Studio Update - end of week two

Latest up date on my studio at the end of week two. The skylights are in and look great. The dry wall and all that goes into that is being done this morning and will take about 5 days to finish. The plumping is in and waiting for the floor to be done before the sink can be installed. If we keep this pace my studio will be done in three weeks. The floors will take about three days if the weather turns cold. We decided to update our alarm system and skylights in our house while we have Randy here.
Randy (the contractor) is really trying to work a little space into the studio for my husband. He really wants to make it so there is storage space in the rafters. I know that once something gets put up there, it's never is seen again, so I've veto that idea. The guys are really working on wearing me down. We are now talking about building a little out building in the backyard to storage all the things we pulled out of our garage. My husband is having a problem that his tools will not be stored in the garage anymore. He can't see his the tools anywhere else. Randy is working really hard at finding him a space of his own.

End of Week 1

This is the end of week one for my studio and we are moving right along. All the recess lighting is in place and being wired. The skylights are frame in and waiting for the roofing contractor to come back from March Madness in Las Vegas. I had another great day at the auction house. Pick up 10 comfy office chairs for the studio. I did silent bids so even I was a little surprised at how many I got. My daughter is home from school this weekend so she helped me load and unload everything.

Studio List For Randy

My Must Have List:
1) Good task lighting (recessed) on different switches
2) Epoxy floor or whatever will hold up to chairs rolling across it
3) Sheet metal on one wall (to use as a display board with magnets)
4) Outlets every two feet at eye level and a few in the ceiling
5) Vented door for water heater
6) Wire the main wall for a flat screen (I don't own a t.v. but I thought demo DVD at crops would be fun)
7) Sink with foot pedals and counter space
8) Space for mini refrigerator
9) Sky light that opens
10) Wire for phone and computer lines
11) Add mail slot on outside wall
12) Automatic vent/fan for attic space
UPDATE: Randy said he can "crank" out my project in two or three weeks. The floor is adding another 3 days after he's done because they have to acid wash off the old paint and the epoxy needs a good two days to dry. Since my cabinet are so large and heavy, he doesn't want me to move then back in until he's 100% sure. He may start this week if he can, but for sure next week!

Update

It's been non stop cleaning and sorting at my house. Now that the garage is cleaned out (and keeping my husband from moving things back into it) I have to tackle all the boxes that came into the house. Many of them have things for my Alley Cats Vintage Treasures booths. Purrcy loves boxes but didn't want his picture taken tonight. It's Lucy's birthday today, so she had the day off - no modeling. My hallway is filled with boxes so I've decided to work on two feet at a time. So far I've done 6 feet and sorted out 12 boxes. Tonight I worked a boxes of vintage sewing notions and sheet music. Some of the music is over 100 years old. It's a very slow process bagging fragile paper and I have to double check all the pages are together.
The blue prints are being worked on and I'm meeting again with Randy tomorrow.

Apothecary Cabinet

The cabinet that started it all.

This is the auction find that started the ball rolling, turning my garage into my long dreamed of "Flatfish Paper Arts Studio". Everything just rolled into place once I bid on the cabinet. My garage was the only space it could fit into so it had to be cleaned out and remodeled. My contractor was available to do the work (for this month only) and I had the funds in my bank account to get it all done.

Flatfish Paper Arts Studio

I'm one more step closer to making my Flatfish Paper Arts Studio dream come true. Met with my favorite contractor Randy today to look at a project he's finishing up to get an idea of what I can do. He of course, had some great ideas that I didn't even think about. Since Randy books up fast and I just happened to catch him at the end of two big jobs, he agreed to work on my small project. That's the reason for the happy cat dance picture. Now the mad rush to get things put into storage and site cleared so he can start work. :) All I need now is to find my red leather sofa, which is something I've wanted in my working studio forever.