{"id":909,"date":"2025-03-04T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=909"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:01:33","slug":"165-organizing-small-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2025\/03\/04\/165-organizing-small-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"165: Organizing Small Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3483\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-909-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/165-smallspaces.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/165-smallspaces.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/165-smallspaces.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/165-smallspaces.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=909-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('909-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_909-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_909-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=909-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode Title:<\/strong> <em>Organizing Small Spaces<\/em><br><strong>Podcast:<\/strong> <em>Adventures in Arting with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer<\/em><br><strong>Hosts:<\/strong> Julie Fei-Fan Balzer &amp; Eileen Hsu-Balzer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165-organizingsmallspaces.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Summary:<\/strong><br>In this episode, Julie and her mom, Eileen, dive into practical strategies for organizing small art spaces. They explore ways to maximize creative space, whether you&#8217;re working in a tiny apartment, a shared living area, or a dedicated studio. Julie shares her own experiences\u2014from her NYC apartments to her current attic studio\u2014and offers flexible storage solutions, organization tips, and advice on making the most of every inch of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Learn in This Episode:<\/strong><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>Mindset shifts for working in a small space<\/em><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>Flexible and space-saving furniture ideas<\/em><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>Vertical storage, pegboards, rolling carts, and other smart solutions<\/em><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>How to choose and manage your art supplies efficiently<\/em><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>Why a \u201chealthy\u201d art space matters (lighting, ventilation, and ergonomics)<\/em><br>&#x2714;&#xfe0f; <em>Creative ways to declutter and make room for more art-making<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources &amp; Links Mentioned:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>My Art Practice<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myartpractice.com\/\">myartpractice.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Julie\u2019s blog<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.balzerdesigns.com\/\">https:\/\/blog.balzerdesigns.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Instagram:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/balzerdesigns\">@BalzerDesigns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Article from Curbed: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curbed.com\/2023\/05\/art-studio-your-apartment-artists-kitchen.html\">\u201cWhen Your Art Studio is Also Your Apartment\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Julie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/spTTxl8i7Do\">YouTube video on workstations<\/a><\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Help the Podcast Grow!<\/strong><br>If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review, share it on social media, or tell a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Title: Organizing Small SpacesPodcast: Adventures in Arting with Julie Fei-Fan BalzerHosts: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer &amp; Eileen Hsu-Balzer Episode Summary:In this episode, Julie and her &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}