Thursday
Jun052008
Pictures that will make you want to weep into your coffee.
Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 6:42AM
(If you're me.) Or perhaps cry into your beer, if you're of that persuasion.
I have to do this in stages because these pictures make me want to hyperventilate. And cry. Mostly hyperventilate and cry at the same time.
Our new studio has seven rooms. Some of the rooms are so small you could barely fit two people in them (like the bathroom), but that's OK. That leaves more space for yarn in the bigger rooms. The studio is approximately 1400 square feet, and is located on the corner of Auto Repair Shop Lane and Ethnic Food Distributor Drive in Ugly Industrial Area, Maryland. What can I say? It's hard to find a workspace that will let you do the kind of alterations I needed in an area close enough to home that I don't have to drive 47 hours to get there. Work with me here.
The space is divided up thusly:
The space we have was previously occupied by a series of single guys running small businesses that no women ever stepped foot in. Because of that, they thought they could do "manly" things like "cut holes in the wall with a dull knife" and "glue stuff to the walls that can never be removed" and "clean the bathroom once every six months" and "install fourteen outlets and seven data jacks in one room for all our electronic gear but make sure all the outlets are on one circuit so the fuse blows every time we plug in more than one thing."
Deep breath.
Here are a couple of "before" pictures of the entry room.
This one is taken from the front door looking in. The room looks smaller than it really is. Also, it looks cleaner than it really was.
The same room taken from the opposite side. Notice the Really Bright Blue on the wall on your right. It was a bad color choice for this space. The space has fluorescent lighting, and you need warmer colors to offset the cool cast of the lighting. But don't mind me, I'm just running my mouth. Who am I to talk about color combinations?
Can you stand it? It gets worse. Here are some pictures of what will be the main work room. It's about twelve feet wide by twenty feet long.
For your convenience, I have carefully labeled many of the flaws I see in the room, including the holes in the walls and floor.
The room from the opposite corner.
I can't handle any more right now. It's too painful. I will post more later.
And yes, you're right to question my sanity. I do it myself.
I have to do this in stages because these pictures make me want to hyperventilate. And cry. Mostly hyperventilate and cry at the same time.
Our new studio has seven rooms. Some of the rooms are so small you could barely fit two people in them (like the bathroom), but that's OK. That leaves more space for yarn in the bigger rooms. The studio is approximately 1400 square feet, and is located on the corner of Auto Repair Shop Lane and Ethnic Food Distributor Drive in Ugly Industrial Area, Maryland. What can I say? It's hard to find a workspace that will let you do the kind of alterations I needed in an area close enough to home that I don't have to drive 47 hours to get there. Work with me here.
The space is divided up thusly:
- Entry room (will be used for packaging/shipping)
- Main work room (used for dyeing)
- Small storage room (used for dye storage and stock solution mixing) (and contains hot water heater)
- Micro bathroom
- Office
- Drying room
- Yarn/stuff storage room
The space we have was previously occupied by a series of single guys running small businesses that no women ever stepped foot in. Because of that, they thought they could do "manly" things like "cut holes in the wall with a dull knife" and "glue stuff to the walls that can never be removed" and "clean the bathroom once every six months" and "install fourteen outlets and seven data jacks in one room for all our electronic gear but make sure all the outlets are on one circuit so the fuse blows every time we plug in more than one thing."
Deep breath.
Here are a couple of "before" pictures of the entry room.
This one is taken from the front door looking in. The room looks smaller than it really is. Also, it looks cleaner than it really was.
The same room taken from the opposite side. Notice the Really Bright Blue on the wall on your right. It was a bad color choice for this space. The space has fluorescent lighting, and you need warmer colors to offset the cool cast of the lighting. But don't mind me, I'm just running my mouth. Who am I to talk about color combinations?
Can you stand it? It gets worse. Here are some pictures of what will be the main work room. It's about twelve feet wide by twenty feet long.
For your convenience, I have carefully labeled many of the flaws I see in the room, including the holes in the walls and floor.
The room from the opposite corner.
I can't handle any more right now. It's too painful. I will post more later.
And yes, you're right to question my sanity. I do it myself.
Reader Comments (8)
Oh, but I see the possibilities! Hardwood floors, lots of space for yarny stuff! Don't hyperventilate! It will be a great working space soon enough! Can I come help you spackle and fill those holes? Or would it be a 47 hour commute for me?
Sharon, I feel for you! I have a husband who likes to do stuff like that to our _house_. He wanted to rip out a plaster wall in our nursery 5 days before our daughter was born so he could install a built-in closet - plenty of time to clean and rebuild and finish!
Just keep thinking of how beautiful it will be.
That blue looks like the blue I painted my room in college ;) Definitely doesn't work in that space!!
I can't wait to see the "after" photos, but you sure had your work cut out for you - I can't believe you even had time to dye yarn while cleaning up that mess!
I came to your site via a Ravelry ad....and wanted to make two suggestions: one, hire a maid for the bathroom *gross*! And two, if you can't hire a maid, I swear by "Kaboom" for toilets and Lysol 4-in-1 for everything else.
Good luck on your clean-up. I'm sure in the end, you'll have a space that is peaceful and just what you need!
Anne.
well at least the floors are pretty!! :)
I think those same guys used to live in my house!
When we moved in we found the same kinds of things... we are *still* finding and fixing screw ups 8 yrs later!
Like, someone thought it'd be really cool to install a window upside down upstairs, and another window sideways, instead of buying a window that belongs there! ugh!
Oh, Sharon, that is too funny. Love all the "Hole" words. I giggled all the way through. Great descriptions. Next time this year, you will be very happy and may even be making a profit. Take a deep breath and know that you can do it and everything will be fine. Aren't you glad school's over?
The gas is going to eat up some of it, though. Are you putting a gas tax on your yarns? heh
Good luck!
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