Renewed Surface.

The past couple of days have been very busy for my family and I — being Christmas and all. And since I got time now (while waiting for my siblings to get ready for another trip out… God I can’t wait to stay home for just one day), this will be my first attempt to give you the first installation of what I’ve been up to.

Yesterday, I spent practically half the day cleaning my room. And as always, I found something to tweak — yet again. My side table has always been a problem furniture for me since its surface had been shamelessly stained by paint and what-not (this is a usual price for creatives). So in my last room clean up, I decided to conveniently put it under my desk so its surface won’t be seen, at the same time the drawers will still be accessible. This time around, I decided to take it out:

Yes, it looks terrible.

Prior to taking this side table out, I was rummaging through my stuff inside my closet. Stuff from high school, letters, pictures, etc etc. I have a knack for collages because they lay out memories in a very interesting way. So, gathering my circa 2005 stuff, I laid it out on my side table surface (black cartolina underneath all of it) as such:

Then after settling on what to put on the black cartolina, I glued them together:

Those are letters dedicated to me  back in high school. I also added postcards and greeting cards given to me back in the day. I then covered the whole thing with plastic wrapper, just to protect all those memorabilia (but you can also use real table top glass instead).

Sticking the “new surface” on my side table surface was tricky. Got “some” of my dad’s double sided tape and laid it on the corners as such:

Tip: You don’t have to cover the whole parameter of your surface like I did. Ha ha! Doing so will make it all the more difficult for you to install your new surface.

Now, THIS is what happened:

I put one of my framed collages on it to add one final touch. And there you go! Furniture problem solved in a jiffy! All in a half day’s work, just in time for my siblings and I to spend the rest of the night with our cousins. Lol.

What happened to my Grandma’s chair? Put it by my desk, so I could actually make use of it. Hah!

Space and storage.

Home alone on a friday night, no one to cook for, and in dire need of some artistic inspiration. That was the state I was in that led me to my bedroom to change something. Anything. Yes, this is basically what happens when you stare at something long enough.

I realized there was so much going on in my floor space (which isn’t much to begin with). I wanted to make my room look and feel more spacious so I decided to push all my furniture to the walls. In the middle of rearranging all those wood work, I found that there wasn’t enough wall area to fit all of them at, and there’s no way I’m gonna allow an obstruction in the middle of the space I wanted to create. So I had to make a cut throat decision. One of these furniture had to go.

Yup, the book shelf had to go.  All the other furniture were indispensable to me: my desk, my annoyingly wide assed dresser, my side table (for storage), my grand mother’s antique Narra chair, and of course my bed. This left my books practically homeless, which was a very pitiful sight. I told my dad that since I had so much space on my walls, I could maybe have wall shelves installed. He agreed to it — since he offered to take the book shelf from me. But for the meantime, I still had to come up with something for my books.

Storage solution!

What I found were these “salvaged” wooden drawers dumped in a corner of our clean kitchen. I reckon these were remnants of one of the old study desks we used to have. So I got them, dusted them, and without an idea of what to do with them, brought them into my room. What happened was this:

Under my desk: one drawer, I placed upright and the other flat on the floor. Instant storage solution for my books! I think this is my most favorite part of my room now. I arranged a few more books on the table surface so they won't be "dumped" in just one place. lol.

Then I had my wide assed dresser placed right between my windows. Since I didn’t want all my furniture flat on my walls, I had it slanted on the corner just beside my desk. Below it, I laid out the collages I used to have on my walls. I haven’t figured out whether I’m going to rehang them or not. But for the meantime, they’re good right where I put them.

This has the girliest feel in my room. Lol.

This is what happened to the rest:

My grandma's chair is a furniture treasure. Glad to have it! I added the masks on the purple wall for one final touch.

It was an overall successful turn about for my room. Since I’ll be leaving it for the university in a matter of days, giving it this special attention was so worth it! Happy about my storage solution, the space I created, and the little details I added to my walls. One thing’s for sure: I’ll be able to sleep well tonight. Ciao!