Extreme Makeover Bedroom Edition

Being a fan of that TV show Extreme Makeover Home Edition, I started making plans on redoing my bedroom to give more room and get rid of some unneeded junk that had piled up for the past 17 years.

Before Pictures

This is my bed.  To my right is end table and dresser.  The boom box no longer works.  Way too much clutter.

My computer setup.  Printer is setup sideways instead of the preferred setup because there is no room.

My game console setup.  There is little room for laundry and there is way too much clutter.

After Pictures.  On June 30, 2005 I redid the room with a little help from my parents and a next door neighbor.  This room is still not done at this moment, but so far my mom loves the changes.

The bed was moved down about 3 feet to the east.  The end table that was on east side of the bed is now on the west end of the bed.  The phone is also moved to the end table.  The laundry is now where that snack table used to be.  The snack table will be removed from the bedroom shortly.  The boombox and VCR that no longer worked was disposed during all trash day last month.

My dad and the neighbor moved the computer desk about 5 inches closer to the door.  I moved the printer table a couple inches.  Now I was able to position the printer correctly.  The desk still got a lot of clutter, but now I can get a computer chair and not bump the bed.  Most importantly, the niece and nephew don't have to tear up my bed to play my video games.

I turned the dresser to the east wall from the west wall.  I have more room to open up the dresser drawers as before.  The kids can now play the games from my bed instead from the floor, as they will be more comfortable.  I'm planning on moving some stuff downstairs and replace the CD rack with something that will fit on top of that dresser.

Another view of the end table.  The laundry baskets are in their new location. 

July 18 update: with FFXI down for 16 hours, I had little choice but to work on my bedroom more as I was very bored.  I did some moving of furniture and cleaned out my closet.  Sorry I won't post closet pictures but I will tell you I had filled 3 trash bags of torn clothes and old stuff, and I moved bedsheets to my brother's old room.  The closet is much cleaner now than it was before I cleaned it.

On to the rest of the bedroom, I got a few pictures to show off:

I moved the CD/DVD rack from this spot to give me more room to open the drawers.  I also felt that the rack was blocking the air conditioning vent (note these clothespins on the curtain.  I need to either get new curtains or find someone to make them shorter.).

I moved the CD/DVD rack to the north wall, next to the laundry baskets.

Another improvement is that I removed some of the shelves on the north wall, as I wasn't even using half of them.  I put some of the old junk in boxes and put them downstairs.

I put some of my Dr. Pepper stuff on the shelves.  I also put a old-school Mountain Dew can on display.

Future plans: next week I'm going on vacation to the Branson area. My plans include raiding Silver Dollar City and some of the gift shops around Branson, hopefully to find some more Dr. Pepper collectibles.  I'm also looking for new picture frames to put up a couple 8x10 pictures from my brother's wedding last fall.