I am so excited to finally show you my office (and more). My office has been completed for about a month+, and it has been so hard to not share photos etc, in order to save them for this week. I was inspired to share my spaces by Jen at Indie Fixx. My interview at her place, and "A Peek Inside" are officially up. Thank you Jen!
(If you missed the City house tour, you can take a peek by clicking here.)
All week I will share my city house and country house, with extended photos right here.
Today I will share the office, my room and the studio. Mister and I decided that he should have a little privacy, so the main house was not photographed, sooory ;)
That is mostly instrument land, where all the playable creatures live and I steal off to play the grand piano...
But my wee spaces are free for touring ;)
Come on in won't you - I am serving tea in my office...
To give you an idea, there were three ample spaces used as canning facilities and storage for canning added on to the main house by the previous owners 30+ years ago. Those spaces were converted into my room (5 years ago), studio (10 years ago) and more recently, my office. The office and my room almost had to be totally rebuilt.
Today, as I said, you will get a peek into my room, studio and office. The drawing below is badly proportioned, but drawn to give you a better idea of where you are peeking ;) (pink areas)
There are doors in between each room, which I love. I can open them and feel like I have one huge space, or close them for guests, privacy or whatever...
The main goal of the office was to have a place for me to work and play and package orders, as well as relax and veg...
Mister Lovee built all of the work benches you will see here and in my art studio (and the bed), as well as my wee counter in the little kitchen area that is situated in the office.
To the left of my little cozy nook is my packaging station...
I am so used to it now, I feel like I have always been shipping orders out of here. The pups cozy on the stoop outside the door to the left there all day and keep me company...
I wanted a little nook in my office so that I could have overnight guests and also, so I could have an escape, to just dream and drift in. So we turned a huge old closet into my idea of a sleeping nook. I drew a bed and Mister Lovee built it. Then I had a foam saga (based on size and such), but happily, it all worked out and there are 4 inches of bed foam to snuggle in...
I am loving my office space a ton. I am lucky to share a country home with a man who doesn't mind that I want my own spaces. I was so used to living alone when we met and having private spaces, as was he. So after a few years when I suggested we turn the additions into spaces for me, he thought that was a great idea, and so, we get along and can hide from each other if need be ;)
My little desk area, which I am typing from right now, is light and bright and makes me smile.
Here is my desk closed -
I love that I can close my desk if I am having guests etc. But, mostly it stays open...
I created a mood board with all the things I love, and colors that I am into at the moment...
I can stare at it all day and not tire of it. I love having a place to hang treasures that inspire and that are dear to my heart. Like that wee photo on the bottom right, that hung in my Grandma's house for 50+ years that she gave me last year...
I have a tiny antique Victorian lamp on my desk now, that I didn't have (it was at the city house) when I took these photos a month and a half ago. But now that I can share photos regularly, you will see it sometime. It is like, all the things I love, so many that were in boxes and not out, are now able to be out and enjoyed. That has been the best part of having this extra space...
Down this teeny little hall is how you get to the bathroom and then on to the little kitchen area.
I personally think that you don't have to have a big fancy house. All you need is a little space to fill with things that make you happy. Plain and simple.
Here is what you see if you are at the other end of the little hallway looking into the office...
Oh, as a side note, I have to tell you. You know that huge ship I have outside, that you saw in the last post? Well, I was out antiquing a few months ago and I found another metal ship that looks like his brother only smaller, which is the one over my linen armoire above. I was so blown away. I always wanted a smaller size one to put in the house, go figure. A lucky find indeed.
Not that you care to see it, but this is my cute little bathroom, built by Mister Lovee. It has funny steps...
And lovely little shelves. Mister even had vintage lucite daisies tucked away in his workshop, which worked perfectly to hold up my old mirror.
I have my own bathroom in the main part of the love-shack, but I am leaning towards making this my permanent powdering of the nose space...
Are you having fun? I think it's time to munch. Off to what I am calling, the Tea & Sweets Kitchen, since it is tiny and sweet ;). Speaking of fun, I had way too much fun inventing a little tea menu for my chalkboard...
In this kitchen is the door that leads to my studio...
