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emony42 came to visit this weekend she came up with the brilliant idea of making fake windows out of cardboard and nailing them to the wall so we could really visualize it, and it helped! I was so close to finally making a decision on windows for my studio, so I could finally draft plans, get approval, and place the order. I could actually move forward with my garage -> studio conversion plan.
Something still didn't feel right, though.
( detailed discussion of design issues and floor plans )
Dad told me today that I needed to stop feeling down about it and get back to a place where planning was fun, and stop being upset that I had options when some people have none. But knowing that I have it good compared to others doesn't make me feel more motivated; it just makes me feel guilty, less deserving of having the options I have, and more incapable of trusting my own judgement.
Update! In the three hours since I started this post, I think I may have figured out what to do. It all depends on making the front door good enough, really. If I leave the whole garage as one room for the moment (phase one), use a lot of glass in the doors, and use clerestory windows to the north with a gap where the wall would be in phase two... that might work, and be less expensive than larger windows at the outset.
I'm sure I'll come up with a reason why this plan is worthless in ten minutes, but there ya go.
*Awesome Neighbor shares a fence line with Nasty Neighbor, but Awesome Neighbor went to architecture school with my uncle in Oregon, and so had been a family friend for years, and lets my borrow his tools, mower, and expertise regularly. The only charge is letting him talk my ear off. :)
emony42 came to visit this weekend she came up with the brilliant idea of making fake windows out of cardboard and nailing them to the wall so we could really visualize it, and it helped! I was so close to finally making a decision on windows for my studio, so I could finally draft plans, get approval, and place the order. I could actually move forward with my garage -> studio conversion plan.Something still didn't feel right, though.
( detailed discussion of design issues and floor plans )
Dad told me today that I needed to stop feeling down about it and get back to a place where planning was fun, and stop being upset that I had options when some people have none. But knowing that I have it good compared to others doesn't make me feel more motivated; it just makes me feel guilty, less deserving of having the options I have, and more incapable of trusting my own judgement.
Update! In the three hours since I started this post, I think I may have figured out what to do. It all depends on making the front door good enough, really. If I leave the whole garage as one room for the moment (phase one), use a lot of glass in the doors, and use clerestory windows to the north with a gap where the wall would be in phase two... that might work, and be less expensive than larger windows at the outset.
I'm sure I'll come up with a reason why this plan is worthless in ten minutes, but there ya go.
*Awesome Neighbor shares a fence line with Nasty Neighbor, but Awesome Neighbor went to architecture school with my uncle in Oregon, and so had been a family friend for years, and lets my borrow his tools, mower, and expertise regularly. The only charge is letting him talk my ear off. :)
