Does this look like my new studio?  It could be.  Shipping containers are the latest thing in building.  They are sturdy, water tight, movable and secure.  You can frame in a door, cut in windows, run electricity…really, you can almost do anything.

Today the DH and I went looking at shipping containers.  I’ve been toying the idea of using one for my ’studio’.  I would  put it in the back forest, have a friend cut in a couple windows and WA LA, instant Fortress of  Solitude.

They cost about $3,000 and depending upon what was shipped in them I could use one.  The first we saw smelled like garlic.  Really, like garlic.  Next we talked to a local discarded equipment perveyor (junk man) and he said he would charge us $200 - $300 to move one if we found one we wanted.  Low and behold, Land O Goshen…there were TWO in the paper today for sale.  They only wanted $1000 for each.  This sounded too good to be true. 

Well Yup r doodle, it was too good to be true.  They were previously used for growing pot, Mary Jane…you know that illegal stuff.  Now I will admit I have smoked a few in my day and tried really hard to inhale.  Although I would not be the first in line if it was legalized, I but would at lease be standing around the corner.  But I could not use a pot reeking shipping container to dye yarn and run my business nor could I use a garlic smelling container.  On the flip side I may come up with some really interesting color combinations if I used the pot smeller for dying….Hmmmm.

After talking to the junk guy I learned the ‘problem’ with using the shipping container for an office is the sweat.  Yes, they sweat when it gets cold.  You have to basically build around the outside and frame in the inside so I’ve thrown out that idea and will stick in my garage room.

Oh well, it was a good idea anyway.