Designed by Row has been working out of this little shop since last spring. Now I finally have a sign that says so!
Instant Gratification is Overrated
We live in an everything-all-the-time-now-now-now society. From PPV and instant downloads to microwave meals and drive through restaurants to email, Twitter, Facebook and the web, we have the world, in a box, at our fingertips. Our children have been born into this culture. As adults we have grown up with the changes and adapted to …
No More Leaks!
We have recently made another big improvement on the design studio for DbR. J took a weekend and put a new roof on my building. It was another exciting, and vitally important, step in completing it before winter. We had been having some very heavy rainstorms and found that the old roof was leaking terribly. …
Design Studio Interior Complete!!
The inside of my shop is officially finished and I have moved in. What a relief and an absolute blessing to have this space available to me. I feel the inspiration swell when I sit down at my computer to work. My printers and new vinyl cutter are all working beautifully and I am so …
Design Studio Update
The smell of pine is in the air, as the boards go on the wall, one by one. The transformation is amazing. The ceiling is in, painted and the lighting is up. My new front door is in and just waiting for an open sign. J and M started putting up the tongue and groove …
Design Studio Beginning to Take Shape
Since I finished tearing out the insulation, changes have been happening very quickly at the shop. J and M have rewired the whole building, replaced a few boards, pulled out the old windows, replaced the front ones with shiny, clean new ones and boarded the back wall up. They have now started putting in new …
Interior Shop Demolition is Done!
This past weekend I hit the turn-around point in the shop renovations. I finished pulling out the rest of the insulation from the walls and J helped to remove a lot of the stuff that was still cluttering the floor. He and a friend of ours has begun the rewiring, to be finished tomorrow. Their …
Design Studio Update
Life has been pretty busy lately, so I hadn’t initially planned to get any work done on the shop this weekend. Surprisingly, however, I ended up spending a few hours both yesterday and today wreaking havoc on the interior. Demolition is fun! I stripped the ceiling of panels and began removing insulation from the walls. …
Big step forward in Shop renovation
I spent the first two days of the New Year working towards getting my design studio renovated. January 1 my father came in and helped me remove the large bench on the front wall. We quickly found out that my grandfather was not afraid to use nails, screws and a combination of the two. After …
Window shopping
J and I spent over an hour at our local hardware store wandering the aisles and pricing out my wish list for DbR’s Shop revitalization. We looked at windows and doors, flooring, cabinets, shelving units, lighting (inside and outside) and counter tops. The photos of the Shop may not look any different this week, but the …
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