Sustainable Me - Space for Creativity and Backyard Bunnies

 So.  Maybe I should have purchased that ton bag of pea gravel!  I do like the River Rock, but it is going to take at least 10 more bags to finish out this area for the firepit.   I brought home all of the cardboard from Sandy's house last Tuesday, so with what I have saved and what she gave me left over from the flooring for her house, I will have more that enough to put over the insulation in the art studio.   Since I already have the canvas for the walls of the studio, the only other supplies that I will need is perhaps some more potting soil, top soil, and  shopping for what plants that I want in the garden.  I think I have everything else needed. I even have the concrete and mold to make the stepping stones.  I am using a cake pan that I bought at Aldi's for the stepping stone mold.   Now I just need some time to get these things accomplished in the garden and the studio.    Waco is supposed to ha...

Today, my good friend Sue came over wearing her overalls, and ready to help in the studio!  I didn't have all of my supplies together yet - so she walked out to the backyard, and gave me some great suggestions!  And we have a plan!  We are going to staple the rest of the insulation that we have into place on the walls and ceiling. Then we will reclaim some cardboard, and staple that on top of the insulation.  To finish things off - I will then staple muslin or canvas fabric to the walls and ceiling.  If I desired to - I could gesso and then paint these "walls".  But we decided that this is using what I already have, and what I can recycle.  This will give enough insulation for the building for me to be comfortable, and be inexpensive and practical.  My AC/Heater/Dehumidifier unit is supposed to be arriving today!  So I just have to gather up my supplies and staple guns, and have a day when friends can come over and help me do one wall at a ti...