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  Ann Campbell January 22, 2015 at 10:37pm

  I do my painting at my house, basically in the kitchen in front of the glass sliding doors which is good in the warm weather as well as great light. I had a studio for about 1 year at a old building made into artist studios. I found I really liked being home to do my work and all the conveniences of being right in my home. So I gave up the studio and am saving money that way. I store supplies in several armoires -one in the kitchen and 2 more in the living room. This arrangement just works well for me. My assistants -2 Siamese cats are right here and enjoy the company-nothing like cat prints in wet paint! No pictures-sorry.
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  carrie jacobson January 22, 2015 at 10:06am

  Jacki Bilsborrow, I do love my studio, here on the Eastern Shore of VA, where it is indeed very quiet. I'll take a photo inside later today! It's even more of a mess than usual, as I am leaving on a painting trip on Saturday. Read about that here: http://www.jacobson-arts.com/#!the-origins-pa...... very exciting!!!
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  becky blair January 22, 2015 at 8:18am

  Jacki Bilsborrow... maybe the present state of my tiny NY space will make you feel better. Neither space is tidy except between projects. The OCD in me has to clear before I start a new one.
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  Jenny Nunnelee January 22, 2015 at 7:34am

  My studio is in my basement and really too small. and dark. and cold. We are now in the process of selling our house and moving somewhere when we can have an ideal studio. I really cant wait!
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  Jacki Bilsborrow January 19, 2015 at 11:22pm

  Oh my goodness, some of you have fantastic studios.  Carrie, yours looks adorable.  It looks like it is in a peaceful spot.  Richard, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at your work space.  After all, you are working on huge things.  But, wow, do you have the supplies!.  Karen, your studio is just so stinkin adorable.    Lucky you!  Dusty and Becky, are you two sure you are artists?  LOL, those are incredibly neat and tidy work areas for an artists.  Very cute areas.  When I am working on a project my whole house looks like a tornado blew through it.  I don't know why I have to be such a pig!
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  Christina L. Towell January 19, 2015 at 10:22am

  Oh, I love seeing the photos of your studio spaces...I'm so envious.  I don't really need a studio but I'd enjoy having one just the same...a room of one's own, as Virgina Woolf put it, I think it's just great, thanks for sharing.
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  becky blair January 18, 2015 at 11:18am

  I have been blessed to have space for a studio in all my single-days homes as well as during both marriages. We now call Charlotte, NC home, and Corning, NY, due to my husband losing his job a in NC and finding one in NY. I have a tiny space in the NY apt where I am about half the time. My NC studio is a wonderful space with lots of light due to two floor to ceiling walls of windows in the 16th floor corner unit of our condo building. I told my husband one day that I loved my studio. He asked if I meant the one with my jewelry supplies or the one with the kitchen appliances. He said my studio tends to spread like kudzu. :-D
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  Barbara Pitorak Bloom January 15, 2015 at 12:14pm

  Wow, I sm so encouraged by how we find space for creativity. Such creative ideas, such lovely opportunities. Thank you all for such a great conversation. You have motivated me to take a fresh look at our garage and consider modifying it for our studio space. There is a winds oneness to being able to vlose the door and step away from the busyness of studio space - I will keep you posted on my progress.
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  Pam sharp January 14, 2015 at 5:08pm

  I am currently building my studio to fit two watercolor drafting tables, 2 computers and 4 or 4 printer, a mat cutting station and a frame building area and a staging area for shows.  so would appreciate any ideas of what to do and what not to do. 
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  Bunie Deyo January 14, 2015 at 1:18pm

  My first "workshop" was a 2x4 ft drafting table in an extra bedroom.  My kids had already left home, so I didn't need the third bedroom.  As the family grew and came for weekend visits, I began to need the third bedroom again.  So my workshop moved upstairs to a corner of the computer loft.  I have an old computer desk that wraps around a corner.  That is now my worktable.  I have a couple of short rolling carts that hold most of my supplies, one cart at each end of my table. My husband put a pegboard on the wall above one side of my table, and I hang my larger tools on that.  I like having my workshop in the house so I can interact with the family and work, too.