steampunk, a few of my favorite things:

From Steampunk Family site comes these Burlesque meets steampunk fans, how fabulous... my gears are grinding with inspiration already.

http://www.steampunkfamily.com/2009/01/steampunk-burlesque-fans/

Cute, creepy and really works, this modified

computer mouse will get your home office going in the right direction in no time. Check out more from: http://mental-design.blogspot.com/

Yes please, reproduction stoves. http://www.elmirastoveworks.com All the style of yester year with the technology and advancement of tomorrow! No need to chop wood with this electric yet stylish range.

With help from ModVic, Modern Victorian home restoration and then some with the mission statement "ModVic's mission is to authentically restore historic Victorian homes (1850 – 1910) back to their original beauty and richness while completely modernizing the home’s systems, functional layout and conveniences for families of today." They create absolutely stunning steampunk homes and more.

http://www.modvic.com

Picture of the Neverwas Haul is the lovechild of Victorian architecture and locomotion by the Neverwas Project. The Project is a "Do-it-yourself group of tinkereres, gear-heads, and steam bohemians who fabricate steam-powered art pieces out of re-purposed industrial detritus." It looks like a dream to me. See more, and learn more of them and their projects at: http://neverwashaul.com/

If you're ready to hit the open road, I have spent

hours just drooling over this school bus conversion by The Steampunk Workshop http://steampunkworkshop.com. A great conscious use of space and Victorian details, (it's almost perfect , I'd just need more brass and skulls around from my style).

Whatever you do don't forget about the world domination and grand music of Dr. Steel http://worlddominationtoys.com

some fav tiny work solutions

So I love tiny spaces... but I make big messes. I've just moved to another small space where luckily I have a 'dining area' that I am converting to my studio space, so I have an actual bedroom, I can walk away from my mess and pass out since I tend to get creative late at night till I can't function anymore. This post is about solving my small work space problem, but these first three photos I am a big fan of, just they won't help me
today so lets admire them and carry on....

(admire more @ http://www.bonbon.co.uk)

I have a growing

collection of trunks and this work station would blend in so seamlessly, I think I'm in love. This Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk is available from Restoration Hardware and the

value price of

$3695.... so I will keep drooling over this one. I'm surprising attached to the trunks I already own, so someday maybe I'll construct this for myself but for now I need more table

space...

Treehugger.com has a nice lil' post of some various fold down d

esks with links to purchase. this simple desk, a favorite of mine, but I need more surface space, guess I'll keep looking...

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/fold-away-wall-desk.php

Secretary desk are just simply brilliant. They are a classic, and I

always love them and while the concept tends to stay the same there are still countless options and varieties out there. This one pictured is very similar to mine... but mine has already found its home in my entry way... plus I need something pretty strong... my search continues...

And then the answer...

I love the station to the left from Valet Organizers http://www.valetorganizers.com, but I do not have the budget for custom cabinetry (actual budget $0 and toe lint)... but I had previously seen a wire shelving work station before and things began to click. I may not have money, but I do have "the Seville Classics STR05813 Expandable Closet Organizer" (found on Amazon.com) I used in my last place since I had no closet, and some larger standard wire shelving I had for warehouse storage. I also had previously seen a wire shelving work station similar to picture above in yellow. So now just to put these pieces together and we'll see what comes out.... to be continued....

well f you very much.

I hurt from the screws in my ankle to the tip of my mohawk. Okay hair can't hurt really... but the it still hurts to the top of my head. I'm tired, and plain worn out but it's starting to feel like home. I had moved to a warehouse large type space and all that brought me was water damage with its constant flooding so a few days ago I moved and began staying in my tetris box game of my life. To move furniture must remove content with in, move to new smalllll space and then try to slowly maneuver through everything stashing, hiding, piling some things while searching and moving things to a proper place. I also realized after buying groceries and becoming rather hungry after my 3rd day of unpacking.... I did not remember to get a can opener. So much for those dinner plans, toast it was.

This place it cute, and while right now it resembles an obstacle coarse, it's slowly coming together. I rushed home from work yesterday so I could one, find parking and two, have a few hours I could bang nails into the wall with out feeling too guilty of being an annoying neighbor. I also put together my super noisy wire shelving that I have reconfigured into a desk/work/art station. At 8:20, after hanging two fake dear heads, one giant mirror, some medium mirrors and whole bunch of smaller art items it feels like my apartment is coming out of hiding. It's starting to feel like my little house in Kansas City that I miss so much... instead it's a second floor apartment off of hooker depot... I mean Colfax but I'm close to parks, and plenty of entertainment/eating/drinking establishments, and the bike storage on first floor an added bonus. It is the tinniest kitchen... which isn't a bother to this "I have no idea how to feed myself" bachelor. Which left the 'dining area' a perfect place to set up a small studio. That connects to the living area but I have divided that with a dressing screen so I can hide my creative messes. The living area has just enough room for my awesome art deco chairs, my bar and an awkwardly placed convertable sofa... not sure what to do with the trunk I wanted to use for a table... pretty sure all it's going to do in there is trip me. But the walls, the walls are tall, and are soaking up all my art/decoration pieces... that is probably half the tetris puzzle alone. These tall amazing walls, painted a creamy off white color are the perfect back drop and completely fade away as my morbid art and curious collections go up on the walls, and that makes it feel like home.