Floor It
Okay, I know it’s just wood. Old knotted up and roughhewn barn wood. But I’m in love. Love, I tell you.
It’s the new floor in my studio. Which I used to call ‘my office’ and though I likely will call it ‘office’ again, ‘studio’ is much more given to creativity and inspiration.
So. Studio.
Cute Redhead and I decided last week that the old had to go. Meaning I had no idea the old had to go until Cute Redhead told me that we both decided it needed to go. Welcome to marriage, boys lol.
I considered taking a photo of the place in its current state but I’m afraid of a lawsuit because you reached for bleach to pour into your eyes. It’s that bad. What was supposed to be something closer to a caramel-leather kind of color when the afternoon sun graced the hue, turned out to be more orange. And the white ceiling accented the deep chocolate brown of the table tops just enough to make me realize one day: I was working in a giant bowl of candy corn.
And the carpeting? You don’t even want to *cough*shag*cough* know.
I ripped out one wall-length table which was where my laptop and drawing tablet used to reside. Which forced me to move things along, like it or not. I eyeballed the Mayline light table sitting in the corner and grabbed the screwdriver to tighten up the wobbly legs and had a temporary workstation in nothing flat. The light table you’ll see soon when I fire up the cameras and walk you through a variety of design projects. Particularly cartooning. It’s an indispensable tool in my arsenal which I’ve had since 1993. Wasn’t cheap either, but you can’t even find them used nowadays for the price I paid. Worth its weight in gold.
Also too high to work comfortably. Enter the new desk. I found this online and unless Cute Redhead can smoke another out of the upcoming weekend markets, it’ll find its new home in the middle of the room as soon as I can get the place ship shape. Once that’s set up, the light table top will be removed from the base and set atop the remaining shelf on the other side of the studio.
I know you’re all atwitter with this information and can now go on with your life safe in the knowledge that my studio is coming together nicely.
(You’re welcome).
And it is coming along nicely. Paint, floor, new blinds on the window, just like Cute Redhead and I agreed on. Oh and a 53″ HD flat screen TV with Bose surround sound system and leather theatre chairs, which I haven’t bothered her pretty little head about. I see no need to mention the small things.
(Let’s just see how often Cute Redhead reads any of this, shall we?)
LOVE IT. No words need it.
That is the most beautiful light table I have ever seen. .
I’m glad you think so. I’ve already removed it from it’s base and set it atop the wall shelf. I needed to clear the room to start the painting, which is now underway. And to think I almost sold this thing on eBay once…bad, Todd! Bad!