Leaf by Elizabeth

For awhile now I've been wanting a bigger space to work on art projects. Matt suggested making an art studio in the basement, which for awhile seemed impossible, mostly because our basement was such a disaster! But I finally gathered the strength (and motivation) to work on it, and am so excited about how it's shaping up. Here are some before and progress pictures- I've carved out a 12x12 area at the back left of the basement, next to a window. Hopefully after I hang curtains all around and set up the 2 small space heaters, it will be warm enough to use in the winter. Can't wait until it's all finished! Before Before Progress: with Clara modelling- floor lamp, chair and footstool all courtesy of Craigslist. Progress Progress- I love the big window. And here it is with the new rug and wall covering! The red/orange pouf was a gift from my dad. I love how it pops against the navy rug. This shot shows what still needs to be do...

"If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her." -Reverend Beebe from Room With a View by E.M. Forester My recent art project- a fanciful mobile. "I didn't feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn't feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble and gathered up inside, like I was safe in this world too." -Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail   Beautifying my least favorite place- the kitchen. "I am here alone for the first time in weeks, to take up my 'real' life again at last. That is what is strange-that friends, even passionate love, are not my real life unless there is time alone in which to explore and to discover what is happening or what has happened. Without the interruptions, nourishing and maddening, this life would become arid. Yet I taste it fully only when I am alone here and 'the hous...