Remember how I had my art supplies all spread out on a desk in my studio and how I was planning on getting a rolling cart? Well, I did one better.  I got the map table/cabinet I posted about on Friday! Here it is in my studio, piled high with art supplies.

It’s so huge that there is plenty of room for me to put all my painting supplies on one side and still have room to draw and work on other projects on the other side.

I loved it initially for its looks but it’s also totally practical. The huge flat drawers are the perfect place to store my drawings, large photographs and paper. It’s like it was made for this space! I was afraid it might actually be too big but it fits perfectly as you can see here:

At some point, I’ll get a couple of stools to put on either side.

Getting the table motivated me to organize and to also finish filling up my inspiration board:

Now I’m ready to start churning out masterpieces ….. Ha!

(Photos: FTRB)

Now that I’ve finally cleaned up my studio, I’m turning my attention to the details. But who needs pretty details if you have a view like this:

We had a view of the Eiffel Tower from our old apartment but let me tell you, it was nothing like this! Can you imagine working at this desk every day? Have a great weekend, everyone!

This post is part of the Hooked on Houses blog today.

(Photo: via Design Tavern)

Guess who’s cleaned up her studio? That’s right. But I’ll have to wait to show you the rest because there is a house tour coming. Stay tuned.

  
(Guardian; Ilse Crawford)

I’ve professed my love for Ilse Crawford here before and I posted the first photo of her office last month. But I forgot I had this second photo which I think shows the same room from a different angle and with some of the details changed around. Also, the second photo includes a red chair that looks a lot like the red chairs I wasn’t sure what to do with and it makes me see them in a new light.

So with these as my jumping off point, I’m going to start working on my studio today. Since it’s snowing outside – that’s right, snowing(!) – I’d say it’s a good day to stay inside and get down to it.

(livingetc.com)

I have been putting off fixing up my studio forever and at this point, it’s downright embarrassing. I have plenty of space and great natural light. I’ve also played around with the furniture placement and think I’ve come up with the optimal layout. But as usual, I have too many ideas and I’m torn as to which direction to go. Warning: this is going to be a long thinking out loud session.

I had always planned on a light, airy space like these: 

(skonahem.com)

 

(livingetc.com)

(dominomag.com)

with an inspiration wall like these: 

(via decor8blog.com)

(dominomag.com)

and an area for painting like these:

 

shelves full of books:

(jamesmerrell.co.uk) 

and an area for lounging. I have a big couch draped in white just like this:

(sarahkaye.com)

Now if that were all, I’d be done (or at least, I could be done). But as usual, I have too many ideas and can’t make up my mind which way to go. I mentioned my four red leather chairs last week. They remind me of chairs you might find in a Paris bistro like these:

(joeschmelzer.com)

I like having them in my studio – one is at the computer, one is on the other side of my  work table, one  is in the painting corner, and the fourth one floats around.  But I think that red leather lends itself better to looks like these:

(joeschmelzer.com)

(marieclairemaison.com)

So I don’t know whether I want to work the room around these chairs or just store them and keep to my light, white color scheme?

Or a third option may be to try to work the red as the accent color like in these photos:

(livingetc.com)

If I use red, I think I’d also like to add some yellow because currently I’m just in love with it and it goes so well with red:

(livingetc.com)

I think that’s enough talking. I need to make a decision, get off my butt and just do it.