A Brilliant Idea--NOT!

I've been in this house now for about seven months.

I've mostly found everything, mostly.

I've hauled away a lot of "Stuff" as donations.

(More to come-I have a goal of reducing my "Stuff" by 50%.)

I've figured out that in spite of a wonderful walk-in closet my studio 

just doesn't work.

Plus, I really miss having a dedicated office space.

Having all the flotsam and jetsam of life 

plus all the research stuff scattered about the house

leaves me scattered as well.

So.

I have an unfinished basement

of about 800 square feet.

Moving the studio into that space and the office into the current studio is underway.

First, I need to make the basement more habitable without spending 

a small fortune!

Paint is always the go to for me so I decided to paint the walls and the ceiling.

Complete with pipes, wires and HVAC vents.

Yeah, well, NO!

I spent several hours priming pipes, vents, etc so they would hold paint on Sunday.

Yesterday, I spent most of the day painting this!

Not even a quarter of the ceiling done.

That's as far as I got before my shoulder (and other body parts) just gave up.

Apparently, in my 6th decade I cannot do what I did in my 3rd decade!

I knew that.

Sort of.

I forget though.

New plan for the ceiling is needed.

I have an idea but I want to see if its possible first!

First now, comes paint on the walls.

Paint on the floor.

Possibly an electrician to add outlets.

Then the ceiling.

I want to cover the ceiling but still be able to access everything mechanical.

While a drop ceiling would be lovely it's too many dollars!

On other fronts,

I've finished the quilting on Sparkling Nines-only binding to go!

I've done a bit of yard work,

and nearly have the garage clean!

Suffering through 95F (35C) with heat indices of 105 F (40C).

Breathing water it's so humid.

I really can not wait for fall.