Welcome to my studio . . .
well, as it was in 2003.
I see in this picture one of the windows is un-boarded which means this picture was actually taken much into the renovating process that summer. This two story cement building I now call my studio used to be a butter and cream shop, then a cheese factory in the old town of Mungerville, Michigan. More recently my partner's Grandfather used the building as his workshop/storage. He was an electrician by trade and a landlord for many of the area properties when he was living. He passed in 1991 leaving the building for the most part unattended.

In 2003 we reclaimed this historic old building from the racoons. What a journey this has been. It now has an old fuel oil furnace and more lighting. The old window frames were re-glassed and hung replacing the boards that blocked out the light on the second story. Truck loads of old landlord parts were hauled to salvage. It remains a work in progress to this day but a girl can only work without playing for so long.
 I decided to play for a while.