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    decorating tips

    OK! I now start having to afford to decorate my place up, FINALLY! NOT a lot of money to spend, mind you. Cheaper the better, but I'll be living in this apartment for at least 3 years and I appreciate nice things, I'm tired of the white plain walls, one chair and one computer desk.

    Let me get you my blueprint so you can help me out.

    Ok this is exactly what my places is like. It's 35.5 square meters.

    Olohuone = Living room
    Keittiö = kitchen
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    I keep my bed in ALKOVI, it fits there perfectly and I can't think any place else I'd put it, the only other place it fit would be my living room, which I intend to make 'the nice place', so no beds in there.

    Currently I have nothing else, except my computer desk in the lower left corner in my living room (next to window) and chair with it. That's it.

    I need things. I need sofa, I need solutions, space is essential. The walls are white, so I'm thinking I need something on my walls. I was thinkign I would check out some GOOD looking QUALITY posters, frame them and put some of them on.. cheap way to get some 'art' there. But good looking posters, not some commercials.

    A bean bag would be one solution for extra sitting spot and they are not too expensive either.
    I need also a coffee table at least.
    In da butt.
    "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
    THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
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    • #3
      construct a 3-D walk through model and I'll be able to help you.
      Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
      -Richard Dawkins

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      • #4
        Put porn on the walls.
        Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

        It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
        The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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        • #5
          starchild, I don't have any of them architech software things.. but your skills are appreciated anyway.. come on, try man, try! There's the blueprint?

          Last Conformist, NO.
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          "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
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          • #6
            You want to make the room look bigger and give the illusion of more space? Futons serve as brilliant couches, with beanbags as additional seats. Low coffee tables. Keep things close to the ground but comfortable. Contrast with tall and narrow things like bookcases or CD racks. Avoid bold colours like red because it draws attention to the piece. You want something that the eye slides off of and works with the room, not against it. Black is brilliant because it's hard to grasp exact dimensions on black furniture. Also goes well with white walls. Use the walls as your source of colour and vividness. I prefer current North Korean propoganda as its very active and vivid (and ironicly displayed in a posh western setting). Your tastes may vary.
            Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
            -Richard Dawkins

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            • #7
              KH = toilet?

              KH will be thrilled.
              urgh.NSFW

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                • #9
                  is this a gay club thread?

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                  • #10
                    AZ, yeah .. actually I have no idea what those letters mean, must be Krazyhorse.. where the **** swims!

                    Starchild, yeah, few of those things I already had in mind.. the low coffee table, beanbag or two. Good tips with the colour thing, I never thought of that. Makes sense

                    MORE! I need more suggestions and tips!

                    Also what I'm after.. OK I have patience, right? I can dig every item single handedly where I can find them, and try to get them on best price. I don't think my low budget is so much an obstacle, because I do have time and patience. The key is that I want to make it look good, not just another student box. I'm ready to work on it.

                    I like kind of.. 'smart' look, but warm and comfortable at the same time. I'm bad at explaining these things. I like stylish things. And most of all it should be fairly consistent, and I don't look for the style where every piece is gathered around the world and it looks just like that. It needs consistency. I want to make it look like more quality and style, so that the actual money spent on it will be the real shocker .
                    In da butt.
                    "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
                    THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
                    "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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                    • #11
                      Lots of empty beer cans and bottles. Everywhere. It will look like hell but you'll be happy.
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                      • #12
                        My knowledge of finnish blueprint abbreviations is limited but just working off of the scale of the thing, you might be able to take one corner of the Olohuone and give it a communal feel with coffee table, bean bags and conversation pieces while another part of the room could be more intimate, with a proper sofa, lamp, maybe a nice throw blanket to curl up in during the cold winter with a book.

                        Books tend to be essential. You can have all the PDA's you want with all the e-books on the world stored on them but the last 1000 years of cultural impressions die slowly. Books, properly done, give most places a bit of an intellectual air. And give guests something to form opinions about you from. Maybe a small bookcase or just a few stacked together on a shelf or lazily on the coffee table.
                        Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
                        -Richard Dawkins

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                        • #13
                          Lancer, no that's what it looks like now
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                          "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
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                          "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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                            • #15
                              Starchild,

                              Ask me what you have problems understanding in that pic and I'll tell you.

                              Ohh, the 'kaide' in the lower right corner of living room is french balcony (means no balcony), a narrow door opens and you can squeeze yourself out for a smoke and lean on the bars

                              The marking on this side is window. You can see the same in the kitchen. Those are the two big windows. Also one small one in bathroom. The only good window is in the living room because the one in the kitchen opens up to the outside hall way that is fairly busy.
                              In da butt.
                              "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
                              THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
                              "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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