I have a studio!

Yesterday morning, after Jon left for work, I left a note on the dining room table to ask Jon to help me on his day off cleaning out and organizing the basement and helping me find a place to set up a "studio". I've always thought I'd end up using the sunny corner of the basement for my studio space. But the basement is damp, messy, full of junk we ought to get rid of, and uninviting. Still, we don't have many options.

About 4:00 when he got off work he phoned and asked if I wanted to go out to eat. We rarely eat out, so I was excited and said yes. By the time he got home to pick me up I'd put on a nice dress and some make up. We went to a little, strange, but good Italian restaurant that I had no idea even existed! During dinner Jon said, "I have an idea. Why don't we turn the dining room or a corner of the living room into a studio for you." I asked if he'd read my note on the table. He said he hadn't seen the note. I laughed and told him what it said. Talk about being on the same page.

This morning we moved the dining room table into the living room. The living room is large, and there is a huge window at one end. We dropped the leaves so the table is two person size, found a rug in the basement to put under it, and it looks cute as can be in front of that window. Then, in the (former) dining room, we brought up the glass table from the basement, my easle (tabletop kind) and my other stuff. I'll spend the rest of today cleaning spider webs and bugs off everything and organizing. But, hey, I have an inviting place to work!! And a pretty darned good husband!