Studio Tour Part 1

Okay, the tears have dried.  All the beads have found a home.  The broken window has been replaced - tip - don't lean shelves near a window.  I'll show half the room today and the other half tomorrow.

The board has been filled.  We are going to repaint it later.  I'm okay with the green during the day, but at night the color in here changes it too much.  It's organized so that the tools and items I use the most are at the end of the board and lower.  Things not used as much are toward the middle and up higher.  One of my goals for my studio space was to really think through how I work and ways that will help keep this place looking like it does today. A magnetic strip holds my pliers. And there is some cork board for hanging a few pieces of inspiration.

Like I said the other day, the island is created from two shelves put back-to-back.  One side houses my beads, metal stamping tools and the bottom shelf has seed beads, tools I use less often and a tray of projects in progress.  Again, it's orgazined so that the items I use most are at the top.  I organize my beads by color, except wood and pearls have their own trays.  One the top of the desk, in the ceramic egg cartons I have art beads from various artists. 

The other shelf is stores polymer clay and shipping.  The top shelf has trays that hold canes, beads in progress and mixed colors.  Tools I rarely use are stored here.  Everything I use to make beads are stored on the shelf within easy reach. The trays of clay that you see uncovered are usually covered in wax paper, it just didn't make for a good photo.  Envelopes and packaging material are on the bottom, along with trays of orders that are ready to ship out.  Some of my inventory is stored over here for easy packing. New for me is the glass cutting board used to protect my table when I make beads. 

This room hasn't looked this good since the HGTV camera crew came to film my episode of That's Clever!