studio move going well, can't wait to sit down and create in the new space

oh the move of jewelry tools to new area is going soooo WELL! i avoided it forever it seems, such a big project was overwhelming to my brain. it's not the 'perfect' environment for metal tools as originally it was an outside room and rain water runs through it. a new security screen door cut down the ease that lizards, snakes, rats and mice had to get under old door. maybe i will just be soooo HARD at work in the winter, i won't notice how COLD the un heated room is...
i've got a whole LIST of items i want to make....maybe i'll take some time on my birthday this week as a treat to myself and just lose myself in pretty semi-precious jeweltone briolettes making up the necklaces and earrings that i've sketched out....
the former jewelry studio is transitioning to fiber/fabric studio ( I just can't let loose of that passion yet!) plus a bedroom for Mom to use when she stays with us this Winter.
i'm amazed how the furniture is just falling into place for new setup... okay , YES i have to CARRY it out there first LOL but i'm getting some much overdue exercise in the bargain.....
just been reviewing in my mind all the different ways we've used various rooms in our house since moving here in mid-80s...

i'm using 2 bookcase nightstands that were in Ray's childhood bedroom to raise up my wire shelf units to better eye level. when the boys were young, i painted "Welcome" and a bird on the side and had them sitting on front stoop for our shoes...took me down memory lane seeing the paintings yesterday. Son Scott says he remembers them on the porch. Now his shoes are too long for the shelf... boy they grow up quickly, don't they?!

NEVER throw anything away is a motto that does work for me for the most part but i admit i took it to the extreme last couple years and was veering into HOARDERS ANONYMOUS territory.
thank goodness i've figured out some storage containers that work for me...

well hoping sooon the men folk wake up so i can get back to moving stuff...WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP

moving the studio to new area is alot of work but gonna be soooo worth it!

i'm so addicted to learning new jewelry techniques which leads to have sooooo many different jewelry making supplies and tools. really my rational brain knows it would be much cheaper to just buy resin beads instead of all the stuff required to make my own...but that doesn't seem to deter me.
finally the bedroom i'd converted to a studio reached maximum capacity...then i bought my friend Julie's casting equipment. so the casting equipment was set up in another area....my brain tried to figure out which other techniques i needed to relocate to that area but it overloaded my brain... i wanted certain bead findings in the new area for use in enamelling but also use them plain in designs soooo i made the big leap and decided to move ALL the jewelry studio to the new area
now this area was already too full of its own collection of stuff since we have no attic or basement and i have hoarding tendencies. there, i admit it...
day one of the relocation went well. once i started to move stuff around i discarded my 1st plan of arrangement.
day two and mom is here so i might be distracted by processing some of the veggies in the garden such as tomatoes and bell peppers. apples are waiting to be dried as well
but i'm anxious to get everything organized in new setup and then test out did i locate items in the most usable place...key for me is having multiple worktops/desks so i can have a setup for various stages of work. it's too much of an irritation if i have to put away the tools from one stage and switch over to tools/components for the next stage of creation. i like my own assembly line setup.
boy those 3 bookcases i acquired spur of moment at garage sale for $20 sure are working out well.
waiting for family to wake up so i can start making noise, moving stuff...