Headboard Drawers

Headboard Drawers, originally uploaded by Maryja.

We have our bed!

Craig finished it this past weekend and he and Ivan spent an entire afternoon transporting it to our place and setting it up. Doors had to be removed and shelves taken down to maneuver the 3 large pieces that comprise the entire unit into our bedroom where Craig then reassembled it.

We've both emptied our dressers (and purged some articles of clothing in the process) and still have plenty of room in the drawers which is good because we have laundry to do and will need the space.

Click on the pic to go to my Flickr page for shots of the entire bed.

Eight Drawers

Eight Drawers, originally uploaded by Maryja.

Moving into, and sharing, a small space means utilizing every square inch of available real estate. One way that we decided to do this in our bedroom was to have a friend who is a furniture designer and builder actually, well, design and build a storage bed that we could put two dressers worth of clothes into. We worked with Craig to figure out the unique properties of the room (long and narrow with a radiator) and designed the bed to function within those properties. It was a pretty cool and painless process.

Anyway, Craig is finishing up the bed today (drawer pulls that took forever to decide on) and it will be delivered tomorrow. I can't wait to see it! There are a couple other pictures of the bed in process on my flickr page. Hopefully, Ivan will remember to take lots of pictures tomorrow when he helps Craig load it up, transport it, and set it up.

I'll post more when I can.

Domino Bedrooms

Domino Magazine has a slide show of reader bedrooms and I've included four here that I like. They are in no particular order and I like them for all quite different reasons. For instance, the picture above. I like the cool blue and the simplicity of the design.

The white bedroom below I like for the horizontal planking on the wall, and the slightly bohemian feel. It may be a bit "Anthropologie" to my taste, but I think it could be a cool starting point.



Except for the reflection of Jesus in the mirror, there are a lot of things I like about the room below - especially the blue paint and the chalk like mural of tree and full moon. I don't think I'd ever get tired of looking at that.



The last room (pictured below) is meant for a child, and pink is not my favorite color. However, our bedroom is already painted dark pink with a pale pink trim and I have to admit it is pretty restful. But I would love to add some dimension to the room and I love the paper parasol display. No "Hello Kitty" for me but, otherwise, the fun in this room is infectious.

Green walls, yellow trim, jungle door

Green walls, yellow trim, jungle door
Originally uploaded by Maryja

Well, we got through most of the painting for the bathroom late last week.This shot shows all of the primary colors and the verra cool jungle motif that has been preserved through the last 3 paint colors including this one.

We are considering painting some trees, leaves, birds, flowers to cut down on the 'greeness' a little. Will post more if we do.

Also, the picture links to my Flickr account where you can see the paint process (of sorts).

Bathroom in bird form

We are in the process of (re)painting our bathroom and the little bird above, a Puerto Rican Tody, is almost exactly the shade of green about to go on the walls and the yellow of our trim. Before the primer went on the bathroom was a lovely, but really dark, shade of eggplant. However, the space is about 4' x 6' with only one light source above the mirror resulting in a really dark room in which my face would float ghost like in the mirror while every other part faded into the background. Seriously, I couldn't ever see my hair.

I think it's safe to say we won't have this problem for much longer.

If ever you are in Copenhagen...

There are a number of designs and graphic elements in the rooms at Hotel Fox in Copenhagen, Denmark that I LOVE. But I don't know if I could sleep in them. Bathe. Eat. Hang out and watch DVD's. Sure. 40 winks? I'm not so sure. Check 'em out and tell me what you think.

How to build your own Hobbit Hole

I'm pretty sure you don't need to live in Wales to do this.

Living Small in Paris

335 square feet. 2 rooms. Paris. What more could you want?

Living Small

The topic of living small has come up a number of times over the last couple of weeks so I thought I'd share this article: The art of Living in Small Places.

When you start thinking about the idea's behind small living, you naturally start with questions: Does living small mean living without? How is quality of life affected? Do I really need all this crap? How much do I really need to survive without feeling like I'm deprived? How small is small? What is too big?

Do I have answers? No. Well, at least not answers that I'm willing to stand behind 100%. What I do know is that I would like to own my own home some day and with the housing market being what it is, some creative solutions will have to come into play to either be able to afford something or to creatively some up with solutions so you don't have to worry about the money aspect too much.

So, my first questions to myself that I want to answer? Do I really need all this crap? And how much do I really need to survive without feeling like I'm deprived?

Answers coming soon!