If you remember, eons ago I did a Sunday Evening Art Gallery Post on Creativity Sheds  (my term), otherwise popularly known as She Sheds.

According to Hartville Outdoor Products, a She Shed is a personal retreat designed specifically for women, offering a quiet, comfortable space separate from the main house. Much like the male counterpart, the man cave, a she shed provides a place for relaxation, hobbies, or work.

She Sheds are much like storage sheds, set in a backyard or at the edge of a patio somewhere, that provide a workspace for painting, crafting, or writing, along with a cozy retreat for reading, meditating, or socializing with friends.

Well, I have rechristened my downstairs library into my very own Creativity Shed.

We have an extra bedroom upstairs for overnight visits by grandkids and traveling friends, and a downstairs that has turned  into a man cave with football memorabilia mixed into a video game center. We moved the “library” downstairs into a room with a window, and it hasn’t been the same since.

I mostly do crafts down there, but I, too, have memorabilia from days gone by, stacked and shifted in-between books and posters and our first breakfront that is way too big for my dining area. I found a wall that was just calling for my winter 2024 sketches, and I got brackets for the closet to hang my works-in-progress.

A number of people have said they wished they had a Creativity Shed. I was one of them.

Then I realized that I didn’t have to go to a separate building to build my own world. That it doesn’t matter if a room is geared to crafts or reading or sketching or meditation. It’s what YOU make it that counts.

Even a table in the corner or a spare closet can be your escape pod. Creative people need a place to write, to think, to dream and daydream.

Don’t worry about what others think of your creative gambit. If they know you — really know you — they won’t think a thing about it. Just do it.