Tomorrowful's Profile

I'm pretty sure it's not actually a US-style box spring being slept on, but rather a combination boxspring-mattress. Ikea has them, or used to, and I tried one out during my last bed hunt - it was at least as soft as a US spring-plus-mattress around the the medium-to-firm end of the spectrum, even without a mattress pad on top. If I recall correctly, it was basically a wooden frame that had the legs attached and contained all the supportive springs/foam, with a hard bottom. Very space-efficient and plenty comfortable.

I went to a school with an overabundance of single rooms, so I only had a roommate for two of my three years in dorms - but then, that situation's very uncommon; I don't know of any other schools where people who wanted a roommate might get 'stuck' with a single. And then, the rooms were about 100 sq ft, including built-in closet. A double bed wouldn't fit even if you let it take up the entire room... and that's not even getting started on the fact that painting walls is, at most schools, incredibly forbidden.

In other words, yes, it's a nice job. But in terms of making a dorm homey, one of the hardest challenges in design, Marcela's "cheated" by having huge advantages that 99.99% of dorm-dwellers can't even hope for.

Why in the world would I hire an interior designer - particularly one with such a narrow focus - who didn't provide any examples of their work outside of "testimonials?"

Iroh - Take a look at craigslist some time; NYC real estate prices are many multiples of what the same square footage would cost anywhere else in the country. As for liveability, it's all relative; I have 425 sq ft in Philadelphia - a much, much cheaper market than NYC - and I'm starting to feel like it's too much.

As for the post: Amazing; I love the map decal against the gray.

Hmmm... you can cheat, though, and get a good-enough approximation.

A rug can obscure most of a power cable, which you can then run up a leg - against the side least seen, most likely. Alternately, for some desk designs, one could imagine a furrow or channel in the leg specifically for that cable. Then there'd have to be a cavity in the desk - a hole to a drawer, or a custom space - for the power strip, and small holes running down for each gadget's power needs.

In fact, I could imagine someone putting an outlet on the floor directly below the desk to make things even easier, though I'd never make a commitment to room layout like that.