Hello from Anner and Aaron!: Evolution of the Studio

We realize we never did a blog on the studio remodel -- aside from posting a few pictures here and there. Mostly, it was due to the crazy work-load that has insued since Aaron was accepted into the ACC show. So...working backwards, here are some pics chronically the transformation.

Imagine you're Aaron.
Besides having an overwhelming appetite for brownie sundaes with sprinkles, this is your view from the bench. That would be a good blog title, wouldn't it? View From The Bench. I digress...

Here's what it’s like to ‘go to work’ every day. This is Aaron gearing up for a day in the studio. He's practically living out there these days. The goal is for him to be done today which is why I need to get this blog posted and then head out to do some cheerleading.

Here's what the studio looked like once we got everything moved in.

Aaron working in the studio. He's putting finish on 110 pairs of earings and they are drying on his homemade earring holder.

Aaron coming home from a bike ride.

Unpacking!!
We did this on New Years Eve and New Years Day.
Due to the show we didn't get to do any organzing, really. When we get home from the show we should really sort through everything, but knowing us we'll get distracted with the garden or whatever so who knows when we'll really get to it.

This is what it looks like from the outside. Note the awesome french doors. Gone is the "man door" and the garage door.

Anner climbing the ladder to the attic. We love the attic. Adam said it was "creepy but cool".

The new attic -- before we move all our junk up there. Now it's a sea of blue plastic tubs with hand-written labels.

New windows that actually open!!

The studio with lights put in and the walls painted. Painting is how we spent Christmas. It's offically called "Gold #3". I call it "Perfect Shade of Studio".

Here the new floor. It's level and everything which was a big step up from the old, slanty floor. This make it much easier to set up shelves and equipment. Before we had to shim everything and it was a bother.

Pouring the new floor.

No more siding. The doors came off, siding off, and let the transformation begin!

Out comes the uneven yucky floor. It was just one of those things... if we didn't re-do the floor right now when would it ever be done? We'd end up with a terrific studio all over, except under our feet. Aaron researched a ton of options, including "floor leveling" but in the end it just made sense to get rid of the old stuff and put in a nice new floor.

Ba-bye concrete. Aaron posted our concrete chunks on Craigslist and sure enough someone took it all away for us. How great is that!!?!??

We had the best construction guy ever. We'll use him again this summer when we re-do our roof (yes, conventional wisdom would say that you should do your roof and then your studio, but we just couldn't resist doing the studio. *sigh*).

Here comes the new insulation. You can see the beams on the ceiling were reinforced for the addition of the attic.

Removing the old windows. We kept them because we think we can paint them and make them into something cool for our garden. Any bets on how long it takes before we either make they Something Cool or get fed up and post them on Craigslist??

Getting everything ready for storage and starting demo. This was Thanksgiving weekend.

Before Pictures. Aaron figured out how to take the garage door off. Eventually this space was turned into french dors which make it a sunny, happy place to work (unless it's raining and then you just have to will the sunshine in your own head).