Remodel

  • After

    ByHeather Bailey

    ArchAfterB_300Here's the finished remodel. We went ahead and laid down the white flooring from our last tradeshow booth,
    figuring we could swap out the flooring in both rooms later on.
    However, I'm liking it. It's incredible how much brighter the room is
    with a big, white reflector for a floor.

    Here's a glimpse of one of our finished work tables
    too. They are amazing. Each table is seated onto a rolling platform.
    The tables can be lifted off the platforms as needed for classes and
    workshops—at some point—or for a myriad of other uses. And they are
    tough as nails with a commercial-grade finish.

    Now that the sheetrock dust and construction debris  have been cleared out, it's time to get back into artwork. With Project Life under my belt, next up is more fabric. I'm working on completing a couple of new lines for next year. 'Tis true.

  • Expanding

    ByHeather Bailey

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    It's time to expand our workspace again. This time we're connecting two of our three home offices for better workflow. It's going surprisingly quickly. Isaac is the Incredible Hulk in there, tearing through walls, grunting, chewing on nails.

    Remodel_1wWhat a dusty, snarly, gratifying mess. There's insulation, wood, nails and sheetrock everywhere. Raaargh-yaw!

    Isaac used to remodel homes back in college, so I'm in good hands. Of course, he did saw through some electrical wiring, leaving us without internet for a few days this week.

    Everything is connected back up now—see those two gray junction boxes on either side of the passageway, with the wiring strung above?

    The new sheetrock goes up today and then it's onto mud. We haven't decided what we're going to do with the wood floor yet, but we'll figure that out after we sweep up.

    I plan to make this space into a pattern workshop down the road: sewing machines, cutting tables, dress forms, fabric stacks, thread. What I really need to do is host a talent search and get more help. So You Think You've Got American Sewing Talent?

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