Shelf

I made a small change that's made a pretty big difference. After nearly four years, I finally hung the last shelf left over from when I moved in.

This is a wall-mounted shelf I got at West Elm. It's five feet long; two smaller cousins frame the opposite wall above the TV. This one though, I had a hard time placing.

The original plan was to have it directly opposite is cousins, about the couch. However, I hung two tchotchke shelves there, and never found a good place for it.

For awhile I thought I'd put it above the bed, above the headboard, but two counter-ideas prevailed: first, that wall is solid concrete and my feeble drill just made it look like Machine-gun Kelly took a shot at it, and second, the prospect of the shelf falling at nigh and decapitating me just did not sit well.

So, I put it above the desk.

I moved some photos to the opposite wall. My desk area now feels like a proper desk area, and not jus the desk sitting in the living room. I also moved a small breakfast table, making room between the opposite bookshelf and window for it.

The downside is that the table was my utility table - storage, where my purse sits, collector of junk. Now, it's a farther walk from the front door - but the upside is, it's closer to electricity, so it's a charging table.

So that's a change. It's a small one but altogether, it's opened up that space and made the joint seem less cramped.

I've got some more elaborate plans coming up, but they'll take a while to execute. Stay tuned.