Finally Back To It!

So I've been gone for almost a month.  Which is due to flu and recovering from that and just in general dealing with allergy stuff on top of recovering.  And you know, that work thing that allows me to continue with my hobby.

Working for a restaurant company makes any health issue problematic and a widespread problem can really damage a small business.  So we're all waiting to hear what steps are being taken beyond the common sense caution advised.  And we're not sure if those of us that could work from home will be told to or if we'll be working in smaller shifts in the office.  It's all still up in the air at the moment.

So fingers crossed we all can figure something out.  Small businesses are really going to suffer no matter how much government help we might get (eventually).

I've been working on hollowing out the books my husband got for me. You recall the box o' books?

This is only one stack of the paper that will get recycled.

Soooo much paper!

But I only have two more books to hollow out.  See?

I spent some time today working on a floorplan and figuring out the measurements.

I'm thinking 17 1/2 inches wide and 11 1/2 inches deep.  Though I might take one book away and use that as a place to hide the electrical works.  That would take the room box down to 16 1/2.  Which I still think is a lot of space.

Here's my idea of the floorplan.  I have a computer program called Campaign Cartographer which has an add-in for Cities and Houses.  So I took a print screen of it.  Each of the little spaces in the border represents an inch.

I marked where I'll put my hinged wall with bright pink.  I'll add a fake window to the right wall to give the room more detail.

It feels good to have a game plan even if I am going through Xacto blades like they're potato chips.

The room looks a little empty to me, but I figure I can fill in some of the space with some things from Poe's stories.  A cask of Amontillado, a purloined letter, a black cat, the obvious trappings of a detective... That sort of thing.

And in an effort to have something I could put up on Instagram I borrowed the WQRC garden and the flowers from the Craftsman Tiny House to make a little spring scene.

I also got an Amazon gift card for Christmas and used part of it to buy a copy of Janet Storey's 'Making Upholstered Furniture' and I'm looking forward to trying out some of her methods combined with some of Kris's tricks.  I also ordered one of her chaise kits to try because I couldn't resist.

I hope you're all staying healthy and safe.