Ah yes, where all the magic happens…. at least now that I have my Harry Potter glasses.
So in case you’ve forgotten, we live in a very small apartment. I can literally wash the dishes while taking a bath. Well, okay, it’s not that close of a space, and although it would make sense to combine bathing and dishwashing, I don’t think I’ll start it up.
That is, unless someone tells me that it’s organic to wash dishes in the shower. In that case I would. Because aren’t we all clamouring to be defined as organic??
Oh, okay, I guess it’s just me.
Maybe not only organic, but also seinfeld-ic. I could wash some iceberg lettuce in the shower for sure. Then, I’ll be sure to mention it to someone just so they say “you know, that reminds me of a seinfeld episode” and then I’ll pretend to not know what they are talking about as if the very idea itself came from an [organic] thought.
Nevermind. I’ve got a cold, so I’m going on tangents.
On a good note, I spent tonight interpreting my first parent/teacher conference. Not once did I substitute the word “furniture” for “car”, like I did here. Not that either of those words would ever come up in a conference… Well, wait. I guess they could. “My son has bad attendance because our furniture is unreliable.” Confused? Read the linked post.
Okay, back to our dorm room. Enough of cold/sinus/allergy-induced ramblings.
We don’t have a lot of storage, so in an effort to create it, I opted to sell our super duper comfortable queen bed for a “I’m a freshman in college” loft bed. Pretty sweet. Bad thing is that neither a twin nor a full bed fit in it.
Solution?
Make our own bed, Arkansas-style. How many of you can say you have a custom-made, (almost) sleep number, thermarest bed that just barely fits the both of you comfortably?
Yeah, didn’t think so. Don’t be jealous.
The reason it’s a psuedo sleep number is because we had to fold the thermarest padding over on one side, making R’s section a lot more cushiony. I like my mattress hard, so there you have it. I’m a 75 and he’s a 25 or vice versa. Whatever it is.
Quit laughing.
R’s dresser used to be under the loft bed and the trunk acted as a coffee table for the couch that’s under the “wall o’ equipment”. We had to continuously walk around the coffee table, so I decided to pull the dresser out and create a semi-barrier. This has helped us store more items behind it without the room being visually ugly. I heard laughter. I’m going to stand by that statement though.
I threw some old photos of Siloam Springs into a frame and exchanged out our old piggy bank for an old mason jar. I like rusty things.
How many times did I just use the word ‘old’?
The desk area has a lamp attached and so we’re thinking that due to lack of sunlight, we can always use this as a place to keep plants.
Wall o’ Equipment. Everything stacks up nicely though and is off the floors. Left to Right: Biking Gear, Camping/Hiking, Golf. Easy Peasy.
But if you ever come over to visit, you’ll notice something strange in our boudoir. The ceiling fan has no blades!
Wha?
Huh?
Uh-huh, that’s right, people. I took them off. First of all, it was like crossing a gauntlet just to get into bed if the fan was on. At any moment, our head could be taken off and roll across the floor.
And because I particularly like my head, I took the blades off.
Also…
We needed shelves! So we bought some L-Brackets and there you have it. Instant side tables. We don’t have a lamp or anything up there, so we use that look book spotlight as well as headlights.
Pretty romantic, eh?
Any ideas?? Help me!
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Niiiiice. So, the fan. Could you not have just pulled the chain to turn the fan OFF? Was removing the blades really necessary? Just a suggestion…
No, the blades were still in the way.
you can hang long antique necklaces from the posts that the blades used to reside. you could also take off the light fixture from the ceiling fan, flip it over, and put rolled up belts in it.
..where the blades use to reside.
…used to reside.
i'm done.
A ha ha ha. I got a chuckle out of those.But SERIOUSLY, I do need a place to put our belts. Hmmm…And what if I hung dried flowers from the spokes of the fan??
actually, i can see where you're going with necklaces. It would kind of look chandelier-ish.