I’m on a mission to reinvent the Planet Penny studio.  It’s been the artist’s ‘White Cube’ and then a dismal place to store stuff, and now it’s time in invoke The Wizard of Oz and go ‘Over the Rainbow’ and quite possibly over the top! Remember the part in the film when Dorothy steps out of her black and white world and into the colourful Land of Oz?  That. 

I tried to talk to Copilot about it but I don’t think AI and I are on the same wavelength artistically! The dachshunds are cute though.

The studio needed a new floor. The original floor did not stand up to the weight of bookcases filled with all my craft books.  When I found that as I sat at my sewing machine in my office chair (with wheels) I was rolling further and further away from the table until my foot left the pedal I knew we had to do something. It was a monumental task packing everything away to clear the floor and I kept putting it off, and off, until the builder said, I can do it next week. Eeek!

So it’s empty now. The warped bookcases have all gone, the shelves, everything.  I don’t want a  workshop anymore. I want a cosy retreat, wrapped in colour, where I can sit and create to my heart’s content. I’m pretty sure it’ll involve a dog bed, although I’ll probably be fighting for room on the sofa like I am as I type this.

I’m having loads of fun researching ideas and pinning them on my Pinterest board. I’ve found some amazing colourful ladies on social media with homes to die for who are inspiring me, and I’m collecting paint charts.

I found an image though, a picture from Poster Lounge with all the colours which make me happy and that’s what I’m basing my colour scheme around. There will be pink!

It’s not going to be a quick fix though. So far I have a tub of Polyfilla! I’ve decided to use a decorator for the painting though. M.E. means my days of climbing ladders with a brush and paint pot are behind me, I’m saving my energy for other things, like making the curtains.

The most exciting thing is a little wood burning stove. It’s called a Hobbit! I love that. It’s already made the journey across country from Salamander Stoves in Devon and is sitting waiting to be installed in the next couple of weeks.
Finlay and Fergus are going to be so happy!

I hope you’ll come along on this journey with me. I can’t wait to get back into the studio and start a new creative chapter.

see you soon…x

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