Come on inside

The studio is finished. We had our final walkthrough with the contractor this afternoon. Of course I have nothing moved in yet, so you are seeing it in its most pristine state. You will note that my mind was changed about how to finish the stairs. The contractor convinced me that the stairs were not  going to look good painted and I came around to that point of view after I looked at them more closely. So they are covered with the vinyl tile and have metal caps along the front edge. They are fine. Better than fine. They look good. I am happy and I love the railing the finish carpenter spend the last two days working on.

Come up the stairs. You have seen this view before, because I am so enamored of it!

Jeri and others have said I should have my sewing table in front of that window. I understand, but that is not going to happen. I do not want to be running up and down the stairs from sewing to fabric, sewing to ironing, sewing to designing, etc. Besides, there is another window directly below this one, with a lovely view of the creek.

This is where the sewing table will go.

Looking down from the loft to the main floor. There is a teeny bathroom down there in the corner.

Next on the agenda is to paint the front door—I told them I would paint it. I wanted to wait until the building was painted to decide what color to paint it. Then I guess the next step is to start junking the place up with all my stuff! Something in me wants to keep it as clean and light as it is right now.

I have appreciated all the comments and good wishes as I have posted the construction progress here. So many people have commented on how lucky I am to have this space. You are so right! I can hardly believe it myself. In the middle of a sleepless night several weeks ago I was suddenly filled with panic at the responsibility. "Now you'd better get to work and justify this!" I thought.

I'll try.