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Part of the reason for moving a lot of things to the shed was that my friends were complaining there was no place for them to sit when they came to visit. They attributed this to the fact that since I bead more often than I have company, I allocated half the living room to the bead studio. The bead studio NEEDS to be in the living room because I bead, watch TV, and occasionally pet the cats, who always like it when I sit still. After trying to put things in different places, I decided (1) the bead studio had to stay where it was. I did paint some new storage containers to hold more beads. The cat textured chair will be getting a new cover soon. Meanwhile, I made two seating areas--one with two small movable couches in front of the TV. The TV is big, though not by current standards, so it's a bit like watching movie. It's also a nice place to lay down and read with cats in attendance (or vice versa). The other area is in a corner of my kitchen, between a painted cabinet and the fridge. It's a nice place to have tea. And pet cats. And cats sleep there. Then there are the shelves. Since I can't reach the top ones easily enough to extract books, I put a collection of corn husk dolls up there instead. I have some pretty ceramics but the first time one of the cats chased a moth up the shelves, those would be history and the dollies are durable.

Bead studio with new painted containers for beads, bead desk,assistant bead desk.

My rather messy bead desk with assistant bead desk in foreground along with cat textured chair which is going to get covered.

This is the reference area for slim bead books and magazines. Magazines with articles I use frequently are stored according to the article in the colored magazine holders. (For instance, collars, straps, fringes, cab work, etc.)

Tea and conversation area. I really like this. I made slipcovers for the cushions and tables from Celebracions fabric by Alexander Henry from eQuilter.com

Chair side of conversation area. The plug in also gives me a recharging station for the cell phone, laptop, and other gizmos.

This is the wall behind the conversation area.The cloth wall hangings are stuffed in places, overlaid with yarn and other decorations, and appliqued. The seller tells me they are an art form developed by the women in the families of the Disappeared Ones kidnapped and imprisoned or killed in Chile. Having no safe outlet for their feelings, the women sewed these hangings. Mine, however, are of a more cheerful nature and are a Peruvian variation. The one on the left is Shrek and on the right is Rapunzel with her long golden braid.

Poor woman's version of a home movie theater. The pillow in the corner is now Poncho's favorite sleeping place. More eQuilter supplied fabric on the pillow cases and cheap microfleece blankets (very snuggly) cover the ugly upholstery on the couches I got at Habitat for Humanity's shop.

Built in book shelves. Two of the bottom shelves are devoted to the stereo and folios of my CDs. The middle two shelves have audio books (mostly from my own books) and some of my own print books. Theother five shelves are devoted to books on art, design and beadwork.