Studio

Yesterday I did something I've been putting off ever since I finished my BA: I rented a space in an art studio. I've been struggling to live amongst the debris that I brought back from the university studio, which is not exactly helping me to work - or live - coherently. Also I need somewhere I can be messy while I make work - I realised the only reason I felt able to make the video featured in my previous post is that there was no one else in the house for a couple of days, so I didn't have to worry about getting in anyone's way.
I think I'm not the only one who felt this, as the business card for the studio was strategically left in my room, with a note suggesting I call up about it, since the rent looks so reasonable. So eventually I got round to it, made an appointment to view the space, which happened yesterday, and decided to sign up. The studio is about half an hour away by car, but it's quite a pleasant drive and somewhere I do go to anyway. It's on a site that I think may have originally been some kind of takeaway, but I'm not sure. The studios are little cubicle type rooms in a building which has a transparent (glass or plastic?) roof. Apparently I can do pretty much anything I want with the space, including adding some insulation round the gap between the cubicle walls and the ceiling, in order to make the electric heater - which I don't have yet, but will most certainly need to obtain - a bit more efficient. The electricity is on a meter, so I'll have to see how that works out. There was another girl signing her contract at the same time as me, who seems very nice - her name's Anna and she makes leather accessories.
I am quite excited to be able to move some stuff over there, and was going to make a start on that this afternoon since I finished work at 1, but since it kept snowing steadily all morning, I decided it wasn't worth the risk of getting stranded. Instead, I made a start on sorting out what I actually want to take the the space, what should stay here, and what really needs to go altogether. I'll hopefully be able to go over there again on Saturday, so I'll update on progress when it happens.