Craft Room - Before Picture
Floor with carpet removed.
Alex was a big help with the wallpaper removal.
Wallpaper removal in progress.
Window getting a facial (Peel-Away for lead paint removal).
Window after using Peel Away - This window seemed much more cooperative with the whole process.
Window after using Peel-Away - This was the first window and use of Peel-Away and it didn't work very well on the lower part of the window.
Dirty, dirty window!
Super Clean window!
Another angle of the dirty window.
Clean window - it really added a lot of light to the room and seems like I could almost just step through the window it's so clean.
Primed and waiting for paint.
Primed walls and floor - instead of putting down flooring, I'm just painting the plywood for now. It's not a great solution, but it is a cheap one that'll serve the necessary purpose.
Primed and ready to be painted- oops, noticed I missed the spot above the door.
Window sashes all scraped and ready for whatever is to come next.
The first lines added to the floor with the router - I was going with a consistent 4" board but wanted to throw in a random board now and again. Turns out that it all looked pretty random by the time I was done.
Another view of the first carved lines.
Alex was the counterweight for the guide board. I'm amazed she held out for the whole floor because the router vibrations were pretty intense.
Router and guide board - we used the guide boards to route the cross lines in the "hardwood floor".
"It's Floor!" Alex making fun of me and my excitement over the floor under the dining room.
We finished routing the floor and now have the basis for the faux hardwood floor look. Next is another round of cleaning, primer, and top coat of paint.
The router didn't reach the edge of the floor so I chiseled out the extra bit by hand near the entrance. I didn't bother around the walls because I figured furniture would block it anyway.
Painted walls.
Alex cutting in around the baseboards for the wood floor.
Painted floor - the paint ended up looking just like chocolate pudding, so much so that getting a spoonful sounded really appealing.
Painted walls and floor, no flash.
Painted walls and floor, with flash. The wall color really changes throughout the day with changing light conditions.
Another painted floor picture, we still need to add one more coat of paint.
Alex humping boxes in, this girl has been a major helper and has helped move some pretty heavy items.
Craft Room Assembly Begins
Picture of my sewing area on the left, storage containers against the wall, and the edge of the cutting table to the right.
This is Alex's corner of the craft room - she really wanted to have both leaves of the table extended and we manged a compromise for having one extended. The shelf unit to the right mostly holds office supplies and is the resting place for library books -- we check out books from two different county systems so I like to try and keep them sorted.
View of my construction/cutting area - two 5-foot-long tables. My sewing station is in the back.
This sad little lamp was one of my first paper projects - it is made out of postcards featuring the season line-up from a children's theater group. The lamp needs remade as it is always falling apart. The scissors stand to the right is actually a fancy pool cue holder that the partner brought trash picked as a pool table business was going out of sale. He insists it would make a great scissors holder, I'm just trying to amuse him and use it as such.
Photo of the office supplies tucked into the cabinet.
This is about 25% of the books we currently have out from the library. I'm doing research for a historical costume, so lots of fashion books (I think).
Alex's craft space - she's already thrown a text book on it so we had to discuss whether it'll be craft space or homework space. Hopefully she'll keep her homework at her desk in her room.
My sewing area.
Fabric shelf - I hope to move all my fabric out of bins and onto this shelf - right now it was the dumping ground for getting rid of some cardboard boxes. I doubt it'll evolve much from here. The printer is a new addition, a decent photo printer picked up for half price! I've managed to print one photo and then got distracted by other things.
Cutting/construction space. The goal is that this table surface will always be clear for anyone needing to use it. I've yet to see it stay clear for more than 1 day, but we'll see.
Overall craft room picture from the front porch door.
The ironing board needs a storage slot - it has been set up in that area, but thats the doorway to the dining room (currently blocked with boxes) and I don't want it in the walkway -- maybe I'll tuck it behind the wood cabinets.
Sewing area ad fabric shelf.
Craft and sewing supplies neatly tucked away in my favorite style of plastic bins. The black metal case is my portable paper crafting supplies for taking to crop nights and such.
Craft room looking out the front porch window.
Front porch door to the craft room. The table on the right is an old ironing board table that I picked up at Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Engine show for $5. I don't know if it was really for sale or if the owners were just being friendly to one of their best customer's wife.
Pseudo-panoramic - 1 of 4, Left to right view, from standing the living room doorway. My treasured wooden cabinets - I need to reorganize the drawers and print up some pretties labels. You can see our mess of a dining room through the doorway, that is tomorrows project.
Pseudo-panoramic - 2 of 4, Left to right view, from standing the living room doorway.
Pseudo-panoramic - 3 of 4, Left to right view, from standing the living room doorway.
Pseudo-panoramic - 4 of 4, Left to right view, from standing the living room doorway.
Old wood card catalogs sort and store most of my tools and paper crafting supplies. The shelves to the right of the wood units hold all my papers and magazines - I want to make a cover for it so that the sunlight doesn't fade the papers.
