Nesting

Last night I had this crazy idea that I wanted to rearrange our bedroom...so I did. The biggest problem in all our rooms has been circulation because of their modest size. We always feel cramped walking into our bedroom, so I wondered whether a new layout would help. Let's see shall we?



The bed is now against the wall where the tall dresser was. In this arrangement we have more room to walk around the bed.


The bed frame overlaps the window frame by just a little which worked better than I expected.


That wall is where the bed used to be. The rocking chair fits nicely under the reading light.


We can use the night stand again since there's room for it next to the bed now. Here you have a better idea of much more space we have to move around.


The tall dresser ended up there at the foot of the bed. It's not ideal but there is still plenty of room between it and the foot board. It's close to Keith's closet too. The bedroom door doesn't open all the way now but we have plenty of room to the right of the door.

Do you rearrange your furniture often? I do it all the time. It makes me feel as though I'm in a new place.

Lamp shade ceiling fan

http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2011/04/prettying-up-ceiling-fan.html

Saving for future. I've been looking for ideas to deal with the light in "my apartment".

Back to my apartment

No we haven't forgotten about this room. I think the last time we left off Keith installed the quarter round along the floor and caulked it. The quarter round was expensive at $55 considering all the other DIY projects we've done and those have had a big wow factor.

We ended up moving the daybed from the guest room into this room. I have been spending night and day looking for design ideas on how to arrange this room. Keith actually came up with this arrangement which I love.



The day bed is half way through the room. In the corner where the plant is sitting is where we will put the tv. That way there's a bit of intimacy between me and Edward Cullen...just kidding! There is enough space to walk by but not such a wide gap that it's distracting. The chair on the right allows for conversation.


As you can see here, there's a separation of space and function which is what I wanted. To the left is my desk and workstation. I can do my crafts and scrapbook while watching tv.



From the opposite angle facing the front n closet door. And yes the plant grew legs and moved on top of the cabinet where I store a lot of paper supplies.



I'll put up some shelves and a cork board. I need to find a place for my printer and sewing machine.



Nothing matches right now but I'll slowly work on that. In the mean time, how cute are they?

Rooms continued

Today Keith caulked the crown moulding. It looks so much better once it's caulked. I have to go back and paint it when I get a chance.


Then in the other room we cleaned and vacuumed thoroughly. We put away all the tools finally and started moving some furniture into the room.


Here's the other view. It's a real mish mosh of non matching furniture right now but everything is gonna a facelift pretty soon.