Here is the original 'shed' - an old garage with a pull-up garage door - very drafty in the winter, and leaky too. We wanted to take this door off, frame a wall in it's place, and build it in to seal the space and make it into Isy's art studio. We lacked the necessary skills until our brother-in-law Phil came to visit after Christmas, and volunteered his precious holiday time to do some building!
The door is removed and the space has been measured up, and Phil has already built the frame before lunch on the first day of the project! Once all framed-up, we stood the thing up, moved it into the space, and with a few taps of the mallet, it squeezed snugly into place - incredible work Phil!
With the frame in, we clad the wall with masonite (cement) sheets done in a faux wood grain finish. Phil had designed the wall to have a row of 5 small window spaces to give some light but to keep the space private and secure. Here he is cutting out the window holes. Little wooden frames were then made and tapped into the space - another series of perfect fits!
Phil and Karl after a hard day's work - the wall is up and the window frames in. Phil cut the glass window panes back in his Melbourne factory (glass with a bubbled pattern to match the era of the house), and sent them to us in the mail. I fitted these later, as well as building in the wall on the inside - things I could do relatively unassisted now that Phil was back home in Melbourne!
Here is the final product - painted in heritage colours to match the house colours. Looks great (don't you think Phil!) Isy is thrilled to have a 'new' studio, and the first painting sold within minutes of the show opening! Isy says the light coming in from the windows is perfect!
Here is the original 'shed' - an old garage with a pull-up garage door - very drafty in the winter, and leaky too. We wanted to take this door off, frame a wall in it's place, and build it in to seal the space and make it into Isy's art studio. We lacked the necessary skills until our brother-in-law Phil came to visit after Christmas, and volunteered his precious holiday time to do some building!
The door is removed and the space has been measured up, and Phil has already built the frame before lunch on the first day of the project! Once all framed-up, we stood the thing up, moved it into the space, and with a few taps of the mallet, it squeezed snugly into place - incredible work Phil!
With the frame in, we clad the wall with masonite (cement) sheets done in a faux wood grain finish. Phil had designed the wall to have a row of 5 small window spaces to give some light but to keep the space private and secure. Here he is cutting out the window holes. Little wooden frames were then made and tapped into the space - another series of perfect fits!
Phil and Karl after a hard day's work - the wall is up and the window frames in. Phil cut the glass window panes back in his Melbourne factory (glass with a bubbled pattern to match the era of the house), and sent them to us in the mail. I fitted these later, as well as building in the wall on the inside - things I could do relatively unassisted now that Phil was back home in Melbourne!
Here is the final product - painted in heritage colours to match the house colours. Looks great (don't you think Phil!) Isy is thrilled to have a 'new' studio, and the first painting sold within minutes of the show opening! Isy says the light coming in from the windows is perfect!
What a great project....when did you guys actually do this? Was it recently?
ReplyDeleteWe did it in January in the summer, so that I had a studio to work in! (I had 7 months of no painting, which was the longest stretch of not painting in 15 yrs!)
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