Lori are you tall or short? What is the largest size canvas you work on? What are the dimensions of the room and what is the current flooring? How much natural light do you have?

You might prioritize natural light and put in a skylight. If you are tall you might like a 42" high island with flat drawers for paper and media. If short, you might do well with some of the Martha stewart crafting furniture sold at home decorators.com . .

You'll want low light, mid light, overhead light. An easel .. or a way to hang canvas on the wall . . . give us a little sketch with dimensions, windows and doors . . take a picture on your phone and post it here .. .

Thank you for responding so quickly. I am 5ft 7inches tall 130 lbs. The flooring is concrete. The studio is going to be located at the back patio of an existing cabin at our ranch. In addition to painting I also create and design jewelry. Work space and lighting is key to the tiny detailing involved. Storage is essential as well since there are numerous components involved with jewelry making. Findings, beads, wire, thread, tools, task lighting, display etc.

If you already have the empty space for your studio, to get a good design you have to completely understand what you need first. Usually people don't know until they start working. If you have already been working in another space and now you have a designated space, your new studio, you probably know what ISN'T working. For example, in your current/old space, "if only this table fit by that window I could see better when I'm beading" or "if only I could place this work surface next to the outlet to plug in my power cord and and extra lamp" Or, you hate having to get up or stretch or lean for supplies and materials, etc. If only you had under mount drawers for your hand tools or other supplies.

For painting, do you need vertical storage for canvases like how cookie sheets are stored in narrow kitchen cabinets? Do you stretch your own canvases and need a pull down work surface for constructed those? Or would you need a works surface on wheels that could be kept on the wall and then puled out while working if you need to move around all sides of the project?

Do you need natural light and lots of windows, and maybe extra electrical outlets for multiple computer screens, or printer/copier?

With the above in mind, haul all your stuff out to your new space and set up a chair and a work surface. Don't worry about anything being right right now. Just set up and start working and then every time you need something write it down. Stackable mini drawers here. A wheeled chair would be better than a non-wheel chair. An L shaped desk would allow access to two counter top surfaces at once, from one place. A movable plug in lamp, or under cabinet lighting would be nice. Just start working and your work will tell you what you need.

Do you do your work for fun or for a business? Do you need a space to print mailer labels, put your laptop too do email with customers or the post office or whomever?

Your solutions and designs for your space can come from looking at studio space photos on Pinterest, jewelry/craft/artisan trade mags, (start googling!) or elsewhere. I love Pinterest for this.

Solutions for work surfaces and storage and access, can be found in a hundred places: Michaels, IKEA, Beverly's, Target, Container Store (leave your wallet at home on your first rip!), Ace Hardware.

Remember to look in the kitchen section of a home store for "Lazy Susan's" cutlery/silverware storage, and also in bathroom section for make-up and sundries storage. All these containers cold work great for storage of your stuff.

LOOK AT EVERYTHING out there before you start buying. Go cheap if you're not sure. Lots of great storage things can be found around the house, things that might otherwise end of in the recycling bins. Replace with higher quality once something really is working well for you and then go buy multiples of those.

Remember to include a cork board or other wall space for inspiration, either past work or work you'd like to do, or tack up images for color inspiration, or style inspiration.

For the actual studio layout, remember to take advantage of the full height of the wall for storage, varying space between shelves according to what you have to store. Keep stuff off the floor so that your space is open and free and available for you to move around and not feel hemmed in.

Leave room to get up from your work space to stand, and stretch, maybe a do a couple yoga poses, to get that blood flowing during your hours of work and concentration.

Post before and after pictures of your space.

Look at the fantastic metal cabinets that look like old post office tall cabinets with a zinc topped bar height table ... .metal drawers in a tall piece above .. these would not weather. For jewelry, consider if a workbench at 42" with a barstool wouldn't give you the most flexibility. Some clamp on architects lights but also Look at the wonderful filament led fairy lights that you can wrap around things to cast soft light in clouds around a workbench.

Give yourself two zones - painting zone and jewelry zone with different storage in both places - a place to hang a canvas - maybe hooks on the exterior wall of the cabin? I have a skylight in a patio cover and love it because it doesn't matter if it leaks . . .

Consider what you are willing to store outside (jewelry stuff) and what you are not (paint stuff) and put the paint stuff in something with wheels you can roll indoors for temperature extremes.