Honoré here: The Cloth*Paper*Scissors Studios open house tour has been the most fun! In fact, I'm still visiting studios and gathering hints, ideas, tips and making new connections. Today I took a real tour and visited the annual Historic Ellicott City, Inc. decorator showhouse in Clarksville MD. Decorator showhouses are always inspirational and this one was no exception.
The piece de resistance for me was the "Dream Workroom," a third-floor attic studio that housed zones for different hobbies/crafts: scrapbooking; quilting; weaving; knitting; sewing and painting. There was even a play space for a young child to have a tea party in one of the attic dormer window areas. Lots of space for displaying PiPS - projects in progress - as well as those finished. In the center of the room was a huge cutting station, easily 4' x 4', that had storage drawers and cubbyholes on all four sides. In addition to cutting, assembling, drafting patterns or blocks, the station also serves as an ironing center. It was for sale at a cool price of $2000.00. Gee, it's too bad I don't have the space...
The myriad zones feature both antique and contemporary items, such as brightly colored baskets filled with yummy-colored skeins of yarn; Singer Featherweight machines; a design wall framed with antique stretcher bars once used to size/dry curtains; a mix of antique and contemporary quilt blocks, etc. Two Singer treadle stands were turned into tables with butcher block tops - one was designated for scrapbooking and the other, holds a sewing machine. I immediately thought: aha - that's a great idea I can and will use in Studio B. I have a treadle and have been looking for a table for the room. I'm sure a trip to IKEA will yield a table top plus a stop at the local big box store for a can of black paint to freshen up the treadle and Voila! a table. I'm excited thinking about the table.
Umm, wonder if I can knock out the wall between Studio A and B?
Cheers~
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