Creative juices don’t flow in smooth eight-hour stretches.They spurt and sputter, which is why artists who have studios away from their residences often want a second space in which to work-at home.
There they can harness creativity whenever it blossoms, sometimes late at night or in the wee hours of the morning.
But few artists have the luxury of an extra room with a door that can offer a sanctuary and hide the accouterments that bring their particular art to life-their well-worn typewriters, high-tech computers, paintbrushes, photo enlargers and sound systems.
Lack of ideal space needn’t be a deterrent, though. There are ways that a workspace can be set up creatively in the smallest corner or smack in the center of any room and still be both functional and attractive.
To prove the point, we asked four members of the design trade to take on an arts field-writing, painting, architecture or music-and show readers how someone in that profession could establish a work area that wouldn’t have to be dismantled and reassembled daily.
These designers have produced practical and imaginative vignettes that may help other professionals who yearn for inspirational places to read, write, plan, think or just dream.