Suffocated and in need of space....badly

[Rising Phoenix]

I am living in a very warped version of Full House

My mom, myself, my little brother, and my little sister and her boyfriend are all living at the house right now.

I will be moving in less than a year, my brother around the same time I think

And my sis and bf are moving around January

But right now, especially with the christmas stuff everywhere..... I have no room to paint!

I have my room, it tiny, though and full of stuff....the thing is all of us "kids" have lived on our own for quite awhile and had entire houses and apartment's worth of stuff. We all read TONS...so many books. Chris is a drummer, and their are guitars, my sisters photography stuff, all my art stuff etc.

I just can't find a place to set up paint camp.....and it is very frustrating, I have been drawing with pastels, but I have a lot of painting requests to do. My sis wants a specific pic she took in a painting by xmas, my mom wants a monet, and my friend is having a baby and I need to paint her pregnancy pic, I do it for all of my friends who have little ones.

I know you guys can't fix this, I mean you can't even see this madhouse.

I just needed to vent, and if anyone, by any chance has a brilliant idea where I can set up studio....please fell free. :nopity: :dilemma: :banghead: :applause:

[KG]

1. guess i'll wait till later to request my painting.

:P

[Rising Phoenix]

2. lol

if you have a request, I would be happy to oblige, I have a feeling my room is about to become a lot more crowded....


and its not even messy, those are just the decorative pillows from my bed that I tossed to lay down earlier.

[justabob]

3. how big is the kitchen?

or do you have useable garage space? The kitchen may not be best with so many people, but if there is any kind of breakfast nook area or laundry room it might be useful.

[Rising Phoenix]

4. I suggested that

the kitchen, nobody was very happy about it. It is average size, and would be perfect cause there is an open area, and the floor will be ripped up in renovation in the spring. But really if I kept a set up in there, there would not be enough space for cooking. So days when nobody is home, Thursday and Friday, basically that will work.

Garage is full of all of our furniture not being used.

I suppose it is a good thing, as my desire for this kind of space is what is really one of my main incentives to move to my own loft, a necessary though scary life change.

[justabob]

5. well, two days is better than no days

I am sorry you can't get set up, frustrating is an understatement. I see you up are in Boston so working outside or on a porch is not easy this time of year either.

Do y'all have a formal dining room that isn't used daily? That gets a little more problematic, especially if you are using oils, but with good drop cloths and protection it might work.... until the big holiday meal anyway.

edit: left out a word