Signing the Build
With the work finished, everyone in our family signed the final board and then the subfloor was complete.
Tiny Studio
In May 2025, I had to vacate the space the studio was renting. Family and friends safely removed and stored everything, but this created a problem for my work. In the intern, I’ve been mostly using the wood-shop while I searched for an unused space for the studio and its work. However, as I found out when we moved to Edmonton last year, artist rental spaces are scarce and the cost of regular commercial spaces is prohibitive. After exhausting what rental options I could find and ruling them all out based of availability and cost, I starting thinking about other possibilities … This has ultimately led to the building of a studio space in our home’s backyard which I’m dubbing the “tiny studio” after the current tiny home trend that is creating so many beautiful small dwellings around the world.
Here you’ll find photos below to see how the Tiny Studio project is progressing and short reflections to read about its progress. I hope you enjoy both and look forward to celebrating its completion.
Solid Subfloor
One of the very interesting things about our home in Edmonton is that the builder built its subfloor using 2x6s instead of the usual 5/8″ plywood. This has meant solidness that I’ve really enjoyed from our floors. And, since we got a bundle of 2x6s from reStore West, this turned out to be the better …
Skid Foundation
Here we are flipping our new foundation … Since the Tiny Studio might someday find its way to another location (ideally something a little more remote and outside the city), it’s being built on a skid foundation. We started building the foundation by laying out the studio’s floor joists and then lagging them to the …
Planning to Keep Warm
The other great find at Edmonton’s Restore West was these pallets of insulation. While they won’t be as nice to work with as regular fiberglass batts, they have an excellent R-value and will do a great job of keeping the studio work this winter.
A Load of Green Lumber
Since losing the studio space I was renting, I’ve been thinking about what the best option is for painting. This has led to some interesting conversations with friends and a re-imaging of the studio’s work … Shortly after the dust settled, I connected with my friend, David Goa, and our meandering conversation touched upon his …