The junk has been put away, the mirrors are up, the extra furniture has been given to friends, and I believe the studio is about done. I have a couple of minor items that still need to be mounted on the walls, but we're talking maybe another half hour's worth of work.

I'm absolutely, positively thrilled with this space. I don't see myself actually USING it until the house is more finished, but it's here waiting for me. I've heard it calling once or twice, but right now it's a very quiet call. I'm sure it will become more insistent as time goes on.

My computer desk is very well set up for my needs. I have all the organizational space I need in a very small area.

I even found an out of the way place for the orange stegosaurus collection. I managed to cull quite a few knickknacky items that I don't really need, but the stegs had to stay.

One final change. I was getting sick of the storage shelves looking like an unkempt attic. The more stuff I stored up there, the more messy the whole room looked. I made up some simple curtains to hang in front of the boxes. Once again, I suspect that this is a design decision that would make a real decorator gnash his teeth, but it seemed the best solution for the problem. Besides, I'm not particularly worried about this room being a little strange or tacky. (If I were, I wouldn't be decorating with my masquerade award ribbons...) It hid an area of clutter, and it works for me. It even makes me think of a stage, so that puts me in a good frame of mind for costuming. An extra advantage that I noticed is that now more light reflects into the work area, rather than disappearing into the shadows of the boxes.