department of the interior: home decor

My bookshelves will never be open and spacious and used for things other than books, because I have too many books and they're not "display" shelves, they're BOOK shelves. But it does visually tidy things up if you fill each cube fully, with the books in straight lines, either vert or horiz.

yeah we do still need to finish "tidying up" the shelves, so to speak. And yeah, they're not the ideal booshelves because there's some wasted space. I've probably given up more books than I would like to over the past few years, although doing so is a godsend during moves.

I've seen shelves that looked good even if books were stacked sideways on top of standing books, what matters is that the heights be similar enough that books can fill up the space without leaving many gaps. Obv this is idealized and not always possible if you care about your cataloging (keeping authors together or w/e).

god damn look at this

http://payload88.cargocollective.com/1/0/10356/4071059/jmarigomen-rodneyg03_1500.jpg

from my favorite fashion photographer

http://journal.jennileemarigomen.com

woah! http://payload88.cargocollective.com/1/0/10356/4071059/jmarigomen-rodneyg20.jpg

i have no idea who that dude is but he is living the dream

he makes my life feel so cluttered

What is a good-sized couch for a studio apartment? I haven't measured yet so I'm not sure how much space I have.

Something without a huge rolled arm, preferably. A lot of furniture has been designed on bigger and bigger scales to appeal to the eye of people with big rooms, but it's horrible for apartments. Things with straight-up-and-down arms & sides & backs will take up way less space.

measure how much size you have

this is kinda spendy but i love it

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90214855/

super spendy but gorgeous

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/moda-sectional-armless-loveseat/s337889

really like this but it pisses me off that they only have solid brown ones at my local ikea

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60222932/#/60222932

I've had a crush on the IKEA PS sofa for a while, just not $900 worth of crush. And personally I can't do couches without arms, since the way I use a couch involves lying back on it and/or leaning over. But for some people armless could save space and still work?

^^^this. armless is out of the question for me.

No clue about quality, but for not much money? Unless 84" is too long, that's pretty big.

http://www.laflat.com/ah103-modern-sofa-bed-p-12880.html

A loveseat?

http://www.dcgstores.com/regent-loveseat-rust.html

that looks like a CB one my ex-wife and i bought that cost 3x as much

i'm not so into that loveseat

this is what i have, it comes in a 2 seater too

http://www.habitat.co.uk/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/28725/large/28725.jpg

(it was the most money i've ever spent on anything)

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/petrie-sofa/s688480

this thing is like two grand but it's a good one

Only 65", but also $1000: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/margot-loveseat/s374849

the one my ex and i had

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/petrie-sofa/s668217

referring to the LA flat one you posted

The IKEA Karlstad loveseat is honestly good looking enough, I like the cross-hatched grey "Isunda" color. I'd probably paint the feet, but it's perfectly serviceable and under six hundred bucks.

As a short person, the arms are too high for me to love it, but that won't matter to everyone and it's compact and fine.

i had an orange one, it was a little flimsy and got dirty quickly

honestly that might be an issue w/ all ikea though

that petrie sofa is nice

I really need to get a new couch this year. I currently have a couch/loveseat combo from a sort of circular furniture swap my family had going. my old couch went to my sister's house when I moved a few years ago, then I got this pair from her when I moved here. both are armless, and kind of inoffensive but not really my thing.

kind of still into blu dot stuff. they have a couple sofas in their catalog I got early this year that you still can't buy... assuming they're ramping up production still. kind of like this one: http://www.bludot.com/media/Category_Header_Images/Modern_Seating_Chairs_Sofa_by_Blu_Dot.jpg

Ooo I like that Margot loveseat. My old roommate had this--it was pretty comfortable.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m6t2AsUm1rpdu2co1_1280.jpg

Oops...
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90205219/

My couch of six years is starting to look its age due to being in the sun all day and me being weak willed about letting the dog hang out on it. I never knew this place existed until June when I happened to walk in and see this couch, which is lower, wider, and with wider arms than my current one which are the things I wish I could change about it:

http://www.westelm.com/products/lorimer-sofa-g149/

now that's a sick sofa

I approve of this sofa

hell yes. would sof.

http://kylethewilson.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/diy-wall-bike-hanger/

Haha that's great! I don't have an extra set of bars but I'll put that on the shortlist for dealing with my Langster this winter.

You can buy coloured electrical tape too, match your decor. What a cool idea!

"extra bars" should be easy enough to come by, i should think.

tho the need for extra parts for lil diy projects, and my recent stupid experience with losing a g-d cap bolt for my crankset, has shored up my belief that there needs to be something like a corner hardware store for bike stuff. like, i am in here to find A stem, any stem, don't care, where I can I get some spacers, brake levers, "small parts," etc. some kind of place where they don't sell bikes, or clothes, or whatever, just USED BIKE PARTS, preferably in bins that i can sort through

nb i have a very detailed business plan for such a place, i await yr inquiries

The place I used to go to women's workshop nights was in fact like that, but I don't know of anywhere else that is. Otherwise you are absolutely correct.

The margin on that stuff, as your biznez plan no doubt states, is absolutely abysmal, however.

oh yeah the place i went in Chicago was like that, too, but that's just because it was a workshop. see also Yojimbo's, which is where a bike wizard lives, and where he keeps ~ingredients~ ready to hand

i say run it as a non-profit, and take complete bikes as donations. think of it as a library of sorts. there's a lot of old rides out there that are worthless complete, but that could be valuable ("valuable") when parted out

anyway that is OFF TOPIC

That's basically what Transportation Alternatives is, I think? Or was, when their "bike kitchen" was in the basement of that blgd on Houston, which I realize is no longer where they're located. I should try them again. Maybe they want my 3-spd parts (relevant to your post above).

The real and only reason I haven't given my 3spd away yet for parts is that I'm not sure I can ghost it far enough to get it anywhere. Saaaad.

i think that's called a "bike coop"?!?

pretty sure there's one in berkeley that's exactly like that + people that will do bike repair + used bikes for sale

but yeah it's all like valves and screws and nuts in sorted plastic bins sold for quarters and dimes prices

there's one of these in, like, every major city/college town.

there actually isn't