant walk through the garden to the front door of the Green Shed.
I open the door, turn on whichever bank of lights I need for the area I will be working in and I turn up the thermostat.
I switch from outside shoes to indoor shoes. The third pair belongs to a friend who I am hoping will drop by for tea some mornings.
From the front door I look up at the design wall at the work I put up last thing before I left for the day. I now look at the work with fresh eyes.
I sit at the desk to write in a journal what I plan to work on that day and to record what is on my mind.
I draw for a while (not timed). I am working on one of the books I made during the Dorothy Caldwell workshop. This slows me down so my sense of time is switched off and it makes me focus on one thing.
This is the view out of the window over the desk. It still looks like a construction site but we have great plans for it.
