I can't believe how warm and inviting the room now feels with the laminate floor and just reorganizing the furniture and for some strange reason it feels so much bigger.... could be that I don't have the chairs in yet and the shelves are still relatively empty.
It was a good experience and I have to admit I've gained a whole new set of skills within the home renovation world.
so this is the new room. My pole dancing career ended when I put up the cover but it just finishes the room and I wasn't that good anyway. I'm trying to figure out some way that I can use it as a display - maybe magnetic stripping or something.
With the display Shelves on the wall, I was able to triple my space - when I was filling them, I was running out of product to put up, so that is a good thing, the red bookcases were just repositioned from how I had them previously to give me more counter top space for my Cricut and what ever else I want to put there and I have to tell you that when Mike(hubby) and I measured we didn't take into account the new baseboards so when we moved everything in it was a tight fit.
I have a close line (Ikea) on the far wall to display pages and projects that I can easily swap out for new stuff.
On the bottom picture you will notice some black labels on the wall and certain products (the blue folders at the top) these are removable chalk board labels from the Martha Stewart line at Staples and I have to say I love them. Granted that I used a silver pen instead of chalk but I love the fact that they are pretty and removable, they don't hurt the walls or product!
My table in the room is a ping pong table (ply wood on top of saw horses) we got from granddad, which I had before but it makes a great work surface. Mike put in some extra supports so it's not as tippy as what it was before and underneath, I have 3 shelf boards that are supported at the bottom of the saw horses for additional storage. I do have a little extra space that I could cut another board to fill in the gap which I will do later on as the foot of snow makes it difficult to bring out the power tools.
I still need to get another light and clock for the room but it's pretty much done! - I was organizing stuff yesterday and even started working on a couple of projects and I just feel better working down there. I hope my clients like it too. Look for the big reveal in March!
