My Fabulous Creative Space!

For downloadable plans for this little cottage CLICK HERE

Awhile back I promised a step by step of the building of my studio.  My husband and I built this together.  We did it in panels so we could take it apart for transport.  We started on it in mid-December so we built it inside our factory building in an unused area rather than onsite.  (Dec for us is snowy and rainy, plus DANG cold)

We started with the floor (of course) and then built each wall on it, we made sure it was level and square so it made a great surface for assembling each wall panel. You can see the first wall lying on top of the floor. The size of the building is 12' x 12'. 

Here is the first wall panel being lifted into place. My husband used all sorts of rigging to aid us.

The back wall was built next and raised into place, we used the 2 x 4's here to hold the walls upright while we built the side walls.

Securing the first sidewall.

And the the last sidewall.  Lookin' pretty good!

The beauty of such a tall ceiling is we were able to make a loft for storage.

Here I am nailing down the flooring of the loft, it was way up there!

Next came rafters.

Then the windows and doors!

I just love these French Doors, plus they open wide for big items to be brought in for fixing up.

The next move was to take it down and haul it to it's spot in our back yard!

Primer, then paint and a decorative doo dad!

We painted it the same color as our house.

And Voila!  A fabulous space to paint, refurbish furnture and what not!

I will share a few shots from inside one day soon!

I never tire of retreating here to paint, mostly signs for my small website business

 Pamela

PS: for a glimpse into the interior click here:The Inside Scoop

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I was asked how I shrank these buttons...here is the link to the blog I found the instructions on:
http://mmscrapshoppe.blogspot.com/2010/04/shrink-that-button.html