Today: Relocating the original magazine rack - again. Well - since the first time "installed" at head height, but check out the first time "planned" down lower.
Scroll down to the magazine rack picture, begin reading paras above it..
And then there were none. None more things to report on. The jobs were complete. NO! - not on the camper! Heavens no, just the stuff done to this point - before the medical procedure.
'Cause now I have to pass the health milestone thing and blah, blah, blah, before getting back onto things - but we're getting plans!
Watching sewing videos. See - we have the fabric, the cushions, the poly wrap (basically quilt batts in varied form), thread, tools. Couldn't find fabric in the gimp color we want - piping, but may then order it already made - not too bad, economically acceptable. So moving along in the head regarding upholstery!
And there's the whole Bathroom thing. Head progress there too! No pun intended, but on second read, I kinda laughed!
Back to today. The magazine rack. In all the hanging out in Lil' Queeny, the thousands of miles already traveled, we've come to live in her. Beer-thirty is a common one. So you get familiar with someone, something. Right?
That's the "lived-in" feel. You get it with things, people, time - every forth of July the community does "that thing". One example. And there's that one hand tool, that just feels "that way" in your hand. Your partner - if you're fortunate enough to have a respectful, healthy partnership, which are simply cultivated BTW. Time with the land is proving more desirable than just another fertilizer or terrorizer, again!
But we have that - so very - important step, already begun with Queeny. The lived-in feel.
So we were out there a while ago - beer-thirty - and getting comfortable at the dinette. We had originally placed the magazine rack in a spot we thought was "out of the way" - at head level in the u-shape corner, under the wall cabinet - her side.
Because if we were in "cards playing mode" it would be off to the side - but in our increasingly frequent "lounge mode", WE'D be off to the side.
DW's side. Not mine -- I'm safe, because I park first, while she finishes up things, which I'll call her "pre-lounge mode", and I always sit, which I'll call MY "pre-lounge mode", where I can see both her and the TV, not to mention the exit.
But like I said before, she's the Domestic Goddess, not me. She runs her "area" quite fine without me in the way, so I park it. And that's not based on gender privilege, it's recognition of balancing life in a partnership. There are times when she's parked, and I'm doing chores. Balance.
So we had to move the magazine rack. I mean, I read her body language in "lounge mode", and could tell she wasn't fully comfortable, so I brought up the idea of moving it. Here's what we determined together, AFTER that.
Here's where it started. Took that off the wall. Mounted with four screws. I know. Ouch! And that's what she says. But you have to be willing to improve.
Here's where it ended up. Mounted while considering kitchen style toe-kick availability and shin or visual balance of the taper from heater on the right, to "broom-closet" on the left.
Arrived at easy level, and use of third hand, with these spacers during install.
We like the found space. Both functionally, and visually. Easy spot for storage of those travel brochures you always have to put somewhere! Grab and use from the dinette. Easy Peasy. Then easily stowed at meal time. Retention/insertion of vintage character.
And fixing the previous wall wood damage (holes)? They'll be incorporated into a "wall-mounted head pillow", as we do work on upholstery, coming soon to a Galley & Greatroom chapter, near you.
And now we can keep DW most comfortable during "lounge mode". That's when her smile's the best - "most comfortable". Oh sure, window crank handles too. ;)
