Another Peek into my Workspace

A couple of months ago I gave you a look at my workspace and some of my equipment. I had just purchased a large format scanner (Epson Expression 10000XL). Can't tell you what a life saver that scanner has been in the last month while I've been working on a picturebook project!

Since that last post, I've added a few new items to my office that you might like to see.

I don't know about you, but I really tend to spread out when I work. I need lots of surface space or I go crazy with everything piling on top of eachother. I'm pretty messy when I work so more space is good for clutter :) I purchased a kitchen island from Ikea with a butcher block surface

for my office as a large area where I can use my paper cutter, spread out my art, craft, etc.

I have really become a fan of Ikea lately. I ordered online and had it delivered to my house as my car and my back could never handle all those heavy boxes. My office is upstairs and the delivery guys hauled all the boxes to the second floor so I could assemble it right in my office. It went together so easily with one screwdriver and an allen wrench. It is solid as a rock. The drawers are deep and roll so nicely. I always worry about assembling drawers, thinking they will never track properly, but these are perfect! I purposely got this island because on one side the shelves are nice and deep and I can stack artwork that I'm scanning and keep all those sketches and printouts together with each job in a file container......and it's at my fingertips where I can see it. When things go into drawers, I tend to forget where I've put them and waste a lot of time searching for stuff.

I had these Elfa mesh trays that I purchased a couple of years ago from the Container Store and they are the perfect size and hold 13 x 19 paper.

Another fun thing that got delivered this week was an ipad 2. I'm so excited! I've used the ipad before, but never owned my own. I also decided to get a stylus so I can use it as a sketch pad. The stylus was only $30.

And finally, I purchased a new printer. In my previous post, I told you about how old my Epson 1280 was and how I really needed an upgrade. After reading a post on Matthew Cordell's blog which you can see here I decided to purchase the Epson WorkForce 1100. And here's the reason why: It's a large format printer (13 x 19) that will print on watercolor paper and the ink does not bleed when you paint over it. And it only cost $100. My kind of printer!

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!