Apartment Floorplan

One of the major changes in my daily life starting in the beginning of August is a move to a new apartment in Sherman Oaks. I've gotten a bit of a head start by measuring the major rooms and drawing up a floorplan (GIF Image, 900x582 pixels). It still needs some work aside from the fact that I've left of the kitchen, bathroom, and all the closets/cupboards due to time constraints when I was doing the measuring. Still have to figure out what to do about bookcases and/or hanging bookshelves, and where all the paintings are going to go. Not satisfied with the living room setup, and even though the bed theoretically ought to go where I put it in that floorplan, I'm going to move it out from under the window so the cats don't knock the fan onto my head (again!).

It's going to be nice having a kitchen large enough for 2 people and an office that's not taking up one wall of the bedroom. This place is basically a two bedroom going for the price of a one. Not thrilled about moving during the hottest month of the year, but as with the other major change, for some things there is no opportune time.

Update: a crazy new scheme from Cybil (as a counter proposal to a foosball table), a full sized ping pong table that would get stored against the wall and fold out to take up the whole living room. It's going to be tight, with 5 feet clearance on either end. Might buy a little more space when I take down the railing along the edge of the loft (room that's a 6" step up off the living room where we're putting the office). Two ways I see of looking at it, 1) anything is better than a stupid quarter-size table, and 2) I need to work on tightening up my swings anyway to increase recovery time between shots.