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Posted by Hosanna Houser
Today’s TV Tuesday blog post written by Hosanna, Lead Crafter at Television and slightly OCD. Ok, so I hear it a lot. “Who is the obsessive person who put these up?” And I have to admit I did it. Sure, it seems above and beyond being organized, but with so many people in and out …
Tags: Craft Department, home decor, ideas, organizing, template
Posted on April 21st, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Corinne Gill
We got such a great response to our posts about the craft room, we thought it would be fun to show you where we work when were not working, if you know what I mean. So, for the next few weeks, every Thursday we will give a small studio tour of our personal crafting spaces …
Tags: crafts, desk project, home decor, leather
Posted on April 16th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Marcie McGoldrick
CLOSET BEFORE I recently moved into a new apartment and decided to turn one of the closets into a desk. I bought the surface, shelf and cabinet below from Ikea. I had to cut the surface and shelf to fit and then mounted 3 wood slats to the wall to support the desk surface. I …
Tags: bulletin board, desk project, space saving
Posted on April 6th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Nick Andersen
It’s great to get a fresh start in the new Craft room. We decided to put the sewing station in the corner. The wall of windows provides a great view of the city and a lot of light, perfect for sewing. We got a large table for the new Pfaff creative 2.0, it looks amazing. I have …
Tags: moving, sewing
Posted on March 6th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Corinne Gill
Athena, Blake & Marcie sorting ribbons in the old craft room. Almost unpacked in the new craft room. I pieced these together in photoshop using a bunch of smaller shots. I really wasn’t sure how they would turn out while taking the pictures. Though they’re not perfect by any means, I think they really …
Tags: moving
Posted on March 4th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Blake Ramsey
We’ve finally made the big move! Our offices and craft rooms at 42nd street have been painstakingly transferred to the Starrett Lehigh building in Chelsea. Though we had become quite attached to our space in mile-a-minute midtown, I think I could get used to this peaceful spot on the Hudson River, nestled amidst some of …
Tags: moving
Posted on March 4th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Corinne Gill
In preparation for the big move, I was in charge of going through all our paper files (we had 8 of them with 4 drawers each), eliminating damaged sheets & reorganizing the pieces left over. Though it made a huge mess of our hallway, we loved the way that each drawer of color made a …
Tags: moving
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Corinne Gill
Moving the office was a huge task for all of us. As Marcie said, the department had been in that space for 15 years. Even though none of us had been there that long, we still somehow managed to settle in like we had. The before & after shots are pretty fun…
Tags: before & after, moving
Posted on February 27th, 2009 in Open Studio | direct link to this entry |