Big changes at Festung Borislav. Well I finally reached my
limit, and as my nephew used to say when he was a kid: "Enough is enough!"
I have recently been painting up a storm, primarily 1/72 HaT Prussians as
Nabburgers and Leutonians, and my painting bench has reached saturation. As a
result of this, a couple of weeks ago my painting ground to halt. It did so
because I spent 20 minutes looking for a colour, only to find that it was right
in front of me, buried and hidden behind
another pot of paint. This was the proverbial final straw. It gave me the
impetus to finally finish my study/library/painting bench. Located in a corner
of the basement that is the coolest in the summer and the warmest in the winter,
it promises to be sanctuary from the chaos of the world. Although not quite all
done yet, the shelves that will hold my
paints are drying in the garage as I write this, and my books need to be taken
out of the boxes, where they have been stored for some time, and arranged on
the shelves (not visible in the pictures). All in all I am extremely happy with
my efforts. I really think that the clutter and disorganisation was part of the
reason that my painting output is so slow and erratic. Sometimes it's hard for
me to get motivated when I have to spend several minutes clearing a suitable
space and putting the required colours at hand. Too often I just walk away and
find something else to do, instead of going through this routine! It also didn't help that my painting area was squeezed into the furnace/laundry room Once everything is ship-shape and Bristol fashion I will
post all of the finished results. In the mean time, some pictures to illustrate
the before and after.
One thing that the picture doesn't show is how small my old painting area was. It only measured 2'x3'.
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| Old messy bench |
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| Another shot of the mess. |
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| New clean bench. |
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| New building bench, not so clean, yet. |
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| My favourite part: the reading area. |
What a great painting area. I especially like the reading section. Good lighting and a very nice chair. Outstanding!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Mark! It's a lot better than what I had before. The reading area is the best part of the room for me. What is not visible in the picture is that to the left of the chair is a series of shelves. These are for my favourite books, with almost an entire shelf dedicated to the SYW.
DeleteI agree it is great to have everything tidy and encourages you to do more. It is important to have a system where you can find the colour you want reasonably quickly, good luck with it
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris! It's funny how something as simple as a tidy space can affect one's mood. The funny thing is that my work space where I am employed is completely, some say pedantically, organised, with everything clean, in its spot and no junk strewn about. I am not sure what this says about me on a psychological level;)
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