Why does Fizzigig look a bit like she's been busted in the first picture? Were you intimidating that poor sweet creature?
How do you have empty bookshelves?
Just succumb to the tide and go to IKEA. I swear, you really will be surprised at how nice-looking the furniture is, and how affordable. It really, honestly, is affordable, good design.
Bed, queen. Real shelving. Side table next to the bed that you can reach the top of if you're lying down.
You can keep the file cabinet and the other stuff in there, but you can put it in nicer storage that doesn't look so collegiate. Nobody expects a pristine and empty guest room in a single guy's apartment, but you don't want to feel like you're crashing at somebody's pad, either.
Is that a hardwood floor vac? I need for you to try it out and tell me how you like it if it is.
And rock on with your turntable. Together P and I have two.
Nah, she's just sulking because I'm not playing with The Ball rightthatveryminute.
I know.
I've never been to IKEA. I may be the last person in town to have never set foot in there, but I knew if I did, I would spend several hundred dollars. Looks like I have a visit coming, though. I'd rather find a local place, but I don't know where to go.
It's not a hardwood vac per se, but it can be used on the hardwoods (since that's all I have). One day, I'll vacuum.
Love the turntable. At some point, I'll buy one separately and get rid of that ugly box.
IKEA is local, silly. It's four miles away. :) I know what you mean. We had looked for several affordable things and realized that we just needed to suck it up and go there, since everything else we liked was whopping expensive (DWR, anyone? Within WHOSE reach?). One thing I like is that it doesn't look theme-y. I don't like clothes or furniture that look too much like they came from a specific place, where people can take one look and say, "Pottery Barn?" You know what I mean?
I get that look from Ripchen. It's why The Ball has been banished to outside because she Just. Won't. Quit. She can have chew toys or the tug rope in the house, but no balls. Our nerves can't take it.
Right there with ya. I refuse to set foot in a Pier 1 "Imports." Hate to break it to you people, but it ain't "original art" when there's a shelf full of the same fargain figurine. They have factories in Guatamala, too, ya know. And while I'm a big fan of the Bed in a Bag, Rooms To Go kinda bugs me. Maybe it's their ads.
Fizzgig isn't so much interested in chew toys. She has a few lying around, but ignores them unless I get excited about them. She doesn't play well on her own, she needs to have someone (read: me) playing with her. Thus, The Ball.
This isn't quite the fix you were looking for, but I have a sofa-sleeper that I'm dying to get rid of, for free. All you'd need is a truck. It's sort of a bed-futon, but clunkier and much heavier. It was just barely comfortable enough to get me through the Ice Storm of 2000 in a "previous life".
Additionally, Bev and I have been looking at craigslist recently for dining room cabinets, and bedroom bureaus. We've got two stops planned for tomorrow afternoon in Smyrna and Brookhaven. If you still have my cellphone number, call me tomorrow sometime between 0900 and 1300, and you can come with us. Um . . . both places want cold hard cash, not checks.
Thanks, but I'm avoiding the sofabed option. I'll be moving at least one more time, and just the thought of lugging one of those things around hurts my back.
Go to Ikea. They have more shelving solutions than you can possibly imagine. The cinderblock shelves have to go.
Get the smallest bed you can for the task. Guest rooms normally get a full size bed, nothing more, nothing less. It accomdates 2 people. Don't worry about making it too comfortable. Remember, guests are like fish, after three days, they start to stink.
Don't worry about putting all that crap anywhere else. The guest room can double as storage. If it's just family coming to stay, they're not going to care anyway.
A pilgrimage to IKEA is in the works, I think. I may hold off until that furniture place opens next to the Righteous Room (where Market One and Harry's used to be). I'd prefer to buy local, but I may not be able to afford it.
All the crap is going to have to stay in that room -- there's no where else for it all. I'll just need to find new storage for it.
I'm still disappointed that I didn't find a decent two-bedroom apartment when I moved last winter. As it was, I got a second very small room that sort-of can work as an office. I bought a "day sofa" from World Market for like $300 that folds into a twin bed, but I'm still looking forward to the Holy Grail of an actual guest bedroom
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I think I'll be getting a bed, rather than a futon, it's just a matter what size and how much money. I have a queen in my room, so all my extra sheets, etc are that size.
Except for that disaster with that first bed, I've never been furniture shopping. I have no idea what to even look for. I may just window shop at IKEA if for no other reason than to get an idea of what's out there. And, you know, to say that I've been.
I need to get over the whole not-wanting-to-move-stuff-I-don't-want thing. I learned the magic of Craig's List from Amy's yard sale last year. She sold practically everything she owned in a week. No reason I can't do the same.
Don't worry, I'll have something for you by the time you get here.
