Craft Room part 4: Final Bits!

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Hi! Last week and weekend were very busy. 

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We used an insulating foam layer on the floor. I can walk around barefoot in the basement, now. It's really warm, will be easy on the knees, too. 

I had to hang a picture, print on canvas....from thrift store.

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Click and lock, vinyl flooring. We will eventually have this in the whole house, one room upstairs to go. Love the clean up--and 18 months, and no issues anywhere.

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Cutting is done with an exact knife. So if you dont' have tools, this is the flooring for you!

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Gap at the end of the wall will be covered by trim and cabinetry.

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Last piece and the guys are done!

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This pattern almost looks seamless!

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Trying to figure out the shelving.

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Trim and electricity done.

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Next repainting the pegboard and all the trim.

And always clean up!

My next post will be moving in.  All cabinetry and shelving won't be up and the sink will be later

We finally have decent weather and need to work in the yard.

And, we have exceeded our budget at this time.

The rest can be done--here and there. 

Besides, I like using a space before determining exactly what I need. 

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Craft Room: New Beginnings

Hi, all. I've been MIA pretty much since January. 

Here's what's been going on.

I was a stoneware potter and ceramicist for 40 some years. In 1984 first thing we did when we moved in was set up the clay shop in roughly 1/4 of the basement and adding a small kiln room with proper ventilation. The kiln room is now my shipping room for my Etsy shop.

Later in the late 1990's--when my back and hands gave out---I began casting earthenware and painting on blanks.  

From roughly 2005, when my parents both began to reach later years---everything was set aside and left untouched. New molds ($1000 worth) never even used. The room became a dumping ground after my parent's house was sold.

About a month ago---we started in earnest clearing out all the old clay, containers, supplies and extra tools. A sink/counter was removed from here. The walls needing to be patched and properly sealed.

The room is roughly 12 x 16...so a decent size.

The only window in the room, now sealed tight----for leakage. 

The room was never insulated. The kilns kept it warm in the winter. But now, hubby has begun 

insulating both walls after repairs and waterproofing. A new waterproof subfloor is being laid. And some vinyl planking will be next. 

We still have lots to deal with. But the new beginning has begun.

We are still working around tons of stuff. 

We filled one Bagster and all the garbage cans a couple times over.

I listed two kilns, the wheel (sold) and all the molds (106+) on Craig's List.

All the molds have been cleaned and catalogued. 

The white boxes are my parent's legal records, 

which I am required to keep for a couple of more years.

My wonderful shipping area---in transition right now---as everything has to travel through here.

My Etsy shop*(temporarily closed)---has been displaced to the family room.

I'm going through the 10 or so totes that say LIST  and all my previous stock! 

No Easter gathering here this year. 

Final Goals: New walls, Etsy shelving, lighting, sink, craft work surface, storage, display for 

my Barbie houses and play area for the Grand. Phew---that's a lot on the agenda.

And restoring our family room to some sort of normal.

So what have you been working on?

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OLD NEW GREEN REDO Projects for 2017

----Or what I didn't get done in 2016, LOL.

I hate to say goals---because seriously---I've gotten a little old for goals. Waking up is a goal, but finishing anything else is simply a project completed, or not.

While everyone else in blog-land organized, purged, and set goals, we were simply recovering from our 2016 house remodel. I still spend huge amounts of time, trying to locate things that were moved umpteen times during 2016. Purges were made, and new organization set in place, and daily we still tweak each room. Hubby spent about four days rearranging his bedroom last week and at least a week clearing out the office in the basement.

Have you ever spent oodles of time looking for something that you actually donated or given away? Chortle!

Seriously---while the NEW Farmhouse kitchen organization is wonderful, but last week I spent at least an hour looking for my vacuum sealer. We finally realized it never made it back into the kitchen and is somewhere packed?  What really scares me, is what might be with it in a bin, that I haven't even missed.

So a list of Projects/Goals for early 2017. Not very pretty, but definitely necessary.

1) Find the vacuum sealer (and whatever else is in the missing bin.)

2) DIY REDO-Paint the bathroom cabinetry in our teeny master bath blue, NEW hardware, and paint the room trim a nice glistening white. (This was on my list for last year.) Also reorganize and refresh.

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3) Paint this OLD vintage 1940's sewing table, and find a larger top, REDO (preferably a wood or metal tray).

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I'm seriously contemplating decoupaging to REDO

 the inside and reutilizing the sewing tray and spool hooks.

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4) Paint and put up the OLD organ top shelf in the bedroom and finally dress the walls. (This should clear 2 underbed drawers of stashed REDO items.

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Some of the vintage finds in my two drawers which are full.

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This print was a gift, and one of the inspirations for the color on the walls of the bedroom.

5) New or Old vintage purchase: Find a rug for the bedroom @ 3'x5' that is non-slip and not too ugly. I have been looking, difficult at my price point and color combo.

6) NO BEFORE PICTURE of Craft/Clay room REDO- roughly 700 sq.ft. === because I don't want the Fire Marshall here writing me a ticket. I will take pictures when it is 'safe', LOL.

This will be a monumental task, as there is so much stuff in there. Curate, organize, purge, donate, or sell.  (This should be number one on the list, but I don't have the energy to make it number one right now.

   Planned physical changes needed for the craft room and storage space.
     a) Remove wall between the two rooms and make wall storage on West end. Plan is to have '
         24 feet of wall storage behind curtains or doors. I'm thinking canvas tarps on wire?
 This is key and involves ripping out old clay shop fixtures, sink and cabinets.
     b) Lay NEW plastic/wood covered tile for a floor base in that room to prepare for vinyl flooring.
     c) Reinstall all the old kitchen cabinetry and storage units into the room. (Eventually paint them)
     d) Redo the lighting and electrical. No more dangling cords from the ceiling please.
     e) Hubby wants to REDO water runs to master bath above with larger pipe and to the exterior faucet and lay a plan for NEW additional bath/shower in the basement to be added later. Upside, there can be a sink in the craft room...YAY!
   
7) Add at least 100 vintage or craft stash items to my Etsy shop by March 15.

8) For Fun: REDO the Victorian Barbie Mansion for Gramma's Room. Yes, this one is for me, but for the Grand to play with when she is here.

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Plans are to REDO a new second floor to the Victorian Barbie House. Add a new floor to the kitchen and the living room extension. Make a NEW double bunk bed and linens. Think of this house as a hotel, with 5 Barbies, 2 Kellys and 3 Kens.

Lower the table for better play access. The extra bedroom, itself needs to be reconfigured so we can have Grand sleepovers. Right now, we can't pull out the trundle bed.

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 This will also involve some major purging and reorganization in that room.

Hope you will join me in one of these projects, grins! 

Thanks always for visiting. 

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