Tien Chiu

  • Home
  • About Tien
    • Honors, Awards, and Publications
  • Online Teaching
  • Gallery
  • Essays
  • Travels
  • Book
  • Blog
  • Dye samples
You are here: Home / All blog posts / Lots to do
Previous post: The most beautiful sight of all
Next post: Weaving studio layout

April 21, 2012 by Tien Chiu Leave a Comment

Lots to do

Having acquired a home (yay!), B. and I now need to make it habitable.  Aside from adding a dishwasher, we can’t do much with the inside of the house, since we’re having it repainted and refloored, so we’re focusing on the outside and the garage.  In particular, B. is starting work on the garden/back yard, and I’m trying to figure out the garage.  We’re planning to make a woodworking studio for B., a weaving studio for me, a weightlifting workout area (ideally with room for a power cage), and oh yes, store all the random stuff that is in our current garage.  Fortunately it’s a large garage, but that’s still quite a bit of arranging.

I’m also working on schematics for the rest of the house.  We’re going to measure all the rooms today so I can play around with furniture layout, etc. in Visio.  I’ve already worked out the layout for my sewing studio; now I need to figure out the master bedroom, living room, and dining room.  Knowing where everything goes will allow the movers to position the furniture for us.

Amidst all of this, I am still working on the yardage for the CNCH yardage gallery.  I have nine days left before the entry deadline, and have woven 4.5 yards.  I’m going to see if I can get another 3.5 yards woven in those nine days, making  an eight-yard piece total.  Eight yards at 22″ wide is approximately the same as four yards 45″ wide, which ought to be enough for the recipient to make something nice of it.  It will be tight, but probably do-able.  And I think that will finish off the Infinite Warp.  (Hallelujah!)

The last of the contractors (painters, plumber) are coming on Tuesday to give us estimates and timeframes.  After that, we’ll know approximately when we can move in.  I’m guessing it will be at least two weeks for painting and another two weeks for flooring, so we’ll be moving sometime between late May and mid June.

Share this post!

  • Tweet
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Like this:

Like Loading...

Discover more from Tien Chiu

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Filed Under: All blog posts Tagged With: house

Previous post: The most beautiful sight of all
Next post: Weaving studio layout

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Archives

Tags

aids lifecycle outfits autumn splendor book cashmere coat cats celtic braid coat color study cross dyeing design devore doubleweave doubleweave shawls drawing dye samples dye study group gradient colors handwoven clothing house infinite warp jacquard loom katazome knitted blanks kodachrome jacket ma's memorial mohair coat network drafted jacket/shawl project network drafting painted warp phoenix rising phoenix rising dress phoenix rising kimono phoenix rising reloaded pre-weavolution project sea turtles taquete tie-dye tied weaves tomatoes velvet weaving drafts web design website redesign wedding wedding dress woven shibori

Categories

  • Africa
  • aids lifecycle
  • All blog posts
  • All travel posts
  • Asia
  • Bangkok
  • Belize
  • Cambodia
  • Central America
  • Chai Ya (Wat Suon Mok)
  • Chiang Mai
  • Chiang Rai (Akha)
  • China
  • chocolate
  • computer stuff
  • creating craft
  • Creative works
  • cycling
  • Delhi
  • Dharamsala
  • drawing
  • dyeing
  • Fiber Arts
  • finished
  • food
  • garden
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Hanoi
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Hoi An
  • India
  • Khao Lak
  • Knitting
  • knitting
  • Ko Chang
  • Laos
  • Luang Namtha
  • Luang Prabang
  • markleeville death ride
  • meditations on craft
  • mental illness
  • musings
  • Phnom Penh
  • powerlifting
  • Rewalsar (Tso Pema)
  • sewing
  • Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)
  • Southeast Asia
  • surface design
  • textiles
  • Thailand
  • travel
  • Vangvieng
  • Vientiane
  • Vietnam
  • Warp & Weave
  • weaving
  • Weaving
  • weavolution
  • writing

© Copyright 2025 Tien Chiu · All Rights Reserved ·

%d