What is blue and green and ready for creativity?

Our office/studio is nearing completion. What I mean by this is that we have floors, we have lights, we have desks and we have all of our junk assembled in one place. [You may remember how it looked a month or so ago]. As the upcoming days and weeks go by, we will be busy getting our stuff in order so we can be as productive as we can be.

For the floors, we went with an ocean blue laminate from Germany. Our green desktops are courtesy of Ikea as are the white storage units, the wooden boxes, the baskets... you get the picture.

This is where it all happens folks.

Once step closer to organized.

Kid friendly, of course.

These photos were taken before additional worktables arrived. Also, you will notice that our walls are freakishly empty. Stay tuned for more updates.

Meanwhile, the big studio (aka Geoff's room) is getting closer to completion as well. Soon, it will even have walls. Just imagine...

~Andrea

Building a Dream (Home Office)

by Andrea Mulder-Slater

Our first home studio was in the basement of our house. It wasn't pretty, but it was workable. And the dog liked it.

Jantje, Andrea and Bodie - the wonder dog.

That was two moves and more than 15 years ago. Since then, our home offices and studios have been located in a number of spaces - from a dining room and a front hall, to a bedroom and currently, another basement.

Meanwhile, through the years, we've also been lucky enough to find locations away from home to use as work spaces. One in particular was really pretty dreamy.

 

Still, we always hoped for the ideal studio / office space in our own home. So, In our most recent house, Geoff and my dad revived a sagging shed to create a wonderful, bright space.

It also did double duty as a playroom and storage zone and was never quite large enough.

Fast forward to today. Geoff has been busy building a new house since November and we are scheduled to move in by the end of this month. It has the usual stuff - a kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and a living room. But what makes this house so special, is the fact that it is a home built for (and by) artists. Not only will there be two dedicated studios, but also an office/small studio room. It doesn't look like much - yet. But it will.

Here's a sneak peek.