The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131845   Message #2992390
Posted By: wysiwyg
23-Sep-10 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
OK. This is the montage in progress, with music from Open Mike (She's OKd it) and Animaterra (OK Ani?).

Music credits to be added after more OKs. THIS IS A DRAFT.

Room #1, spacious shared kitchen and bath.

Depicted:

Door to room. Not shown: locks.
Door open with Faulkner, our dog, for scale. (He's a 70 lb shepherd mix.)

Looking around inside:
On the west wall, the area inside door with mirror and clock radio;
Computer podium and chair (ask about alternate chairs to choose from);
On the south wall: (linens on) yellow daybed across from entry door;
One of two wooden storage cubes/lamps beside daybed;

Looking now across from the daybed, on the north wall, the blue double bed (linens &thermal blanket on) with Faulkner for scale;
Looking diagonally toward southwest corner dressing area;
Southwest corner: storage shelves/cubes beyond double garment racks; note supplied linens;
The west wall: dressing/linen shelves, supplemental "rolling" heater and ext. cord (oil-filled rad), double-hung window with screen, black storage cube/hassock/TV stand, storage bins, and tall pantry/TV shelves with supplied cleaning equipment;
Northwest corner next to pantry shelves: large work/dining table with floor lamp, bookshelf, chair;
More of double bed on north wall, with nightstand/lamp table;
Yellow daybed, again with dog for scale and "extra" pillows supplied. (The daybed can be two twins plus a twin-sized bedroll on boxspring, or a kingbed and bedroll/boxspring);
Lamp with ceiling angle shown, resulting in roomy headspace-- 4' wall min soars above beds to a comfortable center height, according to young 6'3" Luke who would love to move in;
Northwest corner with 3-shelf nightstand/drawer, low fixed window with deep, cold ledge for winter food storage;
Three hooks inside room door; capacity 25 lbs. each
Landing outside room door, looking down private entry stairs (carpeting to come, your portapotti not shown);
Five hooks in landing, with antique mandolin for scale; capacity 25 lbs each;
Looking down steps leading to adjoining kitchen facilities (your dedicated fridge not shown);
Enormous hutch inside kitchen door at foot of steps-- watch for this later in montage (adjoining trash bin and double oven not shown);
Your silverware/spice drawer which adjoins cooktop;
Kitchen counter, L to R with panini press/"George Foreman" type grill first;
Four-burner cooktop I photographed while cleaning. Scale: note 12" cast iron frypan on back burner, 18" stewpot on back burner, ample counterspace & microwave beyond cooktop;
(Not shown, our cabinetry)
Your "speckle pot" (a large canning pot) for soaking your dishes (your spare "sink" in case main sink is full);
Main stainless steel sink with window (note generous shared space in bright windowsill; garbage disposal not shown)
Shared dishwasher with room to add your dishes and start it up;
Not shown: large enamel-topped island with breakfast bar for two with 1-2 stools;
Not shown: dogfood bins and dog corner with exit to their Dog World;
Not shown: coffee/appliance counter with "house rules" and decor posted overhead;
The Huge Hutch, again. Space negotiable inside cabinet and drawers. Shared charging station, digital monitor of Room #1 heating;
Back left section of your countertop in the hutch, with our 12" frypan and your gadget bin for scale;
Your countertop for scale-- the base is a double kitchen cabinet;
Close-up of shared charging station and heating monitor.

Looking past that panini press into the shared bathroom, decorated like an old train station bathroom;
Shared sink, shown with our toiletries;
L to R: wide, deep adjoining south windowsill for your toiletries, and my basket. A second guest's toiletries space next to my basket and your shelf;
Two towel sets on one closet door-- room for two guests, with 3 hooks each.
One of our rosepink towel/washcloths on the second closet door, showing the 6 hooks a little better;
Train poster framed behind bathroom door (bathroom wastebasket and antique pachinko-type game not shown);
One of several available shower mats, shown hanging in south window; pre-warm your towel there above the floor radiator.

Looking up into the large shared shower. Brain, then a +400 lb person, fit in there with no trouble. Not shown, guest toiletries rack above R shower wall;
Shower floor. Note large laundry soap shown for scale and old, sanitized well-water stains;
Inside the shower: our toiletries spaces and shared hand-held shower on x-long hose;
Decor above commode: "This is a classy place. Act respectable!" and old hobnailed milkglass sconce (one of two);
Hallway connecting kitchen and bath, with door to our LR beyond. (Use of LR negotiable).

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~Susan