I have been looking forward to this day (not July 4th particularly) moving day, for what feels like a long time.  A little over a year ago one of our daughters needed to move back home for a while.  That meant I needed to relinquish much of the space in "my" studio/craft/guest room so she could have a place to sleep, watch tv, talk on the phone, work on the computer, etc.  I moved my computer/design desk into our bedroom, emptied all my fabrics, etc. out of the storage chest and cleared out the closet.  She's still here, much to her dismay, but gone most of the time, and still planning to move.  To be fair, it must be really hard to move "back home" after being out in the world for eight years. 

So, we talked about the fact "my room" sits unloved and mostly unused much of the time while she is gone 5 days of the week.  We all agreed I could move back in, or at least my computer desk/design space and she would pack up a bit of the things that haven't been touched since she moved back home.  

Today was the day!  I'm now back in the room where I can look at my current completed designs and have handy all my thread samples and all the other beads, sequins, markers, paints, etc. etc. handy.  And next week we plan to visit our closest Ikea store to check out the Expedit shelves. It is supposed to have an optional work table that extends out perpendicularly about 4 feet and seems like it would be a great place for marking and taping all the canvases for classes.  Pretty exciting! 

I'll report in on if the Expedit shelves work out.  If they do, we hope to slowly change over to them and move to the garage the unpainted bookshelves I've been using for close to (I hate to say it) 20 years. 

Feels good to be sitting here....home again.