Scrub-a-dub-dub

Jeff spent two days this week power washing the interior of the carport to prepare it for studio/gallery space. It seemed the best solution to rid the ceiling from years of grime and layers of peeling paint. If you have to work in 90 degree weather, this is probably the best work to do. When Jeff was done, it looked like he had been out playing in the rain all day.

You can see from the photo below what a difference it made in the color of the ceiling!

The louvers are being removed and replace with solid walls and a couple of windows on one side. We will still have some scraping to do before Jeff applies a texture and paint to the ceiling and beams.

It's exciting to see things moving forward towards being able to work in our digs. The one mile commute down the road is killing us.

progress...

the pottery studio is slowly shaping up.  two days ago when i decided to put handles on the mugs i had thrown i realized that i wasn't feeling really good about the position of my wheel.  my first instinct was to move to one of the back walls and place my wheel facing it, similar to my northwood, nh set up... even though i had said that here in seagrove i wanted something diffierent!  jeff came out and helped me make some changes and when we were done i was feeling much better about my new space...

to the right of my wheel is open shelving so that i can keep tools and clay with in reach - pots will come off the wheel to the ware board on my left.  behind me is a counter height set of shelves that i can use for putting on handles, assembling parts, etc...
the lighting and electrical needs a little tweaking but the space is feeling much better now.

...enough fooling around with the 'puter, it's time to get out in the hot sun and do some landscaping!