http://unclutterer.com/discuss/forum/bedroom The community for people interested in home and office organizing. en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:42:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://unclutterer.com/discuss/search.php http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45405 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:32:47 +0000 liag 45405@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Yes, luxcat. Ours began in 1969 in an apt. living room with little other furniture and evolved to being painted, etc., and finally installed semi-permanently in a garage when we had a big house. Now I have pared down my massive English teacher book collection to about 30 for me, 30 shared with dh, and 50 of his needed for research. I use library and sharing with friends. You are not as smart as how many books you put on display! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45363 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:53:40 +0000 luxcat 45363@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Zora... don't forget the bookshelf solution for the dirt poor (and those who move a lot)... one foot by one foot fence bricks and planks. I used these for years. you can't stack them up too far (about three levels) but you can use shorter planks for shorter areas, etc. they are very flexible and very inexpensive... and very easy to declutter should one move or decide to get rid of them in future. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45220 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:24:01 +0000 ninakk 45220@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Wow, Zora, how kind of you to be prepared to change so dramatically how you use your space! Like djk said, I say take your time but it might be that a future roomie is not like your mancavers :) Good luck! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45209 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:32:54 +0000 djk 45209@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Ella, that reminds me of something I saw on Pinterest recently:<br /> There was a book falling off a shelf, with the caption, "every time someone watches Jersey Shore, a book commits suicide"</p> <p>Zora, your roommates sound lovely. And now you can work away at your project at your own pace </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45170 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:58:27 +0000 Rosa 45170@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Zora, if there's space you may see them more, or you might all have friends over more. It makes a big difference in a shared space.</p> <p>That's the thing I miss most about having roomates: making friends with their friends. It's harder to meet people living in my little nuclear family bubble. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45169 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:55 +0000 Zora 45169@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>P.S. My roomies just told me that they like hiding out in their mancave and even if the living room offered a comfy new couch and a large flatscreen TV, they'd still stay in their room. </p> <p>I am still going to do the move, but I think this means that I can take a little more time ... </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45168 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:47:49 +0000 Zora 45168@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>No, no, no ... I have 1000 books in the bedroom and 1000 books in the front room. This is AFTER several heavy culls. But it's a good idea to try to move some of the bedroom books out into the front room. It's just a question of affording bookcases on a foodstamp budget (for non-USAians, that means I'm dirt poor). The bookcases in the bedroom are thirty years old and hideous and homemade (badly) and too tall and I am JUNKING them. They are held together with wire, toggle bolts, and C-clamps at this point. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45159 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:31:30 +0000 Ella 45159@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>I couldn't resist...</p> <p>"I find television very educational. Every time somebody turns on the set,<br /> I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45153 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:43:22 +0000 bandicoot 45153@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>awesome!<br /> o yes by all means swap the books for the computer....very smart move.<br /> win win all round.<br /> you can totally do this. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45148 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:08:21 +0000 MTNgirl 45148@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Sounds like you got some good roommates! Congratulations! And happy uncluttering!</p> <p>I read your last two sentences as your "roomies" were the decor-instead of the books! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45145 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:35 +0000 EraserGirl 45145@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>great and noble effort. three cheers </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45140 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:10:46 +0000 grey 45140@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>it sounds like an overwhelming task, but with little steps it can absolutely be done! </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45138 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:06:04 +0000 DivorcedMotherOf3 45138@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Applauds Zora for being sensitive to others :) You can do it! Just a few things a day. Hang in there. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/the-final-frontier#post-45130 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:47:05 +0000 Zora 45130@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>I resolved yesterday to move my computer desk and my sewing machine out of the front room and into my bedroom. It's simply not fair to my roommates for me to monopolize the front room from dawn to bedtime, sitting at the computer all day as I do. At the moment, the guys (gay couple) are spending evenings in their bedroom, watching Netflix on a tiny laptop screen. While I'm sitting in the front room typing. If I move computer command central into the bedroom, then we can buy a large-screen TV and they can move out into the front room while I sit in the bedroom and type. </p> <p>This is going to be a decluttering challenge because my bedroom is already full of STUFF. A thousand books, twenty-year old dissertation materials, sewing supplies and projects. I've been telling myself for years that I'd digitize everything and finish up all the projects ... but that is proceeding at a glacial to non-existent pace. I realized that the only way I was going to force myself to confront it all was to live with it, uncomfortably. </p> <p>All the stuff is clean, organized, and boxed or on bookshelves. It would not be a problem at all if I had a study and/or a sewing room. It would not be a problem if I had enough money to use the second bedroom as a sewing-room/guest bedroom. But because I'm poor, I rent out the second bedroom ... and that involves sacrifices, if I'm going to be fair to my roomies.</p> <p>The other thousand books are going to stay in the front room because that's the only place I have to keep them. My roomies won't mind them. They're decor :) </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-45035 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:37:44 +0000 EraserGirl 45035@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>well the co sleeping does put a damper on their options. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-45033 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:16:04 +0000 snosie 45033@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>The issue EraserGirl, was that they cosleep, so the floor option meant the toddler wouldn't fall far/at all. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-45026 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:55 +0000 EraserGirl 45026@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>did i miss someone suggesting this?<br /> cause the answer to me is bleeding obvious.<br /> you need a loft bed for the adults<br /> and that will free up the under neath for both a twin and a crib.</p> <p>google images of loft beds<br /> many many of them are easily constructed of 2x4s.<br /> they are quite amazing how they can transform a space such as a dormroom<br /> into a studio apartment. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-44772 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:45:01 +0000 Ella 44772@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>It's sure not the first time we've piled on advice a-plenty and then never heard from the OP again. Oh well. Judging from the number of ex-lurkers who've commented lately, our advice should never be considered a waste of time. Somebody may gain something from it, even if many months or years down the line. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-44770 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:33:42 +0000 pkilmain 44770@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>The two posts she made here are the only ones she has made, so I think it unlikely she's going to return. </p> http://unclutterer.com/discuss/topic/2-adults-2-kids-in-one-room-need-ideas/page/3#post-44765 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:18:15 +0000 amelia 44765@http://unclutterer.com/discuss/ <p>Seeing as that I am in the situation I was hoping that maybe she would check-in and maybe we could get some updates on what she did do.</p> <p>I was just hoping </p>