Stuio Makeover

Well, since I can't sew, or unpack anything yet, I thought I would share some pictures of what has been happening in my Studio.   

Here is a picture of the inside of the building before any of our stuff was delivered from the move.  There were some cabinets at the far end, and we tore those out and are starting with nothing but the studs.

 

Before we started getting all the supplies, we had someone come out and run electricity to the building.  The previous owner used an outdoor extension cord that was left in place, for any electricity he used, but we weren't going to take a chance with my machines using that.  Here is the trench he was digging to run the wiring.   While he had that open, he also ran a pipe for water, so I can have running water and a utility sink out there.  He dug down about 18" so that the water shouldn't freeze in the winter.  It started at the back of the house, and ran through our front drive/parking area.  The trench was filled back in, within  a few days, so other than preventing UPS from driving to the front door, it wasn't much of an inconvenience. 

After he got the wiring out to the building, he installed lights and outlets for me.  I had the outlets put in at about 4' rather than down near the floor as they usually are, so I won't have to crawl around under tables trying to plug or unplug something.  We will have all the machines in serge protector/UPS but even those won't have to be plugged in near the floor.  I have outlets on both side walls, none on the back wall, which will become my design wall.

We installed a unit that will heat or cool the space, much like what is found in a lot of hotel rooms.  This has the capacity to heat/cool an area that is larger than my Studio, so it should work well with out taxing the unit and needing to replace it any time soon.

Here are all the supplies we bought, from insulation, to drywall to flooring in the truck we rented to get it to the house. We even bought a small refrigerator with a freezer, so I won't have to go to the house if I want something cold to drink or snack on. 

 

 

 

After we got the supplies, it was time to start putting up the insulation.

And the drywall came next.

Oh, and we also bought some insulation to go on the inside of the track door, so hopefully, that will help keep the heat and cold out of the building.

This is where we are at now.  We had other things to do the last few days, so work has stopped for now.  But in the next day or two, the joint compound will be applied to all the seams on the drywall, then when that is finished, it should be ready to paint.  The flooring won't go in until everything else is done, so that it doesn't get damaged from construction.

We have an 8' by 15' shed that is coming, that will be used as extra storage, and all the stuff that is in the studio now will get moved in there to be out of the way to paint.  Then when the Studio is finished, it will be moved back, and I should be able to start all the unpacking and organizing.


Until next time... Happy Crafting!!