Carolina Elizabeth

For many years I’ve been making ceramics, jewelry, sewing, painting and other creative projects from our dining room. It was called my craft room. We were surprised to see a small space (5 ½’ x 13 ½’) in the garage of our new house that had been created to be a recording studio by the house’s previous owners. It took a week of scraping glue and foam off the walls, filling holes on the walls and floor, new trim, and lots of left over paint from other projects in the house. Almost all the furniture was either found (Recall my hunt for the perfect chair?) or I made it, mostly with wood left after other projects. I am oh sooooooo very happy!!!!

Pink Zinnia with Bowl, 4"x6" Oil on linen panel Sold This post is dedicated to the love of family. In fact, the zinnia in the painting above is from my mother's garden. I believe I've mentioned my visit to a local used book store where I found a task/secretary chair that I fell in love with and thought it would be the perfect studio chair. I fell so hard for that chair that for the first time in my life I had, not one, but two dreams about The Chair, of all things. Anyways, I asked the book store owner if she was willing to sell it. She, of course said "no," since she also loved the chair so. Robert and my parents, who always work hard at making my dreams come true, helped me search the world over for this task/secretary/soon-to-be-studio chair. Robert searched the overwhelming virtual thrift store, also known to some as the World Wide Web; my parents asked some of their clients and searched actual thrift stores; and I would stop and glance at ...