Bedroom Furniture

C and I were discussing the storage situation briefly. As in, what will we do with all of our other stuff when we have to live in a tiny Porchouse? We don't want to get rid of all of it, because then when we have a house, we will have nothing to furnish it with. However, most of it we picked up for free and painted, and/or were gifted and/or got from Craigslist.

 

The current issue at hand is mostly on the beds. We have a twin-sized mattress, that was initially intended for the Teardrop Camper. We automatically assumed this would be the bedding of choice in the Porchouse. The problem with that is, the Porchouse will very well become a guest house some day, and it would be more convenient to have a full-sized set in there.

 

Either way, C quickly came up with some plans for both options.

 

Obviously, we lose some space with the full sized bedding option, but in the long run, it might be the best bet.

 

We were also discussing tables. Our current dining set is great, but obviously it won't ever fit in the Porchouse, and I see a nice barn-wood table in my future. That being said, we are looking for an alternative that offered ample seating, but was space efficient and we found this item on the Ikea site:

 

It offers six drawers for storage and those sides fold out. I don't know if we would just purchase it from Ikea or try to build our own. Either way, this is the style we need. When the arms are down, it can be re purposed into a side table next to one of the chairs.

 

We will also be letting go of some kitchen appliances that are rarely used, or storing them. We still plan to purchase the Kitchen Aid Convection Counter top Oven. I'm pretty excited about that. It does everything a real oven does, but it doesn't make your house hot and it's holds just the right amount for 2 people. There is also a warm setting, which would allow for easy leftover warm up. That being said, we will say "Goodbye" to our microwave.

 

I realize that I don't use it all that much in the first place. Last summer I went to visit my dear friend, Jill, in Florida. She and her husband didn't have a microwave. At first I thought, how could that even be possible, mostly because microwaves are in every home. But then I thought, well she probably wouldn't use it for anything anyways. That got me to thinking how much space our microwave would take up in the Porchouse and what I would prefer to have more. A  cookie/pizza baking oven and toaster all in one. Or a microwave? Easy choice!