I have been lucky enough to have a room of my own for much of my life, but I have never had a studio of my own. Not unless you include the bedroom I had as a teenager. [where I bought my craft supplies: Stockport Market with now-demolished cooling tower, 1970s]
Blimey - 1970s Stockport tights were cheap! 4p = 79p in today’s money = 1 foot of a pair of Snag tights. Though Snag almost certainly have a better colour range. Jane - tempted to write a post on hosiery?!
I love the sound of your teenage bedroom! I think I am always slightly trying to recover the teenage me who spent her time making clothes out of charity shop curtains, painting pictures of geraniums and reading virago modern classics with the fan heater blasting (to my dad's irritation). It was very, very uncool at the time but is as appealing to me now as it was then... except now I don't have a teenage bedroom, and my teenagers are more interested in commandeering my desk (in the corner of the living room) instead of using their own rooms. Perhaps their rooms need a baby belling? Thank you for your lovely posts!
I’m quietly repurposing otherwise nondescript rooms at home. First oldest son’s (former) bedroom. Now another space that is gradually morphing into the place where I make and mend things. An advantage of remaining in our family home after the ‘children’ have long gone.
Agreed… milk bottle and sink are sometimes just that…. Your love of colour has spilled into my world…. And my wee studio…. Currently, bravely, working on an aqua, purple, and pink quilt…. It’s glorious! Although it would be a stretch to hang a print of pink tin in my kitchen…
What a lovely treat your posts are on a Sunday morning (electric blanket on, cup of tea on bedside table, almost-finished novel by my side). Mention of Honey and Petticoat took me back to when print media was a lifeline away from an otherwise dreary reality. And Nova! And the Biba catalogue! My bedroom walls here and now suddenly seem very tame.
And yes, sometimes a tap and a milk bottle are just a tap and a milk bottle.
What a great post! St Paul’s Studios are up there with St Paul’s Cathedral and the Michelin building as my favourite architecture. And endorsed by the fact that Margot Fonteyn had one as her home/studio. When we drove into Town from West London along the A4 (sadly no longer, because of a thirsty ancient, sorry, Classic, vehicle and ULEZ ) I asked my husband to slow down so I could try to look inside; great vantage point from a Landrover. And Matisse’s audio is perfect. I love that in later life like Proust he worked in bed painting on a broomstick.
Thankyou Jane for a bright start to Sundays in my inbox!
Blimey - 1970s Stockport tights were cheap! 4p = 79p in today’s money = 1 foot of a pair of Snag tights. Though Snag almost certainly have a better colour range. Jane - tempted to write a post on hosiery?!
I love the sound of your teenage bedroom! I think I am always slightly trying to recover the teenage me who spent her time making clothes out of charity shop curtains, painting pictures of geraniums and reading virago modern classics with the fan heater blasting (to my dad's irritation). It was very, very uncool at the time but is as appealing to me now as it was then... except now I don't have a teenage bedroom, and my teenagers are more interested in commandeering my desk (in the corner of the living room) instead of using their own rooms. Perhaps their rooms need a baby belling? Thank you for your lovely posts!
I’m quietly repurposing otherwise nondescript rooms at home. First oldest son’s (former) bedroom. Now another space that is gradually morphing into the place where I make and mend things. An advantage of remaining in our family home after the ‘children’ have long gone.
Oh, Matisse's studio ... !
Agreed… milk bottle and sink are sometimes just that…. Your love of colour has spilled into my world…. And my wee studio…. Currently, bravely, working on an aqua, purple, and pink quilt…. It’s glorious! Although it would be a stretch to hang a print of pink tin in my kitchen…
What a lovely treat your posts are on a Sunday morning (electric blanket on, cup of tea on bedside table, almost-finished novel by my side). Mention of Honey and Petticoat took me back to when print media was a lifeline away from an otherwise dreary reality. And Nova! And the Biba catalogue! My bedroom walls here and now suddenly seem very tame.
And yes, sometimes a tap and a milk bottle are just a tap and a milk bottle.
What a great post! St Paul’s Studios are up there with St Paul’s Cathedral and the Michelin building as my favourite architecture. And endorsed by the fact that Margot Fonteyn had one as her home/studio. When we drove into Town from West London along the A4 (sadly no longer, because of a thirsty ancient, sorry, Classic, vehicle and ULEZ ) I asked my husband to slow down so I could try to look inside; great vantage point from a Landrover. And Matisse’s audio is perfect. I love that in later life like Proust he worked in bed painting on a broomstick.
Thankyou Jane for a bright start to Sundays in my inbox!