i must be in time out

i know- i know i've been slacking but for good reason- we've been having internet issue at work AND at home. so i'm off the hook for being blog lazy. but it hasn't been for lack of effort either- i wrote out a huge long post and then we lost power at work- therefore i lost all my brilliant yammerings. i think the internet has put me in time out... i don't like internet time out.

so my latest dilemna has been what to do with our front bedroom. right now it's the dumping ground for things i don't know what to do with and my "printing station" so to speak- and that's only because that's where my printers live. as of right now, here is the layout...



in all reality, there isn't as much room as the space plan shows- however it IS to scale seeing as how i measured EVERYTHING in our house and did this for every room we have furniture in. the small rectangle next to the desk is a filing cabinet that my ginormous laser printer hangs out on. now, the desk that i have was built by my grandpa and doesn't have a wide enough surface to put the printer on the desk and still have room to work. (he built two shelves that come up the back that would prohibit the printer being pushed back far enough- it's really a nice desk... ). anyway, i hate the filing cabinet. everything feels cramped and i could center the desk on the wall better if i got it out of that room- but where do i put the printer? i would put it on the ground, but with two dogs, the floor gets too furry and i'm not about to ruin the printer with fur balls. the new ikea just opened up and i thought about seeing if i could find something to slide under the desk that would be big enough to house the printer and had a lid or closed up in some way. looks like i have some online shopping to do... oh i love online shopping-- anyone else have suggestions? i'm very open to ideas- especially ones that involve chucking the filing cabinet :-)

come to mama... i heart ikea

i feel- i hope- that once i get the desk under control, i can finally get that entire room under control- it's just so cramped... and the hubz will kill me if i said i wanted to rearrange it... i DO have the alternate space plans...