i'd love to do a 'house tour' of this lovely old farmhouse but that would mean organizing, cleaning, decorating and photographing. i get a little bit depressed when i read blogs with people unpacking and decorating and renovating and well, getting so much done in their day - over here at embers, there is no need to feel like an underachiever because i get nothing done!
my 'studio' is nowhere near set up, organised or pretty looking. i basically dumped all my boxes and stuff into it when we moved in 4 months ago, and then started digging through the boxes to make stuff for craft fairs and christmas. that caused a whole lot of chaos in the already chaotic room.
i spent a whole day recently trying to make a dent in the organisation and while it's not at all finished there is a light at the end of the tunnel! i really do love this room - it has 3 nice windows that let in good light (remember i was in a basement all last year, ugh!), really lovely floorboards and room to move around. i'm still working on storage for my growing piles of hoardedness, but if you were wondering where my gorgeous bookshelf went, it is in here!
anyway there you have the few sorted out corners of the room. maybe, just maybe i'll be back here soon blogging about a completely finished room...?!!
it looks great :)
pleeeze come and organise mine !!!!!!!
Posted by: Zi | February 27, 2012 at 04:09 PM
thats what happens when your busy living. after almost a year of living in my apartment my living room is still a weird mish.mash of studio, office, couch, & random photos on the wall with no reasoning as to why they are there. but when the choice is between cleaning & going out exploring... nature always wins.
Posted by: stephanie | February 27, 2012 at 04:59 PM
Em, it looks beautiful! I can totally relate to feeling unorganized and living in some chaos and not feeling like you're ever getting anything done in a day. Ah well, a messy house is a sign of a happy family and happy children! I wish I could get my homeschooling stuff more organized, but with seven kiddo's and soooo many different creative projects going on...ugh, it's futile! :) I would LOVE to see a house tour, even with messies, all of your followers love YOU!
Blessings to you all!
Posted by: Penny | February 27, 2012 at 06:53 PM
I think it looks great so far! We all have our own rhythms... I'm more like you, I take a slow time to settle in (and I don't have the very valid excuse of a brood of little ones to take up my time!). And I hear ya on the blogs making you feel down... I don't have a home of my own or $$ to decorate and organize. I'm so blessed to live with my roommate until I get a job, but sometimes I get so antsy to decorate my own place!
Posted by: Alanna | February 27, 2012 at 08:14 PM
goodness, I don't think anyone blogging about unpacking and organizing really is all that organized... I think those Ryan Gosling quote/picture things found all over pinterest are sort of silly, but this made me think of one of them...
http://pinterest.com/pin/240168592598139783/
and then when I just went to look for it I found this which totally made me smile from ear to ear so I thought I'd share it too, for no particular reason at all.
http://pinterest.com/pin/199143614742715736/
oh, and yes! do a picture tour for us, who cares if its messy, i bet its still colorful and fun, because you are!! :)
Posted by: kate | February 27, 2012 at 08:28 PM
I love that bookcase!
Posted by: Erika Martin | February 27, 2012 at 09:19 PM
I just get so excited that you have more space to spread out. Oh the creative possibilities are endless.
Posted by: Shayna Proctor | February 27, 2012 at 09:42 PM
I started reading your blog after seeing you in a magazine (can't remember which one:)) about creators' spaces. Doesn't seem to matter where you are, you make it look wonderful and I'm jealous - not to mention your wonderful 'stuff' that comes out of it too!
Posted by: Fi | February 28, 2012 at 12:07 AM
My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I beheld the wonderful, colourful shelves etc.
Looks like a picture from the 'country living' magazine. So proud of you....Aunty P.
Posted by: Pam Hall | February 28, 2012 at 12:32 AM
Wowzers Em! That lloks great. i have mostly kept my studio tidy for a few months now, just shows me that I haven't been that productive lately, because when I work, I am really messy.
Posted by: Georgia | February 28, 2012 at 03:43 AM
I love it all!
Oh, that bookcase is fabulous. :)
Posted by: Holly C. | February 28, 2012 at 05:28 AM
thanks for keeping it real em, the reason yours isn't perfect looking is because you USE it... it's lovely and oh so you..
Posted by: kate | February 28, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Love it! I live in creative chaos, but occasinally I have an OCD day and have to tidy everything up, but mostly it's messy. Well done Em!
Posted by: Jenni Jones | February 28, 2012 at 12:51 PM
BTW.... everyone should check out Kates 2nd pinterest link....made me laugh out loud.
Posted by: Jenni Jones | February 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM
All those fabrics and ribbon, yum, I can't WAIT to see what you bring back from Thailand!! xo
Posted by: Faith | February 29, 2012 at 05:47 AM
Ooooh! i pine for a studio too; living in a sea container doesn't give me much room for creativity (physically and mentally!) but one day.. ONE day... In the meantime I shall live vicariously through your lovely room :)
Posted by: Sasha | March 01, 2012 at 05:57 PM
hey em, i followed your blog years ago when i was a mad scrapbooking mama. your ivy was a wee one then. i'm glad to have stumbled across your blog again. my your small ones have grown {& there is a new blue one on the scene too.} lovely to catch up with your little family!
happiness...
dannelle@nestenterprises
Posted by: dannelle@nestenterprises | March 07, 2012 at 12:45 AM
I am so in love with that bookcase! I've noticed it in the background of other pics before and I don't know if you reply to comments on here at all, but just wondering if it was something you did and if so, how? So very cool!
Posted by: Jen | March 13, 2012 at 07:06 PM