I don’t know about you, but I just love seeing the
work spaces of other creative folk…. from getting more of an insight into the
lives of my online buds to being in awe of how the professionals have created
their perfect workspace. This has inspired another blog hop between my writerly
friends and I on sharing our creation stations with all of you.
So I would like to take you all on a little journey
around my current workspace, going through how I have been working in the past,
how I work now, to my dream workspace. Please also visit the awesome bloggers at
the end of the post to find ideas and inspiration with how they create their
perfect space to get their creative juices flowing.
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| Creative Space 1 |
So how have I worked in the past… well… it’s a good
job I have a sense of humor that’s all I can say! My workspace has for the last
6 years, been, what one can only describe as a tip! I have literally taken over
our kitchen / dining area and filled it with my endless supplies of art
materials. Having a husband who is extremely laid back has been a god send as a
tidy house is not something our family has been used to, between me and the
kids we really do know how to trash a house in style.
Countless evenings were spent of me losing art
materials down the sofa and wondering around the kitchen muttering a few choice
words of where I had left the last sketch, rubber, pencil, tablet.. you name
it… I could lose it. Then I had the delights of sitting down for all of five
minutes and then being told someone was hungry, bored, had just been bashed
over the head by their brother / sister. Yes, very hard to concentrate! I would
paint on the easel in the kitchen, living room… anywhere that fits really…paint
splashes would appear everywhere no matter how careful I thought I was. Yes our
last house was very, very... erm lived in, shall we say.
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| Creative Space 2 |
Well last year we moved house and I had a spare room to use as an art studio but due to a complicated house move I wasn't able to use the room until last month. At long last, I now have my own room to create in and we have an area just for eating! The house is
tidier, we sit down and eat our meals on a clear table and have more family meals
together….it truly is a transformation.
I had always dreamed of the moment I would have my own private space to
work in, but after so many years of working on a sofa I was convinced that I
wouldn’t use it, thinking that it would take the pleasure of painting away, as
it would then turn things more “worky”. I
think I just told myself that to appreciate what I had at the time. Well, I
take back my words because I absolutely love it! I still need to put my stamp
on my room, I want to dedicate a wall to all the gifts I have been given over
the years by artist friends. Then It will be my little haven, it already has a
lovely calming vibe to it.
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| Creative Space 3 |
I get so much more done now, with not as many interruptions
or distractions, although the kids do seem to be hijacking my room quite a lot…
lock on the door sorts that out ha ha! Seriously though, even the children are
benefiting from it, my daughter has started writing again and my son has started
doing his homework in there and even started sketching again. Not sure how long
all that will last, we will see.
The next step will be to have a bigger space in the
garden to run workshops, but that will be a long way down the line, or I might
even look into renting a bigger space. It all depends how my new plans evolve,
there are big dreams that I am working on right now. For the now I am perfectly
happy with what I have got, it suits my needs perfectly. All I have to watch
out for is not hiding in there too much, so I am trying to find the perfect
work / home life balance. I believe I
will have this in oooh, lets say, five
months ha ha. I will write a blog later on this year about everything that is
going on in the background, for now I will have to go quiet for a bit while I
put my plans into action.
So I shall leave this post on that cryptic little
nugget he he. Will be back with more posts on inspiration, energy healing,
living your dream, stepping out of your comfort zone, empowerment and taking
control of your life later this year when hopefully I will have the proof to
back me up.
Looking forward to seeing the work spaces of the
other hoppers.
Thanks for stopping by. For more ideas and inspiration about writerly
work spaces, please visit these #Gr8blogs today.
Auden Johnson,
Cat Michaels
Julie Gorges
K. Lamb
If you
have a PG-13rated blog about work space, we'd love to have you post your blog
link in the comments section below, and we'll give you some blog loving!
