As with the living room, our “bedroom” is just the designated corner of the converted garage …
Really, the decision of WHERE the bed was going to sit was made for us. The dresser and bookshelves in the above photo are actually part of the unit. … they come with the place and have stay there … so, with those + the kitchen+the front door, the bed couldn’t really be put anywhere but just immediately to the left of the front door.
There’s just barely enough room on the left side to open up those cabinets (under the shelves) most of the way, and just barely enough room on the right side for a little bitty bedside table and still be able to open the front door.
It’s cozy.
We use these unfinished wooden crates from Michael’s as our bedside tables. I don’t remember how long I’ve had these or why I even bought them in the first place, but these crates have certainly been helpful in so many situations …
Andrew’s side of the bed:
And, on the far side, my side of the bed. Right next to a full bookshelf (let’s hope there’s not a earthquake) and a pile of boxes (things that we’ll need over the next year, so I don’t want to put in storage and lose).
Our bed is a mixture of linens …. it’s actually pretty color-cohesive with the exception of the pillowcases. We just don’t have enough matching pillowcases so we use the old family hand-me-downs, or the child’s print Andrew has from years and years ago.
Our VERY FULL bookshelves. Between our books, my office/photo-business-related stuff, Andrew’s CDs, Andrew’s records and Andrew’s recording-related-stuff …. our shelves are always very full.
Especially when I don’t always put away my clean clothes as in the below photo.
Luckily (for Andrew) these shelves have some spots that are high enough and deep enough for his vinyl. You can’t just put those anywhere. They’ve such distinct dimensions.
Also, little spot in that corner for my new (big) camera bag. Luckily we have somewhere to put it …
That white door leads to the bathroom. We keep it closed most of the time. Especially at night, because there is a window directly across from the door that faces east. So in the morning the bright rising-sun light comes streaming in and would hit me right in the face at 6a if the door wasn’t closed.
The bed faces the HUGE dresser (that actually ‘comes with’ the apartment). This dresser is so big it actually holds all of Andrew’s clothes (that aren’t in the closet); all of the linens (blankets, etc) that we unpacked and some of my clothes. It’s huge.
The television and DVD player (which I just realized I didn’t get a pic of) sit on top. It’s nice that we have a spot for the TV so we can watch Netflix/etc, but since our bed just sits on the ground, and the dresser is so large, we have to hold the DVD remote way over our heads to get it high enough to be recognized by the machine … I think it’s pretty funny …
We don’t actually have control over our thermostat. All our utilities are included in the rent, so we just have to deal with whatever temperature the landlords choose to put the air at. Which is not very cold.
So, at night we turn on this big floor fan (which is up on TV trays so it blows on us and not just the side of the bed near the floor). It also serves as white noise, which helps a little bit for sleeping in.
That’s it. That’s the extent of the bedroom. Or “bedroom”
I pretty much spend the bulk of my time when I’m home on my side of the bed …. with a drink on my bedside table and my computer plugged in. I keep my camera cord close by so I can load photos onto my computer when I need to …
Tomorrow – our teeny bathroom
I’m sure we bought those blue and brown pillowcases in the 80′s when we had a waterbed. The bookcases and dresser look pretty nice.
I think you need to take a picture of Andrew using the remote from the bed. It does sound hilarious!
When do we get to come and spend the night? (just kidding)
I’m pretty sure I can see a couple of my books up on the shelves there.