#back yard mostly deck w/ an outdoor cooking setup and some seating

[galacticmenagerie]

y’know what like... design thing? architectural thing? that really gets on my nerves? doors placed right next to the adjacent wall. bc when the door is right next to a wall you can’t use that wall or floorspace for anything functional. bc it gets in the way of the door opening. so like, i have this 2 1/2 ft space behind the door that i can’t really put anything in. and i can’t even really put anything in the other 3 feet of that wall/floorspace between there and my closet door bc it looks fucking weird and unbalanced. right now i have a bunch of purses hanging on the wall, ones that p much lie flat against it, and i could put art there i suppose, but i don’t have enough art or big enough art to fill up that space. and it still wouldn’t be functional.

and like, a lot of furniture is designed to go against walls.  with some exceptions (like using a bookcase w/o a back as a room divider), bookcases and shelving work best against walls.  i can't really just stick a bookcase in the middle of my room.  it would look strange and it would get in the way.  i would run into it and knock the damn thing over.  most furniture that "floats" in a room is like, seating and it’s associated surfaces.  so like, your dining set.  your couch/loveseat/chairs and the coffee/end/console tables associated with your living space.  even beds are usually against a wall at the head of the bed and sometimes on one side.  some desks float alright, but i've only got 115 sq ft of space in here and a desktop computer w/ a bunch of cords that hang out the back.  even if i could put something like a shelf in front to block the view of the cords, i would still have to have at least one cord that ran across the open space to a wall outlet.

but if there were just a foot of space between the doorframe and the wall, i could put bookshelves there, or wall shelves.  i could have a bench or an ottoman or something, a shoe rack, a clothing rack, all kinds of functional things might fit in that foot of space. i could almost keep the same layout and the same stuff i have now, and just... be able to add all that stuff. the only thing i would have to change is that my desk would be a little too wide for the remaining space on the other side of the door, so i’d have to get a bit smaller desk. it aggravates me so much to think about all the functionality i could gain out of that foot of space.

#on this episode of Cosmo Gets Irrationally Angry About Living In A Tiny Box #if i ever win the lottery my one big expensive luxurious purchase is going to be my house #which i am going to design myself to my exact specifications #and doors next to adjacent walls can fuck off #also: as little hallway space as possible #hallways are mostly wasted space #i mean i'm sure people come up w/ creative ways to use them but #blegh #and like #i don't want some ridiculous huge house #i'm not talking about building myself a mansion #just #2 bed 2 bath #with a detached office/studio #back yard mostly deck w/ an outdoor cooking setup and some seating #enough space that i could do yoga outside on nice days #like 800 to 1000 sq ft for the main house #100-150 sq ft for the detached office #and a two car garage #can you tell that i think about this literally all the time