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Dining Room Redux
Mar. 10th, 2009 03:31 amI mentioned before that my roommate and I had discussed what he needed moved so that he could get started on his own cleaning adventure. His organizing needs are more pressing than mine: he has been using a large night stand as his computer desk since we moved in because he could not fit his desk into his bedroom.
This had been fine until now. He needs to test his code on different computers and he just scored a spare monitor and two towers for these tests. Unfortunately he has nowhere to put the monitor, let alone the computers that will go with it, until he can get the boxes out of his bedroom. He desparately needs a space the size of the dining room to dissemble and store.
So far today I've moved a small bookcase out of the living room into the mud room. Then I moved a bunch of moving boxes and a disassembled miniature baker's rack (more like a kitchen prep rack) into the basement. This is the first time we've tried using the basement in this house, as we have never ascertained from the landlord whether any of it is off limits. While I was moving the mini-rack, it dawned on me that I could set up just its shelves and use it as another place to put boxes.
Then I moved a full baker's rack from the dining room to the mud room. Everything fits with space to spare, thus the room looks civilized instead of crammed.
When my roommate saw the dining room, he felt like he was seeing a new room. It feels slightly barren, but that's the point: it has space for the first time in a year.
Today's progress has been about other people. I want to make the place work for both of us, not just me. I also want to consolidate a couple more boxes before I put things back onto the rack or use the mini-rack.
This had been fine until now. He needs to test his code on different computers and he just scored a spare monitor and two towers for these tests. Unfortunately he has nowhere to put the monitor, let alone the computers that will go with it, until he can get the boxes out of his bedroom. He desparately needs a space the size of the dining room to dissemble and store.
So far today I've moved a small bookcase out of the living room into the mud room. Then I moved a bunch of moving boxes and a disassembled miniature baker's rack (more like a kitchen prep rack) into the basement. This is the first time we've tried using the basement in this house, as we have never ascertained from the landlord whether any of it is off limits. While I was moving the mini-rack, it dawned on me that I could set up just its shelves and use it as another place to put boxes.
Then I moved a full baker's rack from the dining room to the mud room. Everything fits with space to spare, thus the room looks civilized instead of crammed.
When my roommate saw the dining room, he felt like he was seeing a new room. It feels slightly barren, but that's the point: it has space for the first time in a year.
Today's progress has been about other people. I want to make the place work for both of us, not just me. I also want to consolidate a couple more boxes before I put things back onto the rack or use the mini-rack.
