Maintenance and Repair

I am still enjoying my journey with maintenance and repair. I am finding it to be very rewarding and cathartic, as along the way the opportunity to declutter  has been embraced.

Many, many years ago I had the end of the verandah, closest to the main bedroom, enclosed and the window in between replaced by French doors, thereby giving me access to this beautiful, north facing space for my craft room/ studio. (I do like the sound of that word Studio. It implies that something quite creative goes on in there).

 But it's always been a hodge podge of a room with  bits of furniture which had no where else to go, certainly not the place that would inspire creativity. And besides that it was never really finished, with architraves left unpainted. So for the past week or so, snatching bits of time here and there I've managed to make a start on revitalising this room, starting with the painting. Here is the end window still sporting the bottle green of the verandah trim..

And now with a fresh coat of paint..

Two desks ( why did I even have two desks)  that didn't really function and a sewing machine table are now gone (The desks off to the op shop and the sewing machine table relegated to the attic)  making way for one big desk purchased from said op shop. Photos of this will follow once more time has been spent on reorganising. Believe me it's a huge job transforming this room into a studio, but I know that it will feel wonderful to have this space just the way I want it after so many years, not to mention the satisfaction in completing some repairs and maintenance.

And in the meantime, as the weight of unfinished projects is lifting, I am finding delight in other corners of this little house...

Stay tuned for more stories of enlightenment as I purge, repair, and overall lighten the load of stuff and unfinished jobs they are weighing me down!