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almost there.......
7 months ago
Cleaning is done.
Curtains are washed and almost all hung.
Vacuuming is done.
Now, finish hanging the last curtain.
Mop.
Move everything back in.
!!!!!!!
How to clean out and set up art studio again!
It made me
relieved / thrilled 
"So amazing to have my art space back again in my life!!"
How I did it: Back in April 2008, my landlord installed central heat/ac but the workers were idiots and cut the holes in the floor for the vents with regular skill saws, not vacuum saws so my entire house was covered with dust and debris. The studio included. Right after, a huge storm came through and damaged the roof on the studio and it started leaking. I decided to wait until the leak was fixed to clean up the studio as I had to shove everything to both sides to keep it all from being damaged by the water. Little did I know the series of mistakes and negligence that would follow that would make it take them 13 months to get the roof fixed.
In mid April 2009, they finally just replaced the roof. I waited for a few good rains to be certain it was fixed. It appears it really is.
This weekend, I had to pick up every individual object in the studio, hand clean it, and move it out of the room. Once everything was clean and out, I cleaned the furniture that I couldn't move out. There are windows from 3' above the floor to about 9' above the floor and I have curtains about 3 feet high to just hide the view in from the street. Two of the four curtains were ruined and had to be replaced. Two were salvageable and were washed. Hung all the curtains. Then vacuumed up all the dust and debris on the tile floors. Mopped everything well. Egad the water was nasty. Then, put the furniture back in place and move everything back in.
The good? A great decluttering occurred as I moved everything out. And that room is CLEAN, lol! At least, it is clean as high as I could reach on a ladder.
I am so relived it is done! And I have my studio back! And looking out into it from my living room I see an orderly space with snowy white curtains again. So good for the spirit!
Lessons & tips: Go slow. Take lots of breaks. Drink lots of water. Turn the a/c down low so you stay cool. Suppress the urge to send the ruined curtains to the landlord. ha.
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progress!
7 months ago
The roof was replaced and it appears to have held through latest giant rainstorm. Thanks goodness!
Worked a couple of hours yesterday and am working today. It is still a disaster from the central heat/air installation as well – the dust and debris all over everything from the idiots cutting the tile floors without vacuum saws – so it is taking a while. To keep he head from getting mad I am working 30 minutes then taking about a 20 minute break.
About done cleaning all the stuff. Have two of the curtains I think can be saved in the wash. One in the trash. Need the ladder to get the other one to be trashed down. Once all the stuff is cleaned, I will need to vacuum the floors with the big vacuum, mop really really well, put the curtains up, and put everything back in the room.
It will be sooooo good to have this done and have my art studio back!!! Not to mention having this trashed out space clean and set up since it is just off my living room, lol!
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Fixed?
11 months ago
They tell me the roof is fixed… waiting for a good rain to see if it really is before I set everything back up in there. ha.
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Roof
12 months ago
The fixit guy called me. Maybe they will actually fix the roof sometime this year….. ha. haha. ha.
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On Hold
15 months ago
This is just on hold until they fix the roof. It is ridiculous.
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hurricane
16 months ago
The hurricane will be a good test to see if they really got the roof fixed…. if so, I can make some progress on this.
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vacation time
16 months ago
I’m taking some vacation time in early september and hope to achieve this goal then. sigh.
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roof leak
19 months ago
Their idea of dealing with it is giving me two big buckets to put under the leaks. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Everything is shoved to both ends because of this so the studio is completely unusable. I’m about to call and ask how much I can take off the rent for the square footage of space I can’t use because it rains indoors in the room….
