New Bedroom

I recently moved into a house in Detroit and (mostly) have my room set up. Space was a big issue, but I managed to find some work-arounds. Since my bookshelf ended up being used mainly for office supplies, you'll find I have books in various places all around my room. I have one shelf to put up that will probably be mostly for books, as I still have some without a home.

The bed I built a couple of years ago, and though it takes up a decent amount of space and is extremely heavy to move, I refuse to part with it.

I bought a dresser from Salvation Army for $20 that was wide enough so I could also use it as a stand for my turtle.

Bar doubled as a night-stand.

I used my bookshelf to keep most of my office supplies on since I don't have a desk with storage.

Because I couldn't fit a desk in the room, I just bought a recycled piece of wood from The Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit and mounted it on the wall. The wood and brackets cost $2, the hardware and anchors to mount it properly were about $20.

christmas crafts

I've been spending a lot of my free-time recently working on my script, but Mary and I found some time on Thanksgiving to make stockings for ourselves for Christmas. Mine is the one on the right with the snowflakes. Mostly I like how large they are to fit lots of gifts.



We also made a wreath with a felt bison on it. The leaves were made from PBR cans that we cut into leaf-shapes and then painted green. Originally, i was going to put the bison on the stocking, but decided it just wasn't going to fit aesthetically. Since i already had the bison outline ready though, it was the logical solution for what to make the center-piece of the wreath.

new town, new apartment, new bed and headboard

i've just moved to chicago and finally have the space for the bed and headboard i built. the basic blue-prints were from handmade modern, but i added a shelf on the headboard and took out the weird illumination thing they did. mary and i may still add a decorative paper to the headboard, but this is it for now.