Just Sketchin'

Couldn't sleep Thursday night after work, so I started sketching some of the ideas that were tumbling through my head. Though they're not the best, they're a good way to illustrate some of the things I've been thinking about for my place.

So this is the floorplan of my new apartment. At least, I think it is. I've drawn this from memory, so I may have gotten some part of it wrong. Also, the relative spatial areas might be just a little bit off. But hey, you do what you can. The one really interesting feature about this floor plan is that it could potentially be a one-bedroom. That's because the bedroom next to the kitchen is equipped with an accordian door leading to the kitchen and double pocket doors leading out to the living room. The previous tenants, a couple, kept both sets of doors open all the time and the space functioned as a dining room. But I figure all I have to do is shut and lock one set of doors (probably the living room pocket doors) at all times, and the space becomes a bedroom. More on how I plan to accomplish this later.

So this is a rough sketch of the bathroom. Unfortunately due to my drawing ineptitude, you are not standing in an actual space in this view. It is taken from behind the east wall, in a place where it would be impossible for a human being to stand. But whatever - you get the idea.

So, one wall of my new bathroom has already been painted black by the previous tenants. At first I thought about painting over it and covering all the walls in a bright orange color. But then I thought better of it. I think I want to go with the black and white and get a black-and-white photo shower curtain. Something tasteful, like this one I found that's a picture of the gondolas in Venice. And then I figured I could get a couple of storage units, maybe those rattan drawer sets that they have at World Market, to store toiletries. And then I'd just accessorize with really brightly colored pieces. Oh, and there's this Moraccan lantern with orange glass in a little shop in Pike Place Market that I just love. Somehow I feel that it would go really well in a funky, eclectic little bathroom.

Somehow, I'm having the hardest time deciding what to do in the living room. I've been throwing around different floor plans, but my biggest hurdle is a color scheme. I don't really have a lot of things that are going in the living room that predetermine the color palette. And there's nothing that really jumps out at me, like the orangey-red in the bathroom. I do know that I want to group some bookshelves together on one wall to give it sort of a mini-library feel. And I think I want a little desk in the east corner, and the couch should be used to break up that big space. I think the living room will just have to happen organically. Hopefully it will manage to look at least a little bit cohesive.

And that's about where I am right now. I have some ideas for the kitchen and for my bedroom, but no sketches yet. I'm sure I'll soon have another night when I won't be able to sleep, and I'll draw more then.