I have half a room in the basement dedicated for my sewing, crocheting, quilting and craft making. There is a place for everything, but everything is not always in its place. No one bugs me about it (i.e., my husband). It is my space to mess up if I like, and periodically, everything goes back into its place. I enter the domestic science section at the Renfrew Fair each year, and my ribbons proudly go on display in this special room.
Caroline Sulpher
(District 21 Renfrew)
I have a small table in my living room with great light. I use it to complete Chinese calligraphy and Zentangling.
Beth Adams
(District 22 Etobicoke and York)
I have a workshop where I create wooden toys. I am able to produce happiness.
Armand Grandinetti
(District 34 York Region)
I use my dining room as an art studio. I relax, sitting on my seventh-floor balcony overlooking Leamington Marina and the ferry dock (ferries travel to Pelee Island in Lake Erie).
Robert Affleck
(District 7 Windsor-Essex)
I knit while sitting in an armchair in the living room. I have the sewing machine sitting right now on the kitchen table. There’s a small deck where I can read, listen to music or just enjoy being outside.
Marion Dowds
(District 12 Norfolk)
My husband, Don, has a huge shop. I love to work on the veranda. We are building a learning centre for the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust, involving lots of people. There’s a lot of space for creativity there.
Marnie Ross
(District 48 Leeds and Grenville)
I have a backyard where I enjoy working in my garden and creating a personal space that gives me a sense of satisfaction.
Catherine Simunic
(District 13 Hamilton-Wentworth, Haldimand)
I have been working on a novel; I have an office set up in our condo. We’re moving, and I have designed an office for our new home complete with a Murphy bed and shelving, with a view of the golf course. Heaven!
Colleen McKee
(District 41 Elgin)
I belong to a writing group, so my computer room is the office of choice, uncluttered, with only those things I really need. My garden is my work in progress, having changed and developed over the years. I keep those tools that work for me available for any job.
Marlene Castura
(District 13 Hamilton-Wentworth, Haldimand)
My office, where I can write what I want, for family and friends. I made a souvenir album for my sisters and brothers, from their birth through childhood, adolescence and adult life. It took seven or eight months to make these souvenir albums.
Anita Corriveau
(District 44 Franco-Nipissing)
I have two spaces. My back deck overlooking my backyard and the farmer’s field behind it is conducive to birdwatching and reading. My living-room corner with my special armchair is where I read, listen to music or do handicrafts like knitting socks or making baby items for former students or children of work colleagues.
Kathy Mack
(District 50 Atlantic)
I have set aside part of my one-bedroom apartment for practising, expanding my solo repertoire and learning new tunes for the band I play with. I also compose and arrange tunes for my jazz quartet and develop improvised solos.
Ralph Le Fevre
(District 13 Hamilton-Wentworth, Haldimand)
