My Art Room
A Big Piece of Art at the Heart of the House
I love all the rooms in my house, but this one especially. By workday, it’s a simple second office for The Book Couple. By night and weekend, it becomes a place to explore all the inner workings of my right brain and make a mess in the process.
The art and decorations on the walls have been growing for years. I love how spaces for other people’s artwork just open up when I’ve been gifted a piece of art or purchased one. And I love how the room is constantly transforming and evolving as I bring in more stuff and supplies to satisfy my latest creative urge.
Have a Walk Around . . .
Housed inside this cabinet are all of my DIY ingredients for lip balm, body butter, and massage oil . . . along with blocks of soap just waiting to fulfill their purpose . . . and a computer, of course, because no creative space is complete without one. Boxes and trunks line the walls, and inside them, well, is years’ worth of odds and ends for when the mood strikes to attach pieces of things together to make a whole.
I keep a collection of my soaps handy for when an order comes in, but I often run low and find myself making fresh batches quite often. I’ve also amassed quite a collection of essential oils and use them in my DIY products and my soaps—and in my daily life. These are just the open ones.
Other People’s Artwork in the Art Room
Bubble Babe by Sean Kenniff, author of my favorite book, Etre the Cow, and
A bite-size sunrise over the water by my friend Kim Weiss, author of Sunrise, Sunset.
A dog with a kissable nose on green background by my friend Dawn Maslar, author of Men Chase, Women Choose.
A glowing fairy created from an advanced paint-by-numbers by the bird-loving and creative Denise Lakos.
Birds by James Killman, my dad. Notice he bowled a 300 game and that he was the world’s best dad.
Little Moon Cat by
Yoga lady meditating, creative placement of image by Leeann Angelone, my friend
Reproduction of man and wolf by Michael Castellanos, my son. Unfortunately, I don’t recall the name of the original illustration, but Michael reproduced it in this pencil drawing.