I’ve been working on revamping my art studio. It’s always felt like a basement (it IS in the basement) but I’ve had improvements in mind that would make it feel more inspiring. When I first started my art studio looked like this:
Over time it’s slowly been transformed into a space that I can really use. The first step was painting the walls:
Then Brett helped me build an wall easel system using 2x4x that can be easily moved and adjusted:
But still something felt off…maybe it was too cluttered…not to mention that the floor was always gritty from the cement. Then I woke up a few days ago and decided that I needed to paint the floor white!
It didn’t take that long to paint. I should have done this a long time ago. Here’s a short time-lapse:
Painting the floor suddenly makes the room seem bigger and also brighter and cheerier. Brett placed that big piece of 4’x8′ styrofoam on the floor so I could test out the size before we actually build a worktable:
The past few days I’ve been moving everything back into the space. And now I could spend all day down there! It stays about 60 degrees all year round. I’m feeling inspired.
Here are a few links to the studios of famous artists…I love seeing artists in their work environment:
Norman Rockwell’s Studio (so neat and orderly!)
I could list a dozen more but I’m hungry and can’t write anymore!
Wow, what an amazing transformation!! shows the power of paint and particularly white for brightening spaces!!! Good luck and thank you for showing your lovely studio, maybe moving into such a space as well, so LOTS of white is the key!! take care from Iowa
Can you share or email what paint you used? We have done the garage floor paint from lowes not once but twice and spent over $150, only to habe it all peeling up within about 2 years. I would love to do something like this in our basement!
It looks great!
My husband and I were just talking last night about painting our basement floor.
I’d also love to know what kind of paint you used.
How fun! The white floor is definitely much better and makes everything look brighter and bigger. Let your inspiration flow freely and enjoy!!!
Looks great, Ashley! Any plans on doing a ceiling?
Oooh! That looks awesome!! I love your basement studio. Do you have good lighting? I mean, does it ever effect the colors when you’re ‘arting’?
I struggle in unnatural light, night painting etc, the colors look off. Maybe I need to change to different kinds of bulbs.