Renovations Complete

Had a quick phone conversation with Molly last night, during which she mentioned having stopped by the Studio just long enough to pick up something, and seeing that the painting of the back wall was completed  and the flat files assembled and installed.  She couldn't come in today, but I had time to stop by and check out the current state of the room.

There was now indeed another coat of the gray on the wall, its dullness emphasized by the adjacent examples of the yellow, red, and green from the original paint job.  And the files have been put together and put in place.  It's easy to see how these came to be in our possession for free.  I'm not so much concerned with the beat up exterior appearance, but how well they'll work.  That one drawer that is partly open is that way because it can't close- the inner flap that holds down contents won't fold all the way down.  The top drawer won't pull out at all, and when I tried another, the handle pulled off in my hand.  That still leaves 7 drawers that were functional today, so this thing will definitely be able to be used to hold a lot of stuff.  And the large top has potential to either be an additional work surface or some kind of storage.

With the flat files now off the floor and up in the corner, and all the other stuff that had been against the back wall now gone, there is a lot more room to maneuver there now.  The main work tables and the palette cabinet are still piled wih all kinds of loose clutter, all stuff Molly needs to sort and deal with.  My work table is mostly clear, and I can create space on it quickly when I'm ready to work large again. Those chairs that Brendan had talked about getting rid of were all still there, and since he an Herb where getting ready to go home for the day, I decided to put that off until later.