You Guys...

I am so excited. I just spent three hours helping Travis move into his new art studio. That he built himself. From a crappy one car garage someone gave him for free. Seriously.

It has taken YEARS to get to this point (and a lot of blood sweat and um, swearing on Trav's part(oh, and money. Because these kinds of projects always go over budget.)

But I'm getting ahead of myself. First of all, did you know that Travis can make nothing into something? Or crappy into amazing? For real? I am not exaggerating.

Case in point: THIS was the garage before:

I confess that my first thought when I saw this building was,
"Um, why are we putting an old rickety garage in our back yard?

The back view.

And then I saw the inside of the building:

And I thought, "So you're going create fine art in this thing?"

 Of course, I kept those comments to myself.  Because this guy:

A guy who always has a master plan.

Well, that guy can do anything.  And he sees potential in things others don't.  I sometimes get frustrated by this quality (i.e. keeping of what I see as junk for future projects), but usually he amazes me.

Check out how LITTLE the girls are when we got this garage.
Zella is on the left still in her tiny glasses, then cousin Grace and Madeline.
With Granny, of course.

It has taken a long time, but it was worth the wait.  It's not completely finished, but here is an after (for now) of the outside of the building.

Wait until you see the inside.  You will be amazed. 

I am too tired to go take pictures.  I'll probably wait until we get the rest moved in.

I'm so happy he will finally have this space for his own.  Oh, and now I get the room that housed all this stuff in our house.  So I'm happy for me too,  Win, win, right?

Yours sincerely,

Lori

P.s. forgive the formatting issues.  It is 2 a.m. and I am too tired to figure out why I can't fix it.

Old Garage Studio

Remember when I said I think of Travis as a professional problem solver? Well part of the reason I think that is he can take anything and make it into something. (Okay, he's also an artist...that may have something to do with it.)


He took this old one car garage someone gave him for free:

Can you believe this was free? lol

Side view, before

and it is turning it into something beautiful. When I saw an old, ugly, useless building, he saw a future art studio. He solved his problem of no creative space in our current home.

Front view, after...LOVE the windows!

Side view, after

As far as the inside goes, it is thisclose to being done. Electrical, insulation, sheet rock, fixtures, painting, floor DONE. Next up, trim.

At least moving his stuff in will be easy since it's attached to our garage. :) I love that he positioned some of the windows so he could watch the girls play on the swing set in the backyard.


Can't wait! I'll share photos of the inside soon.