My Creative Space

I have had quite a few of my friends and family request a sneak peek into my creative space..
Let me say that it has just been re-organised for the umpteenth time..and actually does not look a lot different from maybe, an office space, except for what is on the open shelves.

This is IT .. !! My work space.. When we renovated the home, I wanted a space with a Bay window. So had to sacrifice an area for a balcony. We r on the first floor. But I don't regret it.  I have a granite slab on the desk. I asked for open shelving above . 

Above the shelves, is a good storage space. The top shelf contains a lot of my beads in the transparent boxes, wires and other supplies. It also has my Cold Porcelain clay, and display stands.  The second shelf has my supply of Acrylic paint jars, Paint brushes and seed bead collection. I have not used a lot of store bought storage. The tiny glass jars are empty acrylic jars that I have cleaned and re-used .  The boxes at the end contain my sculpting tools, blades and various cutters. 

The jars of paint that I use now.. as you can see, this is something I cannot resist. I have near;y every shade. The ones I have kept upside down, are normal colors. The row of jars in the center are silk fabric paints. The jars with metallic tints are metallic powders . And those kept right-side up, make up the last two rows are pearl metallic colors. 

Thankfully, I thought of a pull-out board to work on, and it has proven invaluable! I do not have to move the laptop to work.  The left side of my work desk has draws, while the other is a door . It holds two shelfs which is where I keep my hoard of all the art and craft books. 

My collection of color pencils ! Actually more than half are my daughter's discarded pencils. When she gets a new box , the others are 'not useful' ..so I get them .. Lucky me ... !

The first draw has more painting stuff and stationery. Oils, color pencils, sketch pens, calligraphy pens, pastels.. Believe it or not, they were actually organized, but within an hour my daughter decided she wanted to borrow the red scissors , and... :P !!

 I had no energy to do this again.  There are two more draws. the second contains my jewelry pliers, cutters, ring mandrel and such stuff . And the last one has my sewing tools and camera and tablet accessories.  

Lastly, the draw beneath the window seat. I keep my drawing papers - A3 size in this ..and stuff like sandpaper and my glue gun. The small doors on either side have my measuring cups and bowls that I use to make my Cold Porcelain. 

... SO now, my space is organized, and everything is in it's place. The 'before' picture can be seen HERE.  Now comes the tough part !! Keeping it just so !! I hope you like it.

I am sending the link of this post to Sharyl with my apologies .. !!