making (quiet) lemonade out of a (noisy) lemon

so, after much deliberation and measuring to ensure it would work, i've decided to reconfigure my bedroom. having my head right next to the shared wall with my neighbour has never really been ideal, but i realized that perhaps the universe was actually presenting me with an opportunity. namely, to switch things up.

as such, i began examining how i could move my bed somewhere else in the room. one wall is all windows, and that wall is opposite a double-door closet. obviously, neither would work. but the wall opposite the shared wall is clear, save for a small (supplementary and dead) radiator. the available space in which to slide the bed is smaller and won't allow for a nightstand, but the bed itself would fit with a few inches to spare on either side.

once i'd figured that out, the wheels in my brain began spinning, and i started plotting the rearrangement of furniture and rewiring of the TV hook-up. picture frames would have to move, the nightstand would need to find a new home somewhere other than within arm's reach of the bed. there is more mapping to come.

the only downside to this is that the geometric mural i painted above my bed last year will now be partially obscured by my dresser, and will look off-centre on that wall. i may wind up painting over it and recreating it. or i may just paint over it and hang pictures on that wall instead. i'm not sure yet.

in the meantime, i present these mural-as-it-happened photos i took through the process, so you can see what it looks like before it (possibly) vanishes:

i was very proud of myself when i finished this mural. it was a two-day process (notice how the light/colour changes from photo to photo!), and there was a LOT of measuring and remeasuring and levelling and precision and math.

and pulling that tape off to reveal the crisp, even squares was like unveiling a (however simple) masterpiece. though i hadn't planned it all, i realized after the fact that there were 35 white squares -- and i was 35 when i first moved into this apartment.

anyhoo, there you have it.