Studio Reorganization: Day 1 Results

I'm very pleased with my little eating area now!  I was afraid I wouldn't get many steps in yesterday.  Turns out schlepping cabinets and figurines back and forth from one room to another totaled 1 ½ miles.  Who'd a thought?  

I pulled my linens from the cabinet in the kitchen.  It never was easy to retrieve them when they were needed.  Now they are easy to pull for my table.  I like to change the linens and little vignettes I set up often.  Most of these were gifted, thrifted or sewn.  I'm set for a long time now. 

Part of my lovely Madonna collection

 
I was a little surprised to discover I didn't have as much to fill the 2nd cabinet.  Oh My!  I'm sure that will change!  The bottom section has some seasonal decorations, vases and large serving plates.  I had some of that in the studio and now I want to use that set of shelves for studio supplies.

I don't want this decorating streak to become a way of life:  finding all kinds of areas that need further attention; like my dog distressed door and my banged up door frames.  But, it could make me crazy enough (after 5 years of looking at it) that I either further distress or paint them.  Part of me is thinking further distressing them could be fun. 

I like to surround myself with mementos from people I know and love (and in some cases, have loved).  It gives me a chance to remember the occasion or the person.  It makes my space very special & meaningful to me.

In the mid 2000s my friend Barbara & I had fiber pieces accepted in the prestigious Sacred Threads show in Virginia.  We met there for the show & to spend a little time touring Washington DC.  One of the highlights of the trip was a day hitting some of the area thrift stores!  Ha! ha!  When Barbara visited me a few years ago one of her requests was to shop my local fabulous thrift store.  You can see why we are good friends! 

I like to honor the handwork of other needlewomen.  I have started collecting their work and often find beautiful pieces for pennies on the dollar.   The two scherenschnitte bird pictures were picked up for $5.  Lovely work & signed on the back.  They remind me of my fun day with Barbara.  I remember she bought a bag of half finished knitted projects so she could harvest the yarn. 

I embroidered the Mother Teresa quote last year.  It's a great companion to the birds and madonnas. 

I look in this direction when sitting at the table.  Pretties for my eyes! 

Thrifted and gifted decorations.  Laura's mother gave me the coasters for Christmas and I thought they would be a nice reminder when I am cooking my breakfast.  My longtime friend Toni gave me the Jim Shore rooster.  I picked up the framed doilies and white rooster while thrifting.

Yesterday was probably easy compared to the next couple of days when I have to decide what to do with the items I dumped out of the cabinets.  Gracious! 

I felt pretty ruthless (ha!) yesterday and this is the pile to list for sale on Poshmark. 

I'm unsure what I'll do with the books.  I doubt I'll sit down and cross stitch again; although I still love some of the designs.  The embroidery machine replaced that for me.  Plus, I have a few pieced CQ projects that have been languishing for 5+ years.

This cabinet is going to what will be my new bedroom.  Unfortunately that space is in overload right now.  I'll have to figure that out today. 

On a very positive note my Christmas decorations are packed and ready for their new home.  Also unfortunately, their previous space will be my new closet & I haven't figured out what to do with everything in that closet. 

The tumbleweed just keeps gaining momentum!  

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