functional duality

For the sake of starting off on the easy foot, this post will be extremely picture heavy! It will also be text heavy...


For the sake of starting off on the right foot, please enjoy this musical treat while you read! (Or before or after you read, for those of you who have troubles listening to words while reading other words): 

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Studio living is so luxurious. It's almost like living in a hotel. The fridge is smaller, the bathroom has that lingering wet smell, the closet space is perfectly sized for a weekend away. One of my favorite aspects of studio living/hotel staying is the combination of the living room and bedroom all in one. Except, with this studio, I have room for either the bedroom OR the living room. Which to choose?


The Problem: Well, I refused to choose between a living space or a sleeping space. I also (being a poor college student, as they say) had limited money to find a solution.


The Solution: My quick and easy fix was to purchase a daybed with a trundle, that way if a guest ever braved the stay over here, they would not be forced to sleep in the bathtub. I could find many viable daybeds on craigslist, though few included the trundle. After figuring the amount for the daybed, the separate amount for the trundle, the cost of a mattress (Elliot's parents, thank goodness, donated the second), and the cost of all the pillows to make the cast iron bed frame more comfortable, I was in over my head.


Why not just take away the bed frames, stack two mattresses, and call it good? It'll be easy enough to slide one mattress off of another to make a bed (or two) at night and stack them to make a couch at day! And here is what I came up with:

Two king size pillows make a perfect 'couch' backing (the white pillows seen here).
They also are the perfect size for a pillow hugger like myself.

My move is still in progress, but I have big plans for that white ledge up there.
Picture-less frames will serve as a fine filler for now :)

Oh, hello. Did I mention I am obsessed with Ball Jars?
Not only are they good for containing delicious jams an other preserved and pickled products,
they make fine candle holders, battery holders, and I'm thinking for this tall one here - perhaps a summer vase?

Of course, no self-respecting couch in any living room stands alone.
Since I went with a crazy (I mean, AWESOME) pattern for the couch/bed,
I kept it simple but ultra comfy for the chair.

How does one achieve ultra-comfyness?
1. Line it with a (faux) furry blanket,
2. Make sure there's a second blanket
3. Add a pillow

I am so happy with this quilt I found for the couch/bed.
I worried at first the pattern would clutter the eye while it viewed all of my other clutter.
On the contrary, the consistency of the pattern makes my space look rather organized.

Also, I am so glad I went with a quilt rather than a comforter. The stitching makes it really durable and the lack of fluff (which originally concerned me, for I love fluff) allows the blanket to make really clean lines on the edge of the mattresses. No fluff also means no fluffing! I've not yet had to wipe out wrinkles or bulges in fabric.

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Hold onto your hats, kids! While this post was exhilarating to say the least (hah!), the next post will be sure to document a disaster: a chronicling of my first attempt at making a VEGAN cake (type of cake is yet to be determined), alongside of my first attempt at baking in my pigeonhole of a kitchen. Stay tuned!

SSB