Studio Reveal

It’s been such a long time since I’ve shown any photos of my studio! I’ve been meaning to do this for a while actually. Some of you may remember when I got a crazy hair one day and ripped out the carpet in this room on an impulse. Fortunately B was willing to help me install a wide plank floor using plywood over the weekend. (Original post here.) That was over a year ago! I still have one major project that I’d still like to do in this room and switch out the light fixture before I consider it ‘complete’ but this room has come a long way and I absolutely love it. I feel so lucky/fortunate/blessed, whatever word you want to use, to even have a space dedicated to creating… such a luxury for me. Honestly this is one of my favorite rooms just to be in.

Ready for some super ugly before photos taken in poor lighting with giant messes everywhere?

Before:

Just after moving in…at this point the only thing we had done was mounting the desk on the wall. This is the same door desk we had in Texas…I still love it and it’s a great size for this room.

After:

The floors remain one of my very favorite features in the room. For a long time I had a rug in here too and while I loved the rug it wasn’t right for this room, but it took me a while to see that. When I moved the rug out and regained the whiteness of the space, everything started coming together again. Also, our old Ikea kitchen cart has been repurposed into my paint/art supply stand for a while now and it’s perfect. We craigslisted it in our NYC days… so kinda sentimental too.

Some of my favorite details: This beautiful hanging planter from one of my favorite local shops, Fern (they also have an online store!) and this AMAZING vintage magazine with my middle name as the title! Did you know that’s where Miggy comes from? It’s a take off my real middle name Mignon. (Also this was a gift from a friend and for the life of me I can’t remember who! So if it’s you will you please let me know!) 

We installed smaller shelves on the inside of the closet for more storage and to work with the little alcove in the back of the closet. The closet doors are the ‘big project’ I’d like to do next…I’ve contemplated a DIY barn door as I would love to access to the whole closet at once and I think it would look amazing visually, but I would also have to have that wall clear every time I opened the door and since the space isn’t very big I often keep my larger paintings against the wall…so we’ll see. Either way, I want to replace them.

There it is!
Thanks for checking out the studio! I always love seeing other peoples spaces and homes…hopefully you like seeing mine too.

XO
Miggy