OK, I hate to admit it. This is the second bedroom months (October) after I moved in. The room just overwhelmed me. I did not know how I was going to get through all this stuff. I wanted to keep it all and I had NOWHERE in this house to put it. I wanted this room to be a bedroom for baby Gray and anyone else that came to visit and a studio for me. Like I said...overwhelming.
After a little work the boxes dwindled but I still had a long way to go.
Here are more photos of even more days of work and several months later. Boxes were disappearing still. It's a bit like the clowns that keep piling out of a VW. They just keep coming and coming. Where do they all come from and where do they all go!
A few weeks ago I bought two of the smaller 36" shelves. After working to get the first one "filled" I knew another small one was not going to be enough. So yesterday I went and bought the larger, 48" one. This is the room today, six months and 16 days after I moved in. While there is still a great deal of organizing, switching around, grouping etc., at least all the boxes are gone. Every last one of them have been unpacked and disassembled. Almost everything has a place. Praise God!
This is the work table, my spot, my creative area. It sits in front of the window so I can see out as I work. My inspirations on the window sill include a little butterfly painting painted by my mother, a jeweled cross made by me in 2002 (one of the last ones I made but still have), a photo of my parents holding my very young daughter, and a sign "dream" to keep me dreaming and creating.
It's not finished yet. The room still needs a day bed with a trundle which I'm still on the hunt for. I'm hoping to find it soon. I'll move a few more things around then to make it work and fit. Perhaps some of the organizing will be finished by then. Perhaps I will have started and or even finished my first project. My thought about that first project will be a cross. One created in my little house in the country that I love so much, symbolizing my gratitude for a wonderful life.
I'll keep you posted!
It is good to give thanks to the Lord.
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Encourage One Another, continuing the journey on fresh paths.
Blessings and love to you, xoxo.
