Who doesn't love to check out other people's work space? I am a sucker for it and can spend hours trying to find pictures of other soapers work areas. Mostly for ideas on how to better arrange my supplies. So here are some photos of my space. I have since rearranged things and bought some new carts/curing racks, but that just means I can show you another set of soap studio photos at a later date! Enjoy the tour!
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| Table where I weigh ingredients and mix up soap. |
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| Sink and drying area with fragrance storage on the wall. |
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| Main supply storage shelves |
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| Packaging and wrapping station |
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| Cutting table |
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| Soap storage and curing rack |
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| Picture of the whole space |
Your studio looks great, it's nice to have so much space. Marieke
ReplyDeleteYour studio looks great, it's nice to have so much room for crafting. Love your blog! Marieke
ReplyDeleteThanks Marieke! I have a large section of the basement that I took over to be my soaping room. It needs some work still--drywall in some spots and lots of paint, but it works. I have dreams of getting kitchen cabinets for one wall and a built in sink! But alas I need to sell a lot more soap before I can do that! haha
ReplyDeleteYou have a nice work space! Every little spot is full too. How is it that we need so much? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI have lots of impulse buys from when I began soaping! haha
DeleteAh, what a dream, I absolutely love it! When I grow up, I will have one on my own! :) You made me laugh about the impulse buys, hehe, how true is that... :) So far I dedicated one whole built-in wardrobe just for ingredients, tools, molds and recipients and I am not selling my products!
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I find you to be so lucky living in the US for this. European union is so strict about the rules that if I wanted to sell any of my products, including soap (which is considered cosmetics and therefore all the nonsense horrible bureaucracy applies to it), I would need to have a workshop that conforms to regulations of public health institute (we call it institute of hygiene). This means tiles everywhere, high ceiling, two sinks - one for hands, one for instruments, windows, ... and who know what else... :-/
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DeleteI have heard that about the EU and I think at least Florida in the USA has similar rules. That does make it very difficult...you even need to send out each recipe/formula to a cosmetic chemist for testing, right? Technically, if businesses make cosmetics in the USA we should comply with similar regulations like easy to clean floors, walls, and ceilings. I know it is very hard for us home businesses to completely conform to the GMP "good manufacturing protocols", but most of us try to get as close as we can. I try to keep my area as clean as possible and since I am a scientist by training, I like to spray down everything with 70% ethanol before and after I make my products like I do when I am working in my research lab.