If you are entering the kitchen from the studio, this is what you are greeted by...
A sweet treat munching spot...
Yummy yummy, a place to put my girlie sipping things in, and have you over for tea ;)
I have to confess, I almost feel like this is a play house. I might never go into the real world again...
I love that Mister built me that counter. It was a huge job, especially rounding that super hard wood...
I got my little sink from an online place that I thought was going to be shady, but turned out to be super perfect, no shipping fees which tickled me, especially since that is a cast iron sink. I ordered it from them (can't remember the name right now) because it was larger than a standard bar sink. We were very pleased indeed. It arrived in perfect condition and super fast, like 3 days...
Now, let's go into the studio through the door in the office kitchen shall we? This is my studio, where I spend a huge part of my life... (Mister wanted me to come back and mention that my striped rug on the studio floor is painted on and not an actual rug (which is true), funny guy likes to get his two cents in ;)
I love being in my studio. Although, when it gets insane like it is now, I almost fall over the edge ;)
This is the door below that leads you into the office, which I adore painting on. I once painted the door white to cover all my paint, and Mister Lovee was devastated. I had no idea he loved it all painted up. Luckily it got like this soon thereafter all over again...
To the left of that door is the little nook where I spend most of my creative time. I just gravitate to that side, plus the sink is there too...
Below are just some random studio shots for you to peek at...
An art studio is not necessary to being creative. I used to create in the garden at the city house, in the garage, in my bath tub even. I don't take my creative space for granted at all though. It is a luxury for anyone artistic to have a place to store all their stuff, but like I said, not a necessity to being creative...
Yummy treasures all stuffed in a nook. I hope I never start a fire, eeeks!
Are you covered in paint too? Maybe we should say adios to the studio for now...
Let's go to the one place I can't wait to escape to soon. It is 3 a.m. (almost 4) right now and I am dreaming whilst awake, of my cozy bed ;)
Through the other door in the studio, and into my private boudoir we venture...
When you walk into my room there is a huge white barn closet to the right, which we left from the canning people ;) - and of course, a sanctuary for the all important sole keepers ;)
Then there is the dream keeper, who wears a glow in the dark rosary that almost gave me a heart attack the first time I realized it glowed in the dark in the middle of the night. So funny, now that I think about it...
All I can say is that, I think it is incredibly important to surround yourself with what you love. As you can tell, I live in eclectic land, where anything goes. But it brings me peace and happiness. That is what is most important in decorating, surrounding yourself with what you love.
During spring I might throw in some brightness in my room, but mostly, I like it black and white, emphasis on white. I don't know why. I have to sleep in a white room. Maybe it is just part of my psychosis...
But I'll tell you what - this is calling me right now...
Big time...
So with that, I say, Thank you for peeking in to Part 1 of the country house. I think our next visit will be to the city house. Then back to the country later in the week for some gallery and gypsy-land photo treats. What do you say?
Oh and, here is a secret for you. Sometime on Monday afternoon (Nov. 30th), I can't say exactly when because it is late and I must get some rest - but sometime tomorrow afternoon my shop will be filled with all sorts of things like-
Fun kitchen labels for any jars, in candy colors & black and white...
And with Elfin and Cakehead creatures...
Annnd, some pretty girls from the Fairytale Forest...
Who can't wait to go out and play. Have you ever read their story? Well if you have, you know they put on shows and create costumes and have a blast in the depths of the Fairytale Forest...
There might even be a Wolf masked as granny, reading fairy tales...
We all hope that you might consider stopping by A Fanciful Twist Shop Monday afternoon, to say hello to all of our new family members.
This has officially been the longest post ever, and I am officially wilted. But I will be back full of energy tomorrow, err, later today. It is 4 a.m. eeeeeks ;)
Thanks oodles for stopping in today ;)
♥ ,V
ps: Shop is full of treats as of 3:51 p.m. Nov. 30th
pss: My interview at Jen's is up. She deserves oodles of muffin love, as she outdoes herself over at Indie Fixx and has had all sorts of things going as of late with her sick lovely Granddad etc. If you get a chance, won't you pop on over to see her? Thank you much ;) ;)
