During the last workshops, it became really clear that the interior of my studio wasn't very well organised. I also clearly needed more space to put away the smaller tools.

I am absolutely addicted to books and since I had already planned a complete make-over for the studio I decided it was time to add a nice bookcase aswell. Preferably one that would allow me to display my beautifull jewelry books.

In the mean time, I already found out that my jewelry display in the living room was not such a good idea. It found myself cleaning up like a madman every time somebody called me to come and have a look at the jewelry. The dog started barking the whole time to welcome the visitors, which made having a normal conversation quite impossible!

We also started wondering where we were going to place the cradle in our packed livingroom. Finally we decided to move the jewelry display to the studio, something, I thought, would be a really bad idea. Luckily my boyfriend can be very convincing. :)

We started the big work after asking my father-in-law for help. I have been bossing them around most of the time, since they didn't allow a pregnant woman to help them! :) A big mess!! My helpfull father-in-law You can hardly see it in this black dress, but I already have a real babybelly by now!

It looks just gorgeous now! It's not completely finished yet, but I can work on the details till the end of august. Now I have one big table in the middle that I can easily clear for the workshops. I can walk around it completely now and I have a very handy shelve on the wall. My magnificent bookcase! The complete workbench with selfmade shelves for files and drills. The jewelry display is already at its place, but I've got some big plans with the wall behind it. I want to make paper hands, in the same way as I made the dolls for my last exhibition. I want to hang the hands on the wall to display some rings. I also want to add one of the dolls and some other things for necklaces. It will be a hole installation that should be finished before the next workshops begin in september.