Hello, and welcome! I am joining in today for the first time in a few years to celebrate and tour all of the studios shared with the 7th annual Where Bloggers Create Tour! In case this is the first time you have ever visited my blog, let me introduce myself. My name is Cerri, and I have been the owner of a sweet little shop for the past eight years, The Little Pink Studio. I also run a monthly craft subscription service, The Little Pink Box, and am co-owner (and chief Mom in charge) with my oldest daughter in a planner supply business opening mid August called It's Paper, Dear. This is where all of the creative things happen in our home. Since this is quite the photo heavy post, please grab yourself a glass of iced tea and enjoy! I will try to keep my rambling to a minimum.
My studio is in a large open area in the middle of our home. It is divided from our library by a huge floor to ceiling stone fireplace and opens to our kitchen on one side. Since it is only divided by the fireplace and a kitchen wall, there are not any doors to my studio. I have made separations with old windows and columns as you can see in the photos below.
Behind the windows are some of my vintage mannequins, and we have installed little lights that shine onto them so that when looking in to the room, it appears as if you're looking into a boutique of sorts.
For the most part, our house does not get great lighting due to being surrounded by trees, but this particular room always has wonderful sunshine. It makes it feel so warm and cozy.
This is the sitting area side of the studio. The white love seat is from Ikea, and the pale blue settee and the little peach chair are vintage. In fact, all of the furniture in my studio is vintage except that love seat and a cube unit I have on another wall.
The 3 paintings on the right of this wall of some of my very favorite things. They were all painted by my great, great aunt. She was an amazingly talented woman that sadly passed in her early 40's while living in a mental institution. She painted SO many paintings that mostly everyone in our very large family has at least one original painting, all the way down to my generation. The furthest on the right is my original and the other 2 are copies of my mom's and aunt's originals. They are truly stunning in person.
You might have noticed that my walls are covered in fabric. We hung an unbleached muslin fabric on all of the walls, which looks just like a linen. The seams are covered all the way around the room with different vintage laces over a vintage pale peach satin ribbon. It's probably hard to see in the photos, but I love the way it looks.
My room is filled not only with supplies, but also my collections of pretty things I love.
All of these photos were taken in October, that's why there is a Halloween garland hanging from the cupboard, and there have been a a couple of changes since then. Mostly, just little changes like a cube unit filled with vintage lace and fabric, and there are more raskog carts from Ikea. (they're painted pink now, too)
And this beautiful kitty isn't currently visiting us. He's at home in Nashville with his Mom. :)
So, I think that's it! If you have any questions about anything, please feel free to ask. If you want to see particular uses of items in the room or a closer look at something, let me know that too and I will do another blog post about it. I feel blessed to have a large space, and would love to one day host workshops or small creative gatherings in my studio.
Thanks SO much for visiting today! I can't wait to take a look all around blog land at your beautiful spaces.
Have a wonderful weekend, Cerri
I really like your room. I showed my room, too. ;-)
Greetings from Switzerland
Claudine
Posted by: Claudine | July 11, 2015 at 03:33 AM
Cerri, your room is absolutely beautyful, I'm so speechless...I don"t use colors, but these are perfect! Of course I will follow you, and your work! Thank you for sharing, and have a nice day, Cerri!
Posted by: Éva Hosszú-Bardócz | July 11, 2015 at 08:28 AM
Oh, my .. what a lovely joy filled studio.. each vignette is breathtaking!
Pamela
Posted by: pamela huntington | July 12, 2015 at 09:18 PM
What a beautiful chippy, vintage, gorgeous space and creations. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Pendra | July 13, 2015 at 12:09 PM
I remember visiting your blog a lot in the past. Good luck with your new endeavor with your daughter. I always loved your space and especially like the touch of the paint worn door.
Posted by: Geralyn Gray | July 13, 2015 at 06:42 PM
Re: [Little Pink Studio] pamela huntington submitted a comment to "My creative space: Where Bloggers Create tour"
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! I appreciate you visiting my blog!
Cerri
Posted by: littlepinkstudio | July 14, 2015 at 02:46 AM
what a nice place .How do You keep it so nice and clean?
Laura
Posted by: laura quaglia | July 14, 2015 at 02:43 PM
Oh my gosh, this room has me drooling! I adore all of your vintage furniture and that chippy door is fabulous! How wonderful that you have your great Aunt's art work. And such a sad story too. The kitty is so cute and looks like he belongs on that chair! I love the Ikea carts. If I had any more space in my room I would dash right out and get one! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous space!
hugs,
jann
Posted by: Jann Olson | July 14, 2015 at 02:43 PM
Lovely tour!
I hate to say but a few years back I would have said I hate pink, but I have totally learned to like it to I totally love it (before my daughter who only wanted pink in everything and we felt like her room and closet was made of Pepto-Bismol, this went on for over 10 years...) But now she loves teals and yellows, what I have always loved. So I guess we have switched LOL. Your room is delightful, lots of very cute pieces and I like the little pink stand and the weathered table top. Having no doors you sure invented a great way to make room dividers.
Really enjoyed looking in to your space and here's to Pink!
Posted by: Mari | July 14, 2015 at 08:45 PM
Cerri, your space is so sweet! I just love all your vintage shabby goodness. Thanks for sharing your lovely creative space!
Posted by: Sheila Rumney | July 15, 2015 at 11:49 AM
Such a sweet creative space....Thank you for sharing💕
Posted by: Missy Scordino | July 16, 2015 at 11:30 PM
Love, love your creative space.
I specially love that pink/tattered door, so fantastic!
Thanks for sharing.
Michele
Posted by: Michele | July 18, 2015 at 06:54 AM
Enjoyed the tour of your beautiful studio. All the best to you and your daughter on your creative endeavors.
Posted by: mary truax | July 20, 2015 at 10:51 AM
Beautiful, calm creative space! So many wonderful things to see. Thanks for letting me visit!
Cathy
CraftyCat
Posted by: Cathy Pavlovich | July 20, 2015 at 03:04 PM
I love seeing photos of you studio! So many pretty vintage pieces and chippy paint!
(I'm just finally getting to some of the studio tours)
Thank you for the tour!
Posted by: tammy kaplan | July 22, 2015 at 09:30 PM
I am really behind in visiting studio's. I love your studio, I love all the vintage furniture the vintage pink. Thank you for sharing
Posted by: Lisa - Olive Grove Primitives | July 26, 2015 at 08:30 PM
Beautiful. I LOVE all the vintage pink items.
Posted by: Lynnae | August 05, 2015 at 07:43 PM