Jocelyn's store, A Beautiful Day, is not a BIG store and the back area where she intends to keep that giant cart is particularly small. So that lead to her thinking she might have to get rid of something to make a little room. "There is that big work table I could get rid of" she said. My ears perked right up. Work table? You have a work table you'd like to get rid of. Let's talk.
To understand my excitment you'd have to know a little bit about my work area. I have a small room, which used to be my husbands office until I slowly pushed him out - "You have an office" I said, "It's where you work". This room has a "project table from Pottery Barn ( I know now that the designers from Pottery Barn never had a project to work on - the surface area is way too small) and another makeshift table from Ikea. I have all of my art, craft and jewelry making supplies crammed into this area leaving me with little space to actually create.
After some imaginary rearranging and a little dreaming, it dawned on me. I need a third table! Then I would have a table for sewing, for paper arts and a table for making jewelry. So when Jocelyn said those magic words, you can imagine my delight.
The table is an old Farm House table, a little beat up, with some paint on the top, but it was going to be a WORK table so I didn't mind. This table actually belonged to our friend Rosemary. I offered her $50 for it and she was happy. I was happy too.
Now Jocelyn, being the GREAT friend that she is (I hope you are reading this Jocelyn) had a LOT of work to do because, not only does she own her store, she also runs a floral design business in the back (i.e. the giant cart). But I had gotten SO excited about this table that I started rearranging and moving things before Rosemary had even agreed to sell it to me. I was in limbo. I couldn't do a thing in my studio until I had that table. Not only did Jocelyn have a lot of work, she also had her son's 8th grade graduation to attend. But she took time to clear off that table (I did help there) and help me load it into my car (which it didn't fit in all the way) tie it in with a piece of found burlap and put a red ribbon on the liftgate. She is the BEST. I offered to help her with her flower arrangements. She said "I don't have time to train an assistant". I offered to bring her dinner if she worked too late. She grunted. I told her I loved her. All she said was "Just get out of here, would you!" Well I never......
We got the table in the car. That was the easy part. I won't go into it in too much detail but it was much like trying to get that giant cart into Jocelyn's car. This big, heavy table had to go upstairs! My daughter Olivia and her friend Brittany helped me. It was laborious and NOT fun, but we did it. My table is in place, I threw a table cloth on top and it is where I make jewelry. Now my studio is organized and I can work in a much more pleasant environment.
I LOVE my new table!
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| The Farm Table with Table Cloth Where I make Jewelry |
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| My Paper Crafting Table |
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| The Pottery Barn Project Table and now My Sewing Table |
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| My Computer Desk |
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