World’s smallest registered in city park :)
Oh my goodness, can we say that summer has officially hit? Maybe. The weather still seems to think that it is spring with the cool temps and the rain. I am not complaining though. I love the coolness and the smell of rain. Though my kids wish for hot sweaty temperatures, I am grateful I am not sweating in my shop.
Since school let out I have been doing vacation, cousin coming live with us for a few weeks, and then getting us used to being together all day everyday. There are outings of course, but that is not something I love to do everyday. So my kids are learning, again, how to be best friends. It’s a struggle some days, and others are just peaceful. There have also been days of tv binging and non stop computer and video games. Mostly the days I just need a bit of a break or uninterrupted shop time. Like getting my lamps finally completed!
These babies have been in the works for longer than I wish they would have been, but being a full time mom means that other things (and people) take priority some days. So when I finally got enough done on them that I really just needed a full day to get things wrapped up and done, I turned on all the devices and my kids vegged. I don’t regret it at all. haha. And my kids loved it too ;) .
Now that these lamps are done and up out of the way waiting for their future homes, it’s time to start going on my next project. I have decided that in order to build my portfolio, I needed to keep building furniture. I cannot just build anything and hope it sells. I don’t have the room for that and I don’t want to just build any furniture on a whim. So I am moving onto my master bedroom. My husband and I have a fairly large room and do not utilize the space. In fact we have lived in our home for 5 years and I still haven’t put pictures on the walls because I don’t like the color or my bed. Our bed is an IKEA bed and has been wonderful. It was affordable to 2 very broke newlyweds. But I have always known it was not what I wanted forever. Well now is the time to change that. In addition to a new bed, I will be making some cabinets and chests for our room. It seems that in order to have a larger Master bedroom, the builders excluded a linens closet. So the linens live in my closet. It’s a bit annoying. So changes are coming and designs are coming. I am excited about it all and I also know that it will take me time. I’m hoping to put down a realistic timeline for myself so that this doesn’t turn into the never ending project.