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Monthly Archives: July 2007

new studio is almost wired

I’ve been working too hard. My arms are no longer cooperating and I have had to slow down quite a bit, but I still see some progress and it is exciting to know I am almost done with the wiring work. I am installing 6 recessed lights and one track light fixture, you can see [...]

art creates community and my community creates art

The rock work is done for now and I am deep into putting the electrical wiring in the new studio. I just wanted to share this pretty little stone mosaic my friend Eileen created for the new step to the patio. It’s so nice to have friends who like to make things. We both [...]

new studio will stay dry

The sunken patio is almost completed. The walls are not as pretty as I would have liked, but they are very stable and perfect bench height for a table, which I love. I’m making all sorts of fun plans for the yard, but I need to get back to work on the studio. [...]

moving rocks into the patio/drain for the new studio

Here are a couple pictures of the big hole that will be prepared as a patio at the front of the garage that will soon be my new studio. You can see the natural style french drain at the top of the picture. It is 22 feet long and about a foot wide. I laid [...]

first the landscaping, then the studio

In order to keep the new studio from flooding, I have been working on the property”s drainage system. The old concrete was holding water at the entrance and had to be cut away and then a large rectanglular area was dug along with a deep and long trench for a french drain.  I’m so grateful [...]