Art Room Re-Do
Monday, June 25, 2012 at 2:44PM Hello! This is Sandi Keene - Roben-Marie's guest blogger and friend. First off, I have heard from Roben-Marie and she sounds great! We all miss her and wish her the very best during her mission trip in Romania. What an adventure. I am loving the pictures she is posting on Instagram so check those out.
Meanwhile in a much more everyday life, I am in the middle of a art studio/craft room re-do. My room is an extra bedroom in our house and it has undergone several transformations as I have discovered more answers to the questions of:
- how does my room function best?
- how do I best organize it?
- how much stuff can I put in here before I scream?
My room has its functionality down pretty well. I am good at organizing and creating systems. What I discovered that my room was missing was - ME! It just did not feel like it reflected my personality as much as I wanted.
So I called in the expert - Rae Missigman. Her studio was just featured in Somerset Life. I have visited Rae's studio and it is gorgeous and it looks exactly like her. And I love it. Emails flew back and forth as I questioned her on what made her room work so well.
For more phots, visit Rae's blog and click on "studio" on menu bar
I got great answers. Things I had never considered like using mirrors and reflective surfaces to bounce light around. To use lots of clear containers as they are much lighter in visual weight than a colored container and your supplies are the focus not the container. Hmmm - that makes sense.
The first thing I did was paint the goldy brown walls a very pale aqua color called Stillness (Valspar). That was a huge change!
Join me tomorrow for a project that I completed and more progress on my room.
Reader Comments (2)
YEA! The painting is complete! I KNEW the room would lighten a dozen shades with a softer, brighter color! Can't wait to get in there and start moving things around!
xo
Rae
Can we see the finished painted room? I am currently/constantly trying to re-vamp my art space. It seems to overflow into every room of the house. And when I'm on a roll, well, the dining room table disappears...I know you all know what I'm talking about. And boy do I LOVE Rae's studio pics. I have mirrors all over my house, and I hang crystals salvaged from chandeliers from all of my light fixtures...where there is a will, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!!!
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