Building an art studio at home...help?!?

[Monique McFarland]

Allan, I see you have the exposed brick too...mine will be slightly darker than yours, more of a red clay and brown and white, (called "old mobile" brick... but unless your from around these parts, you have no idea what i'm talking about, lol) anyway, I think the colors discussed here will look great together and serve a good purpose at the same time. track, directional (adjustable) lighting is looking more and more like an option to me. thanks!

[Allan Rahbek]

Monique, you could check the light conditions by actually paint in the room one whole sunny day.
The reason why I suggest to go with the eastern window is, that you will only have the direct sun into the room in the morning.
I once had a west facing skylight that led the light into my studio in the afternoon which was very annoying on a sunny day.

[Casey Childs]

Monique, it's been awhile since I've been on the forum, but let me answer the questions you had.

Since my studio is a garage that function as a studio, the foundation was poured like a normal garage with 12" concrete walls that the stud walls are secured to. This left exposed concrete below the walls that needed to be covered. So we decided to build a ledge wall around the base of the wall to cover the concrete. I didn't realize how useful this would be when we first built it! It's been so nice to place unfinished paintings on to stand back and look at as well as just keep them off the floor.

I think the color is a semi-gloss, maybe satin...not quite sure, but it's definitely not gloss. And the floor is laminate (put down directly on the concrete) from builddirect.com, it's been good to have--I don't worry so much about getting stuff/spills on it like I would a natural wood floor.

Sorry about the late response, I hope you're enjoying your new space!