Current State of My Studio
Today I cleaned out my studio in preparation for new carpet on Wednesday. Moving all of my fabric and tables and supplies out of this room took quite a while.
Then came the fun. I ripped out the carpet myself, with help from my son and cats. Six years ago when I got my kids their first cats my daughter picked out a declawed cat from the animal shelter. I never declaw my cats so this was a new thing for me. Unfortunately, Dorothy had very bad litter box manners. As in, she preferred my studio floor to the litter box.
I read later this is a very common behavior for declawed cats and it’s not surprising her previous owners gave her away. Sadly, this cat disappeared one night after about 7 months at my house. My daughter was crushed. I can’t say I was quite as sad. My daughters current cat has claws and doesn’t have this feature - yay.
I am sealing the cement floor so the odor will finally go away. This little issue in my studio hasn’t been much fun the last 6 years. I dumped huge amounts of Natures Miracle on the carpet and it wasn’t noticeable most of the time, just the hot humid days, which we don’t have very often in Colorado. Now it’s time to seal the cement so the problem is gone for good.
With no studio to work in for the next few days I will be completely focused on house stuff. The painting is done. This week is carpet and final landscaping and home repair details. One more week and the house will be on the market.
Posted by Lisa in: Being an Artist
Tagged: cats, Moving, studio
Veronica Funk said,
May 26, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Isn’t it unfortunate that we make our homes look the best when we’re about to leave them?
Stacey Peterson said,
May 27, 2008 @ 7:46 am
I was about to say the same as Veronica - once I’m done fixing up the house to sell, I always wonder why I hadn’t done it all while I was living there!! Good luck with a quick sale of your house - sounds like you’ll have it in great shape for showing. We had 57 showings of our house in 8 weeks on the market - thank goodness we weren’t living there for most of that time -I would have gone crazy!
Lisa Call said,
May 27, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
I’ve thought about this question quite a bit as I have been doing all the work. I’m not sure what the answer is - but it might give me something to blog this week since there isn’t much art going on right now :)
Wow Stacey - that’s a lot of showings in 8 weeks. I have plans for my house to sell in 2 weeks or less. I’ve got 2 people already waiting to see the house so that’s a good sign!