A desk, a desk!
Jan. 15th, 2002 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaThe next day we woke up around 11:30, I think.
My parents wanted to go to Levitz to get a computer desk and a small couch/love-seat type thing for the computer room 'cause we've just been improvising for the last few months since we moved in. So we had a big fight/discussion first. (In my family, we can't talk without yelling, interrupting, petty sniping, etc.) Then we left about 2 hours later. We went to Levitz but didn't see anything good.
We went to Ikea and found a REALLY nice Computer desk, almost the exact measurements that we had estimated would be perfect for the room and our comfort. You can adjust the height of the desk (it was on display as a sort of sketch desk with a stool, like an architect would use, if you can picture it), and it comes with a shelf that you can put either above or below the desk, also adjustable. You can also buy - for an additional $10 -- a swivel shelf that attaches to the legs, as in, to put your printer, or whatever. We bought 2 of those. All for $150. A very good buy.
I'd also been wanting to get a desk for my room, which we ended up getting also. It's made by the same company as the computer desk. It's a table- no drawers underneath. Just what I wanted. It's quite long and about 2 and a half feet deep, so there's a lot of surface area. I also got the optional swivel shelf for the computer that'll be going in my room. =D Hopefully I'll start writing again with the computer there. I find it difficult to write anywhere but my bedroom, and on anything but a computer or laptop.
The hardest part was trying to decide between the birch wood desk top or the white lacquer top. My sister said birch. My mom said birch. My father said birch. I called Angelica at her grandmother's house; she said birch. I was thinking maybe the white. See, I hate wood. I really don't like it that much. After a while, I don't even see it anymore, so I can ignore it, but I really don't like wood. It's all warm and homey. Sooooo not me. But my hand-me-down bed is unfinished oak, and I have 2 bookcases on either side of my room that are a dark brown wood (dunno what it's called). Then there's a bookcase in the middle that used to be dark brown - prolly the same color - but we'd painted it black to match the stuff in our apartment. Now that we've moved it would've matched if it were still brown. Go figure. But anyway, I have wood paneling on the walls, but they're painted white. You see my dilemma? Get the birch wood and take a chance on it not matching the unfinished oak of my bed and ending up with too many colors for the room? (Oh, the carpet is this neutral-orangy color.) Or go with the white to blend into the walls and possibly look too cheap? I ended up getting the birch. Why? Well, it's a stupid reason, but I know myself well enough that it's completely true. If I got the white and I didn't like it, then I'd have only myself to blame and I'd feel worse than if I got the birch and didn't like it, but could blame it on everyone else. =D Besides, after a while, I just don't notice how it looks anymore, anyway. (But don't worry - the birch actually looks okay. Even if it doesn't exactly match the unfinished oak, and I think there are way too many colors in my room.) I also have black sheets, and grey sheets, a tan blanket (which kind of matches the carpet) and a black comforter reversible to oatmeal.
My room is horribly uncoordinated. And yet, I'm really good with colors. It's too bad I don't have enough money to just get what I want no matter what the cost. Then it'd be really nice. My dream room: black and silver/grey with accents of red or blue. I'm pretty much a dark/primary color person… no pastels, please. =D
OMG, have I mentioned my pink bathroom? It's hideous. It was like that when we moved in, but it's all tile so I can't paint it over. Otherwise, I was thinking of a nice teal color. Well, it's not really hideous, I mean, it's okay, but…. It's pink. Yuck.
We also got some nice throw pillows for only $5 each. Three navy blue and three light blue for the living room, and 2 lime green for my sister's bedroom to match her one lime green wall (the other walls are white). It's cool. Nice match. They didn't have any black, otherwise I'd have gotten a few for myself.
My parents wanted to go to Levitz to get a computer desk and a small couch/love-seat type thing for the computer room 'cause we've just been improvising for the last few months since we moved in. So we had a big fight/discussion first. (In my family, we can't talk without yelling, interrupting, petty sniping, etc.) Then we left about 2 hours later. We went to Levitz but didn't see anything good.
We went to Ikea and found a REALLY nice Computer desk, almost the exact measurements that we had estimated would be perfect for the room and our comfort. You can adjust the height of the desk (it was on display as a sort of sketch desk with a stool, like an architect would use, if you can picture it), and it comes with a shelf that you can put either above or below the desk, also adjustable. You can also buy - for an additional $10 -- a swivel shelf that attaches to the legs, as in, to put your printer, or whatever. We bought 2 of those. All for $150. A very good buy.
I'd also been wanting to get a desk for my room, which we ended up getting also. It's made by the same company as the computer desk. It's a table- no drawers underneath. Just what I wanted. It's quite long and about 2 and a half feet deep, so there's a lot of surface area. I also got the optional swivel shelf for the computer that'll be going in my room. =D Hopefully I'll start writing again with the computer there. I find it difficult to write anywhere but my bedroom, and on anything but a computer or laptop.
The hardest part was trying to decide between the birch wood desk top or the white lacquer top. My sister said birch. My mom said birch. My father said birch. I called Angelica at her grandmother's house; she said birch. I was thinking maybe the white. See, I hate wood. I really don't like it that much. After a while, I don't even see it anymore, so I can ignore it, but I really don't like wood. It's all warm and homey. Sooooo not me. But my hand-me-down bed is unfinished oak, and I have 2 bookcases on either side of my room that are a dark brown wood (dunno what it's called). Then there's a bookcase in the middle that used to be dark brown - prolly the same color - but we'd painted it black to match the stuff in our apartment. Now that we've moved it would've matched if it were still brown. Go figure. But anyway, I have wood paneling on the walls, but they're painted white. You see my dilemma? Get the birch wood and take a chance on it not matching the unfinished oak of my bed and ending up with too many colors for the room? (Oh, the carpet is this neutral-orangy color.) Or go with the white to blend into the walls and possibly look too cheap? I ended up getting the birch. Why? Well, it's a stupid reason, but I know myself well enough that it's completely true. If I got the white and I didn't like it, then I'd have only myself to blame and I'd feel worse than if I got the birch and didn't like it, but could blame it on everyone else. =D Besides, after a while, I just don't notice how it looks anymore, anyway. (But don't worry - the birch actually looks okay. Even if it doesn't exactly match the unfinished oak, and I think there are way too many colors in my room.) I also have black sheets, and grey sheets, a tan blanket (which kind of matches the carpet) and a black comforter reversible to oatmeal.
My room is horribly uncoordinated. And yet, I'm really good with colors. It's too bad I don't have enough money to just get what I want no matter what the cost. Then it'd be really nice. My dream room: black and silver/grey with accents of red or blue. I'm pretty much a dark/primary color person… no pastels, please. =D
OMG, have I mentioned my pink bathroom? It's hideous. It was like that when we moved in, but it's all tile so I can't paint it over. Otherwise, I was thinking of a nice teal color. Well, it's not really hideous, I mean, it's okay, but…. It's pink. Yuck.
We also got some nice throw pillows for only $5 each. Three navy blue and three light blue for the living room, and 2 lime green for my sister's bedroom to match her one lime green wall (the other walls are white). It's cool. Nice match. They didn't have any black, otherwise I'd have gotten a few for myself.
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