I trust my friends will understand

[pbray]

I went to look at condos this weekend with a friend, and upon seeing the giant walk-in closet in the master bedroom, my first thought was "If this was my place, all my clothes would fit in the guest closet, and then I could use this room for a library."

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[susanjett.livejournal.com]

Heheheh. I TOTALLY understand that!

By chance, was this condo in NH? Please say yes!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Hanover, as a matter of fact. Still at the daydream stage, but inching closer.

[susanjett.livejournal.com]

You could always expand your inching-closer, daydreamy ideas to include commutable-to-Boston too, yes? Southern NH is lovely!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well Hanover is only 2 hours from Southern NH, which makes it a heck of a lot closer than Binghamton....

[susanjett.livejournal.com]

This is true. We actually google-mapped it last night!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Why, yes, I've thought things like that too. :)

[fireun.livejournal.com]

Now, if only I could find a place with such accommodations! :)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Not something you'll find in the Binghamton area, alas, or at least not until they build those new apartment complexes downtown.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Giggle. (Though I would probably be measuring for skirt space.)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Not sure what it's like on your side of the pond, but here the trend is toward master bedroom closets that are bigger than some bedrooms I've had. I'm sure there'd be plenty of room for books and skirts.

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Understood completely. Looking at the floorplans of the loft apartment, my immediate thought was "office" just wouldn't do, but could be converted to a lovely "reading nook" with three walls of bookshelves, and then the overflow in the main living room, allowing the loft bedroom to be a full office, with the white bookshelves from your writing room.

And, admittedly, for the three-bedroom one, I did think you couldn't possibly need that many bedrooms, so why not convert the master into a combination home office / library with some folding screens (or using the bookshelves as walls, the way Josh does).

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well the appeal of the loft is being able to contain all of the office sprawl to a single spot, possibly making this the day job spot. Plus being able to toss offending objects (or toys that want to go "Whee!" over the side to land below.)

In the other layout, the kitchen/great room arrangement is nicer, but the desk would have to go in either the alcove (facing a wall) or a setup in the master bedroom.

Not that I've given this a ton of thought.... :-)

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

oh, no, that alcove is TOTALLY a reading nook. totally.

besides, converting the master bedroom to office space is what you did with your current home, and it's worked very well for you. stick with a trend that works!

And, my parents are reassured that you'd only be half an hour further away, and could still come see them. hypothetically. :-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well in a 3-bedroom place you can make one bedroom the office and still have a guest room, but in a 2-bedroom place I'd want to make sure I still had a guest room which means getting creative about figuring out office space. So, hypothetically speaking, a friend from Denver could come by and have a cave to sleep in.

[kirylyn.livejournal.com]

*sighs happily*

if only

I did have a 3 bdr but ended up using the smallest room as a big storage closet :( so much for my plans to make it a reading room.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Where I'm living now, I sleep in the smallest bedroom (which is also the quietest) while the largest bedroom is my office/library.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

You can never have too much book space. :-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Oh so true.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

... but naturally!