I know, I know. It’s been almost 3 million years since I first teased you with pictures of dirt and concrete and paint. Okay, maybe just 4 months. But it feels like forever since we dug up the dirt around the building to install drainage tile and get the studio makeover rolling, and I’m sure you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for “after photos”, unable to sleep or eat.
Forgive me. In lieu of sack-cloth and ashes, could we do tea and marmite?
It’s not that I haven’t been giddy at the thought of inviting you in, or delirious with joy over this whole office upgrade, it’s just that…well. The perfectionist in me always sees one. more. thing I can do before bringing you over the threshold and into this sweet new “bloom room”.
One more box to unpack, one more thing to fix or tweak. One more surface to clear.
And then of course the crafty chick in me is ever dreaming up creative ways to fill the space. 
And it’s taking everything in me to keep these freshly patched and painted walls uncluttered. It’s exhausting and exhilarating at the same time.
There are all those perfect photos I wanted to stage and capture and edit, and clever video tours I wanted to record.
And, and, and.
And then it dawned on me. If I wait until everything is just right, or just so, and all the stars have aligned…you may NEVER see inside.
It will always be a work in progress because this mind of mine never stops churning out new projects to start (which means I have several unfinished ones laying around) and fresh ways to play with this space.
So, without further ado…
For your viewing pleasure, I present the little BEFORE video I snapped on my phone in December…
So…welcome, friends.
Welcome!
Step into the Simply Bloom studio for a whirlwind tour.
And for kicks and giggles, here’s the totally random, awkward video I shot with my phone today, complete with elevator music and abrupt ending.
Because it was now or never, friends. Now or never.
There are so many fun projects in here, guys…like the shim mirror and the chalk-painted dressers, and the pallet sign, and the string-art Michigan. And printables. And SB swag experiments. And garage sale finds and thrift store treasures and curbside redos.
And sweet gifts from friends. Memories wrapped up in jars and wire, up on walls, some tucked away safely in drawers.
And there’s that fabulously tacky bamboo screen I “borrowed” from my baby sister while she’s in China. Yes, that.
It’s all in here, folks. And it’s one of my favorite places to be on the planet.
[ insert grand curtsy here ]
