studio space

Lily has an art area in our house. We have a tiny space in the back of the kitchen that could be called a breakfast nook. If you're using the term loosely. Very loosely. Anyway, most days you can find Lily in her art area. She spends a lot of time their unwinding after school and it's sometimes where I send her when she's starting to get a little wild. I'm pretty sure it's her favorite place in the house. And I'm pretty sure that if I would let her, she would take all of her art supplies and take them to her room and use that as her studio.

The above picture is a bit of a daydream of mine. Someday....someday....we will move from this house. And when our new home search begins, on the list of my deal breakers for the next house? An art studio for Lily. And not just a tiny "breakfast nook" off the kitchen. A whole room where she can paint the walls, spill stuff on the floor and let her love for art explode.

One of Tom's deal breakers for the next house is a big garage. He owns a vintage car that he'd like to restore at our house. Maybe a part of Tom's giant garage could be partitioned off to become Lily's art space. Or maybe there will be an extra room in our new basement that Lily can take over. How we're going to make it work remains to be seen. But it will happen.

Until this happens Lily's making it work with what she has. Lily has gated off her area with a baby gate and last night she hung a sign on the gate: No People Allowed. Art is an important part of Lily's life and she can't be bothered with people while she's creating. Yes, ma'am.