Time to Overhaul the Studio
Before – Very Dusty
Mid- Way Through – Not Dusty, but a big old mess
For the past couple of months, I have noticed the dust accumulation on my office shelves. Every so often I would kind of swipe the exposed parts with a feather duster, but I knew it was a half measure and that massive dust deposits were lurking behind every photograph and object d’art. I was just too darn busy to deal with it.
But this past weekend, (not that I wasn’t busy, in fact I was very busy) I could stand it no longer and decided I would just get out the Endust. Well, one thing led to another and now in addition to dusting the shelves I find myself going through boxes of photographs, kids art work ( they are now 20 and 22) and trying to find a container big enough for my 10 paint fan decks and all the little paint swatches I obsessively hoard every time I am in Home Depot or Lowes.
This dusting job has gotten totally out of hand. I really admire artists and designers who have all of their supplies well organized and displayed. It is strange that I can do it for other people but I think it is very hard to organize yourself. That is why I found it amusing that my friend Robyn organized one of my kitchen cupboards yesterday after the party we had. I hated that cabinet. It was full of serving platters balanced precariously on top of one another. Every time I went to take out one to put the meat on to take out to grill they would all come tumbling out. I would just smush them back in and think to myself. I just hate this cabinet full of platters.
I am now about 30% done on the shelving. But the thing is, now all of the crap I don’t know what to do with is on my conference table. I am 0% done with organizing the stuff on the conference table which will take organizing my office closet so that it has somewhere to go. No wonder I don’t dust very often.
