The Other Room - Phase 2
The work on the other room continued today. Those of you making regular visits to my blog will remember Phase 1, which was - simply - the installation of a lounge.
Yesterday I got off my butt and purchased a new corner desk, a TV stand and a pair of ottomans to go with the lounge. All from Fantastic Furniture. And all for a steal - at $228 for the lot. The new room was off to a good (and very reasonably priced) start!
In the evening I assembled the desk and TV stand (the latter with a bit of Katie’s help) and got the ottomans into position.
Don’t take too much notice of the pillows, I’ll be sourcing some coloured ones to suit the ottomans.
This morning I disassembled the old shelving unit and the uprights holding the top shelves up so I could fit the 2200 wide TV stand into the floor of the old wardrobe.
Realising that the upright had more holes in it than swiss cheese - and generally just looked pretty shabby, I went off to source some better timber.
Sitting down at lunchtime, I got the desk into position and set it up with some models and dioramas from my room. Already its starting to look less cluttered in there!
Eventually, the 17″ Benq LCD monitor and the server will sit at that desk so I can put another gaming/cruncher rig in the bedroom. That way the server can run 24/7 in there without disturbing me in the bedroom. Gotta run some network cable through the wall next weekend so it can all be hooked up.
I was lucky to find some spare (and virtually brand new) timber laying around at one of my parents’ friends place, so I snapped up whatever I could use and brought it home.
Deciding it was going to be aesthetically better to drop the depth of the upright back to compliment the DVD shelving, I resigned myself to the underhouse with the powertools to strip/cut, saw and plane the new jigsaw puzzle that would eventually be the shelving unit. Thanks to my Dad for lending a hand at the tricky stuff!
About half-three and a trip to Mac’s hardware for some shelving tacks and the first DVD shelves were set.
Because I have a ridiculously large DVD collection, those shelves aren’t going to be enough, so the main shelf above is being divided into two length ways and the right-hand side will act as a second set of shelves. That’s a pretty bad description, hope it makes sense - but it will become a reality when I have time next weekend.
Looking good…
Links: The Other Room - Phase 1
miniminor said,
May 20, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
Looking good ! !
Nice to see you’ve found a place for your little Mac man !
becca3003 said,
May 21, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
Room’s looking good so far hun!
Bet you cant wait to get it all finished! 
Looking forward to seeing pics of what it’s like when it’s done! 
ScottyB said,
May 21, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
MM, yes! Finally Mac man has his own little spot, rather than being cramped up on my desk in here! hehe..
Bec, yeah, really can’t wait - with any luck it’ll be this weekend, but that’ll only be depending on stock of televisions and surround sound system availability!
I have some serious expenses coming up soon
Kate said,
May 21, 2007 @ 9:01 pm
Looking very very good. You’re most welcome for all the help I put in
Quite a team you and I!
Have already decided I will buy the cushions for you. Already know exactly what ones I am going to buy. Plus soon enough I will get to work on your artworks. You will have one hell of a room when we are done with it!
I am looking forward to our cozy nights in front of the telly!
ScottyB said,
May 21, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
You’re going to buy me cushions?!?! Ooooo!!!
Just make sure they blend in with the ottomans won’t you! You’re lucky I read this comment, almost bought a set of cushions at Domayne today! Luckily for you, the ‘ooooo and ahhhing’ of the Seagate 500GB external harddrives woo’ed me away
Can’t wait for those night too!