{"id":2531,"date":"2017-03-10T04:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T07:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:23:50","slug":"finishing-up-the-new-art-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2531","title":{"rendered":"Finishing Up The New Art Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I am down to all the finishing touches on the new art studio.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here you can see I finally got all my sheets of stained glass out of the house and back into the cabinet where they belong safe and sound!\u00a0 Yay!!\u00a0 Only chipped the corner of one piece.\u00a0 I thought that was a pretty good accomplishment.\u00a0 It took me months and months of carrying a few sheets out at a time every time I went out back.\u00a0\u00a0 As you can see I have a lot of beautiful stained glass to work with.\u00a0 I have it all organized by brand and by fusible and non-fusible, and have one cubby for my glass rods for lampwork or flamework glass bead making.\u00a0 This will make everything very easy to access when I want to create!!<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2535\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2022-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I started grouting the tile on the new counter top, messy, but a necessity.\u00a0 My wonderful Hubby, Rick, got the trim board mounted on the front of the counter top.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2534\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2011-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally all the grouting mess is done and the tile cleaned!!!\u00a0 Yay!!!<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2539\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2047-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">My two 110 Kilns and my microwave are now reposing on the new counter top in their new home.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2540\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2050-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I am back to finishing the painting of the floor!\u00a0 You can also see I put spray foam in the crack in the floor between the two units to seal it up.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2536\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2025-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Prepping the next section of the floor for paint, under the window on the South side.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2537\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2028-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">In between waiting on paint, grout and caulk to dry, and while cleaning out the old art studio upstairs in the house, I found this old Dave&#8217;s Insanity hot sauce bottle rack.\u00a0 I stuck it away some years ago on a shelf and forgot I had it, thinking I could use it for something.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2533\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17264578_10212398744154157_5012803112742007579_n-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I flipped it upside down, and got my wonderful Hubby to cut a dowel and drill holes in it for the dowel.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2532\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17103754_10212398744594168_2415722529544484770_n-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I put a couple of coats of some pretty blue paint on it and, presto change o, I now have a new &#8220;upcycled&#8221;\/&#8221;recycled&#8221; rack for my spools of bead stringing wire and my small pliers, cutters and crimping tools!!!\u00a0 I love my little rack!!<\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2538 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2042.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2042-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2042-300x300.jpg 300w, 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Here you can see I finally got all my sheets of stained glass out of the house and back into the cabinet where they belong safe and sound!\u00a0 Yay!!\u00a0 Only chipped the corner of one piece.\u00a0 I thought that was a pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[501,459,367,15,1,445,47,53,26,460],"tags":[150,234,533,510,470,365,379,536,378,464,497],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BWVc-EP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2522,"url":"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2522","url_meta":{"origin":2531,"position":0},"title":"New Art Studio, Almost Done","author":"Christina","date":"March 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest update on the New Art Studio.\u00a0 It is almost done. 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