Studio Makeover Part 1 Office Chair

Time to get started! Enough talk! Time for ACTION!

And as mentioned in my Studio Makeover post, I decided that my hideously messy office desk was first on the list!

Where to start? Really, truly, my desk was a scary place! So a  good a place as any to start was the chair. (because I was too scared to tackle the desk just yet!)

Old and very sad office chair awaiting a makeover.

She has served me well for near on 10 years, and was a 'little' worse for wear. Screws loose (just like her owner), faded and dirty cover. Just very sad really.

Re -covered (in more ways than one) office chair.

It was rather simple really. Unscrew the back and seat pads and gently remove them from the surrounding plastic shell. If the chair has an upholstered back, prise the back off with a screwdriver.

Take note of how the chair was previously covered and cut your new fabric to the same size as the seat and back pads, allowing at least 3 - 4" extra for overhang.

Place the pads face down on the wrong side of the fabric and start going crazy with a staple gun!
Start with a few staples at the top, stretch the fabric at the bottom then staple there. Carry on from side to side, corner to corner. Stretching the fabric as you go. I'm tellin' ya. You cannot have enough staples!

Replace the pads and there you have it.

Handy hint - if using a print, make sure that the fabric is running the same way for back rest and seat. Not like mine which is upside down on the back rest. Dah!

But now I feel like a princess when I sit down in my chair!

Studio Makeover

OMG! Looks like a bomb has hit my studio!

This is what I want.

This is what Ive got!

Let me start at the beginning. ( a very good place to start... sorry, couldn't help myself there)

I am a textile and mixed media artist with a general A.D.D slant. That being the case, I tend to have a number of projects on the go at once with fingers in many pies.

Unfortunately, both my home and studio tend to be a very a good example of this little slant! Much to dismay of my obsessively tidy and organised husband. Luckily, (for me) he also has much patience, loves me dearly and tends to tidy up after me.

So to keep the peace, I do attempt to keep my 'stuff' to the studio and only small areas of the house where I may be doing a spot of crochet, sorting fleece or other little bits and pieces that can be done of an evening.

Anyhoo, what with it getting busy with both my stores for Xmas. Sesenarts and SesenArts and Crafts, Ive got scarves on the go, ribbons dyeing, photographs to take etc, etc. And they are all happening at the same time in the same space. And its getting scary in there!

Its time to get organised!
Ive always read its best to start with one small space. And that sounds like a good plan to me! So I think it will be the office desk. (and its really scary!) That's my job for this weekend. 

How do you keep your creative bits and pieces organised?