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The New Loft - After

Let's go on a walking tour of the new loft. It is, of course, a work in progress... but it's home and I love it.

...beginning at the entry, walking through the front door.

The first thing you probably notice is the floor to ceiling windows. One whole side of the loft is glass, which gets dark at night and bright during the day. It's amazing how much the character of this place changes from day to night.

On to the living room...

The fireplace is gas, and it serves as the heater for the loft. It's set on a thermostat, meaning it kicks itself on and off to keep the place toasty warm. And note the coffee table and the CD-cat on top of the fireplace. They're from a local artisan metalworks shop called Delia.

The wine rack off to the left (below) is from Delia too. And this is my kitchen.

Windows, windows, windows... and a breakfast bar more or less built into them.

Can you tell that half of the wine bottles are empty? Really, it's a piece of art, and it's as much for recycling as it is for wine storage.

Standing in the kitchen now, facing the rest of the loft... on to the dining room.

The huge glass panel on the left (below) is actually a sliding glass door to nowhere. They call this sort of thing a "pocket balcony." There's a decorative metal plate on the outside of the door that serves as a railing, but it's hard to see that in this pic.

Here's a better shot of what you see towards the bottom of the pic above. This is the view from my dining room table, looking down at the Safeway across the street.

Turning left, to my work-area.

This is my office/studio/etc. Most people hear the word studio and think of a studio apartment, but after my years in radio, I use the word to refer to my recording gear and such - normally called an editing suite of home-studio.

OK, turning around now and going back into the living room to face my bed...

I think my bed is one of the most ingenious uses of space for loft-life. By buying a canopy bed and hanging curtains from it, I get privacy at night without having to close ten sets of blinds. Also, it serves as a wall dividing up several rooms worth of open space. And I just happen to think it looks cool.

The bed is raised to create storage underneath, and the picture below shows why raising it was essential.

The closet above is the only storage space in this loft. Yikes! Luckily, it's on wheels, so I've placed it diagonally away from the wall to create storage space behind it with simple shelving cubes.

And that takes us back to where we started - in the entry way.

If there's a way to take a picture of a bathroom, I sure don't know it... but you get the idea.

So there you have it - my new loft. It's definitely turning into a place that feels like home.

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::::: | Posted Tuesday, Oct 25 2005 at 12:10 AM
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