Music and guestroom ideas

When I woke up this morning I discovered that Colleen had been up most of the night thinking about re-arranging the house; essentially swapping the "media alcove", where we did music all weekend, and the sewing/guest room. More on the weekend later, in at least three posts; this post is just about the proposed re-arrangement.

It would work. It would put music out of the traffic pattern and toward the quiet end of the house, and put sewing out where Colleen and Marty could work together and socialize.

The sewing room is 9' by 10'6". The door is on one of the short walls, opposite the window; the closet is on the door side of a long wall.

The part of the living room we were actually using is about 9' square, but with the ability to spill out a couple of feet into the living room and behind the media tower; 11' square would be more like it.

We would put the "stage" on the long wall. It would mean taking most of the shelves out, but that's easy. Sleeping... if we used folding chairs there'd probably be room for the airbed, but it would be very tight. A better solution might be a comfortable chair, for example the new recliner, that folds out into a single bed. That would probably mean wrapping the musicians around the corner; there isn't room next to the door. Tricky. Another solution would be a long couch, provided it gave enough back support.

Moving back to the living room, it's already possible to curtain it off. A conventional couch or, better, love seat that folds out into a bed would be ideal; we've thought about that option already. In the shorter term we could use the airbed there.

Another thing that needs to be done is replacing Colleen's computer desk in the bedroom with a love seat. That, plus decluttering my side of the bed by getting all the music stuff out, would open up the bedroom for conversation and comfortable sit-up snuggle (not to mention leaving enough room to expand the bed to king sized, in the form of a pair of hospital beds).

Done yesterday

( to.done 20090217 )

Damned if I know what happened to this the first time I posted it; possibly clobbered by the previous post, if I didn't think to actually post this one. Foo.

Anyway, yesterday marked the end of a five-day music and social visit by cflute and pocketnaomi. Very productive and wonderful on both counts, though not nearly enough time for either. More on both aspects later.

More on furniture

As I mentioned in this downwhen post, it looks as though we're going to be swapping the functions of the sewing room with those of the music/media alcove. The (new) music room wants to stay useable as a guest bedroom. And since it's, um, small, this raises the question of what kind of furniture one might be able to shoehorn into it to provide sitting space by day, and sleeping space by night.

What I came up with is basically a pair of daybeds or trundle beds, overlapping in the corner opposite the door. Because they'd be wider than a comfortable seat, they'd need a back support that they can be rolled out from underneath; it would presumably be cushioned and have storage inside.

Probably either a lot of carpentry or a lot of cash. Probably the former.