In September I looked at my tired old rattan bookshelves and my 15 years old monster couch.


As there was no end to various coded lockdowns in sight, money, before wasted in bars, was piling up, since most bars were closed for 1.5 years already, I thought about making my living room a bit brighter. And since travel is still very restricted, time spent at home became less enjoyable.

Chalk style paint is simply ‘plaster of Paris’, a bit of cold water and latex paint. It covers well and evens out the rough surface, and it’s extra matte.

The carpenters help installed the doors and top shelf. The next day, I uninstalled all of it and started painting the wood. Door handles from China, around 6 USD per piece. The rattan ‘artist’ next door delivered the 6 baskets (another 80 USD). Should I have not overpainted the 2 doors on the right and declared it “ART”?

The rattan shelves weren’t straight from the beginning, and the 80kg of books bent them even more. Spent 2 days fixing rectangular doors to bent shelves, until I could live with the imperfections.

The old Panasonic stereo with CD player didn’t survive the dust. Replaced with Philips FX10, which takes a USB stick, and is loud enough to wake up the neighbors 🙂 On the right you see a sports device which has never been used for sports.


I bought a ‘single size’ Uratex mattress (200USD) with memory foam and had them make a daybed (roughly 180USD). The last order was the three new tables you see here, for 250USD. I painted them and put tiles on them (the side table isn’t finished yet). I got a 2000Wh UPS with LiFePo4 batteries right below the ‘puter’. This lasts around 8 hours, instead of the lousy 20 minutes the APC UPS provided. The chairs for the dining table are still under construction – well next year.
The logo you see on the pics is the FastStone photo resizer, which I lazily used.
The last 2 years were a bit boring for the reasons we all know. After shouting myself hoarse about the government insanity the whole year, I thought sharing something constructive may soothe me over the often quiet time between the holidays. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you.
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Frohe Weihnachten!
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Looks good. The landlord must be happy with the improvements.
I reckon interior renovation has a bright future now that people may be spending a lot more time at home.
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The landlord doesn’t own any of it. If I move out, he’ll probably charge me for painting the blue wall beige again.
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