Update of the Rearranging

Well, this has really surprised me! I unloaded everything, book out of the cases, and the tools and drawers from the jeweler's bench, and of course the living room was then a horrible mess! I decided to see if I could move all three pieces away from the walls and vacuum. Then I was going to call and see if I could find someone to stop and help me with moving them after work today.

To my shock, when I moved the jeweler's bench, the heaviest of the three, it was actually very easy! Now when I moved it from the deck into the house, I really struggled because it was so heavy and awkward. Maybe I was tired on that day? I moved it before with a dolly because I couldn't scoot it where I had to take it. Perhaps the dolly actually made it more complicated? Who knows.

Anyway, I simply grabbed hold and began backing up and it came along like a good dog. A very heavy and big dog, but still.....! Same thing with the book cases. I didn't have to pick anything up at all, but simply slid them from room to room!

I'm putting the books back now. I have never figured out how books multiply when they are sitting on the floor in a stack, but they always do! I could fill another book case!! It is taking me a while to get everything back on the shelves in a reasonable grouping, but I'm nearly done now. Trouble is, I know I will have books left over. arrrghhh.

This is about 1/3 of my original library. I had a large wall covered with bookshelves in Kansas City, as well as these two cases. I gave away a lot before leaving there, then went through them again for the garage sale and ferreted out another 1/3. I've bought about eight or ten books since I've been here, so it isn't that I've added too many. I don't know what is going on. As I'm looking at them, I'm not having much luck at finding ones that I'm willing to separate from. I guess I will certainly need to be creative in my stacking of the shelves!

My plan is to buy a futon for the room, making it a "library" as well as a guest room. The futon will have a small footprint but allow for one or two guests to sleep. I think it is going to work really well. Even though it is still cluttered, it already holds promise. I'll bet Gail wishes I had it like this when she was here. She would have had more room.

My next challenge will be in getting the work area set up in the office. I still have to build the table, not a difficult job, but the table legs and the lumber are under the house, so in order to get them, I have to trek through the driveway, now wet and muddy! I can't really do too much more in that room until I get the table in there, so I may be on hold for a day or two. We'll see how tomorrow is. The forecast is for 49 degrees and mostly sunny. Mayyyyyy beeeeee.

Eventually I hope to have some sort of "hide-a-bed" furniture in the office, too, so that I have enough places for guests. There is a hide-a-bed in the living room, so I'll have at least four extra beds, then whatever I can cook up in the office will be bonus. I know that some may not like the idea of not having a guest room ready to go, without having to convert something into a bed. But I am here by myself most of the time, and I want the space to be for my use first and foremost. I figure that most years I may have guests here for a month or six week of the whole year. It's worth it to have convertible space, IMHO.

OK, gotta get back to work on those shelves. I'm nearly done, but the end is always the hardest. Talk with ya mañana!!

Life is beautiful!!!

Maybe a bit tight on space, but certainly beautiful!!!