I'm thinking a new bed, at least. The thought of a second-hand bed from a stranger is kind of creepy. It wouldn't stop me from selling a bed on Craigslist, but buying one.
I should get shelves that way, though. The problem may be transport.
You got any plans for those coffee and end tables? I used to have a similar set and over the years and the moves and people being stupid the glass tops have broken and other various tragedys... Anyway, I would LOVE to replace them. I am happy to pretend to be crazy scary lady (well, a different crazy scary lady than the one I am) and come pick them up. I'll acy all remorseful and embarassed like someone who left their kids at camp for too long. :-)
I was thinking of keeping them for myself, but the truth of the matter is that I can't keep them.
Glass tops + throwing the ball for the dog = Big Trouble
So yeah, they're all yours. They're nice, too. Green iron with thick glass tops. Heavy, too. The smaller, taller square one is a one-person job, but the longer coffee table takes two people. Let me know when you can grab them.
YAY!!! You are the bestest. I work pretty much 7-5 but other than that I have nothing going on. So let me know what is good for you. Do the come apart at all? All I have is the corolla. I am always amazed at what I can fit in it but things are always easier if the come apart.
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How do you have empty bookshelves?
Just succumb to the tide and go to IKEA. I swear, you really will be surprised at how nice-looking the furniture is, and how affordable. It really, honestly, is affordable, good design.
Bed, queen. Real shelving. Side table next to the bed that you can reach the top of if you're lying down.
You can keep the file cabinet and the other stuff in there, but you can put it in nicer storage that doesn't look so collegiate. Nobody expects a pristine and empty guest room in a single guy's apartment, but you don't want to feel like you're crashing at somebody's pad, either.
Is that a hardwood floor vac? I need for you to try it out and tell me how you like it if it is.
And rock on with your turntable. Together P and I have two.
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I know.
I've never been to IKEA. I may be the last person in town to have never set foot in there, but I knew if I did, I would spend several hundred dollars. Looks like I have a visit coming, though. I'd rather find a local place, but I don't know where to go.
It's not a hardwood vac per se, but it can be used on the hardwoods (since that's all I have). One day, I'll vacuum.
Love the turntable. At some point, I'll buy one separately and get rid of that ugly box.
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I get that look from Ripchen. It's why The Ball has been banished to outside because she Just. Won't. Quit. She can have chew toys or the tug rope in the house, but no balls. Our nerves can't take it.
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Fizzgig isn't so much interested in chew toys. She has a few lying around, but ignores them unless I get excited about them. She doesn't play well on her own, she needs to have someone (read: me) playing with her. Thus, The Ball.
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Additionally, Bev and I have been looking at craigslist recently for dining room cabinets, and bedroom bureaus. We've got two stops planned for tomorrow afternoon in Smyrna and Brookhaven. If you still have my cellphone number, call me tomorrow sometime between 0900 and 1300, and you can come with us. Um . . . both places want cold hard cash, not checks.
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(email me if you don't have the number)
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Get the smallest bed you can for the task. Guest rooms normally get a full size bed, nothing more, nothing less. It accomdates 2 people. Don't worry about making it too comfortable. Remember, guests are like fish, after three days, they start to stink.
Don't worry about putting all that crap anywhere else. The guest room can double as storage. If it's just family coming to stay, they're not going to care anyway.
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All the crap is going to have to stay in that room -- there's no where else for it all. I'll just need to find new storage for it.
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Except for that disaster with that first bed, I've never been furniture shopping. I have no idea what to even look for. I may just window shop at IKEA if for no other reason than to get an idea of what's out there. And, you know, to say that I've been.
I need to get over the whole not-wanting-to-move-stuff-I-don't-want thing. I learned the magic of Craig's List from Amy's yard sale last year. She sold practically everything she owned in a week. No reason I can't do the same.
Don't worry, I'll have something for you by the time you get here.
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I should get shelves that way, though. The problem may be transport.
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Anyway, I would LOVE to replace them.
I am happy to pretend to be crazy scary lady (well, a different crazy scary lady than the one I am) and come pick them up. I'll acy all remorseful and embarassed like someone who left their kids at camp for too long. :-)
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Glass tops + throwing the ball for the dog = Big Trouble
So yeah, they're all yours. They're nice, too. Green iron with thick glass tops. Heavy, too. The smaller, taller square one is a one-person job, but the longer coffee table takes two people. Let me know when you can grab them.
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You are the bestest.
I work pretty much 7-5 but other than that I have nothing going on. So let me know what is good for you.
Do the come apart at all? All I have is the corolla. I am always amazed at what I can fit in it but things are always easier if the come apart.
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I'm home by 5:15 weeknights. I have trivia on Monday night, but that's it this week.
Dinner and a moving?
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