Over the past several months I've been cleaning my studio, not because I've had a sudden attack of tidiness but out of necessity. I have four fluorescent light fixtures in the studio, and they have been dying one by one. When you lose one, you live with it, even if you can't see your design wall that well, and when you lose the next one, which happens to be the one over the work table, you start thinking about calling in the electrician. But then you notice that your work table is silted over with two feet full of stuff, and you realize that the electrician isn't going to be able to get to the fixture to replace it.
So since Christmas I have been trying to get the worktable and its surrounds clear enough that I could have an electrician come in and replace all the fixtures. Even the ones that (currently) were still working! What a luxury! Finally the moment arrived. Look at him sitting on my worktable, with nothing besides him on the work surface! (Well, at least in the area where he had to work.)
We put in LED fixtures and I am assured I will never have to change them out within my lifetime. The studio is now bathed in light; things I haven't seen properly since last summer are radiantly in play.
I did exactly the same thing about three weeks ago! I can't believe how bright it is now...I can see ALL the dusty corners! Best thing that's happened in my studio since I moved in!
ReplyDeleteAs my studio was a bedroom with one pendant light, I had track lighting with led daylight spots put in almost as soon as we moved in . As they're adjustable, I've even used them for photographic sessions with all 6 focused on the design wall.
ReplyDeleteI feel really "professional" now---laughing---because my workspace looks the same. Now I need better lights I guess.
ReplyDeleteI did the same thing a few months ago.I put in four of them to replace the track lights, which were so hard to change and gave me spotty lighting. For awhile I was shocked every time I walked into my studio. I just love the clean bright light. I, too, could see the dusty corners.
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