My Art Studio - Decluttered and Organized!

Does the coming of the fall season make you want to declutter and organize too?  I realize most people refer to SPRING cleaning but I recently had this crazy burst of energy and motivation to turn my art studio upside down and make it a more workable space. 


My art studio is in a part of our back porch.  Even though the space is not well insulated and too cold to work in winter, it works well for most of the year in our mild Pacific Northwest climate.  Since I used to do a lot of stained glass mosaic, I didn’t have to worry about little glass shards on the wooden floor.  

Now that I’m painting more, it's nice not having to worry about paint getting into our carpet or on furnishings.   I just love spending time in my creative space surrounded by art books and art supplies.

The best part about being in the back porch is that I can look out and see birds in the bird bath, and hummingbird flying by in the garden.  These encounters inspire me when I paint.

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My art studio also held tons of little kids art supplies from when our kids were little.  They were cluttering the drawers and shelves big time.  Somehow (and way too fast), our kids have grown into teenagers and they aren’t going to be playing with any of those supplies anytime soon anymore…. 

​Going through them was really kind of bitter sweet as the items reminded me of time we spent creating together when they were itsy-bitsy.  But I also realized that being an artist, I apparently LOVED buying them art supplies!  Too much stuff!

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I decided to donate all the art supplies we didn’t need anymore through our neighborhood “buy nothing” group so I felt good about a neighbor with little kids being able to use the items.

After I decluttered all the art supplies that weren’t being used, the space felt so much better!  I organized the supplies in bins and drawers I already had but that now had enough space to hold them.  I also cleaned all the dusty surfaces and swept the floor. Ahhhh…. it felt like new again!

I instantly felt motivated to go to work! I like being surrounded by all my little knick knacks and I’d say the space is still not very minimalist but now I can actually find things. Ha! 


I’m currently working on a new painting collection and have a large easel on my desk.  These pics of my art studio were taken right after I cleaned. I wanted to share that moment of joy with you!  

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Do you find joy in creating art? Would you consider yourself more of an artsy or crafty person? Did you enjoy seeing the "behind the scenes" of my art studio?  Would love to hear from you in the comments!  

Thank you for following my art journey!