/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7640988
If this thread is still up once I get off work I'll contribute.

Ah yiss. Mutha fuckin room thread.

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>>7641206
These more or less have to do with the architecture of the house and not the way people are accessorizing them. It kind of bugs me when they get posted.

>>7641205

does anyone know a website, like on tumblr etc with more pics like that?

>>7641210
Sure the other 2 do but this one:
>>7641206
Is mainly decorated with vinyl stickers and is completely unrelated to the architecture of the house.

>>7641210
I would argue that at least with OP's pic you can still draw inspiration and ideas from even if you don't have a room with an alcove like that.

I do agree that the others aren't really fitting.

>>7641236
I don't think it's common for the average bedroom to have full paneled sun roofs. I guess if you were rich you could have them installed, but still.

>>7641243
I have a mix of inspiration for decorative purposes and architecture. I'm trying to stick to mostly the ones that are decorative wise for this thread at least.

>>7641249
This stripe idea is so cute. I wish more landlords were okay with tenants repainting the rooms or else I'd do this.

My room is mainly a chaotic mess.

>>7641280
My place is still pretty chaotic too ATM. But I'm getting closer to having it tidy. Need to pick up a few decorative boxes and a tote or two for storage.

>>7641255
Blu tack and coloured card strips?

>>7641334
Is this your room anon? If so, it's lovely!

>>7641255
Can't you paint it, and then overpaint it back to white again once you move out?

>>7641752
I wish it was. It's part of my inspiration folder. I'm sharing a studio with my hubby while we save for a house of our own. Maybe this time I can get it cleaned up enough to actually post it.

>>7641234
pinterest ?

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>>7640988
anon here
rate my room please!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehp3kDCZco

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>>7641861
Good luck having a kawaii room with a "hubby."

>>7642155
We'll if we get a big enough place I'll have a deprecate crafting room. I'll kawaii the fuck out of it.

>>7642181
I meant a seperate sewing room. I need to read my post before hitting submit.

my room is a bit lighter green than >>7642139 and i'm really not sure what to do with it, i don't think repainting's really an option right now but it's do damn bright. any ideas?

>>7642155
Well you simply don't have a supportive hubster, my hubby let me decorate rooms how I want! I'm turning his office into a Ghibli themed room and our room will be Alice and the Pirate themed and maybe the bathroom will be a kawaii explosion.

>>7642199
Yeah, my boyfriend wants the living room a certain way but pretty much anything else goes. Pink lolita bedroom, sailor moon bathroom etc.
Unfortunately I don't like spending money on decoration so it's kind of a waste.

>>7642199
Well it's more that my husband isn't into super feminine rooms, and we do have matching taste in a lot of stuff like wood tones, colors, etc.... but he's pretty cool about me having stuff like my dolls out on display and so on. I figure I can frill the fuck out of a room and have it be my own little sanctuary while the rest of the house is more neutral.

I'd like to request wardrobe organisation ideas, for a really, really large wardrobe, like 100+ lolita dress with the matching hair things (not always headbows), socks/tights, matching jewellery, maybe 30-40 bags and equal number of shoes?

At the moment I'm only at 50-60 dresses, and it's pretty ugly. The dresses are split between my own bedroom, the guest room closet, and on floor racks scattered around the house. The accessories... ho boy. I recently regrouped them by theme instead of type so it would be easier to pick out coordinating stuff and then stopped when I realised I had more stuff than I had boxes for. If I keep this up I'm going to actually lose things because I can't keep track of them, so I think I should start planning for wardrobe space to expand into. I don't think I'll collect past 100 lolita dresses though, seems like too many, so that's a safe number to aim for.

As for space, we're thinking of moving the bed out from the spare bedroom and converting it into a full on lolita space. I guess that's not a lot of space to work with if we're talking 100 dresses? To make things worse, 2 of the walls have large windows, the room's built-in cupboard runs the length of the 3rd wall (and it's already full of lolita clothes), so I only have 1 wall to put cupboards against.

>>7642245
If you have matching headbows and socks to things, how about putting them in bags and looping the handles around the hanger with the dress? That way it'll be easier to keep track of those pieces.

I fully admit I'm a complete dork for Halloween and I really like this room.

>>7642250

I do this for detachable parts such as waist ties, pin on ribbons, belts and so on.

However, with all of that and socks and headbows, it becomes quite bulky. It halves my wardrobe space as the dresses take up twice as much space because there's a bulky bag on every hanger.

>>7642225
Those bears look like they are just cut out of paper.

>>7642194
Maybe try different lighting or hanging sheer curtains from the ceiling or walls. You could also get a bunch of bookshelves or other tall furniture to hide it a little.

>>7642279
Maybe you could do something like this for your headbows?
http://wwwvioletlebeaux.com/2009/12/how-to-store-headbands-cutely/
You could make a few of them and mount them on the wall.

As for the dresses, you could get some cascade hangers. If you don't have enough closet space, buy a garment rack that has a shoe rack on the bottom and a shelf on top. You can store some of the bags on top. You could also buy one of those cube shelves if you want to display certain bags (maybe ones you use often).

Just because I want to bump this thread, here's a pic of a bookcase I got for free from a coworker yesterday. I need to buy drawer pulls for it, but I'm just happy to have all the consoles and controllers organized finally.

>>7643587
Nice anon, I can imagine it looking really lovely. You should buy some baskets or something to place the controllers in so it looks more organised and hides the tangles of chords.

>>7643612
Once I buy drawer pulls, I will probably move all the controllers and cords into the drawer so they're hidden, but baskets aren't a bad idea either.

>>7643059

That's actually cute and useful. I'll definitely do that for my headbands. Thanks!

>>7643793
No problem. Someone in the comments of the post I linked to suggested using Quaker oats containers instead of a yoga mat or foam, which I think is a great idea. It would make the holder much lighter (and cheaper too).

>>7643820

I'd have a to use a lot of quaker oats containers superglued together though, the nice thing about yoga mats is that most of them are long enough already, so the finished product holds a fair amount of headbows.

>>7642245
is it possible to have the built-in wardrobe re-fitted?
You might be able to find more hanging room or extra storage by having drawers fitted

>>7642245
could you also hang your JSK with a blouse underneath them? See the yellow circle area in the picture.

>>7643846

It was built right into the wall, looks like some of the plywood pieces may have been glue directly to the wall to make it sit flush with parts of the wall.

On the upside it's quite sturdy, so at least it won't fall down. One issue I'm having with freestanding garment racks is I've broken two already. I'm looking for another 30kg garment rack, can't recall where I got the first one though.


>>7643854

Wouldn't this make them harder to find though? Imagine looking through 100 jsks for a suitable pink blouse.

>>7642132
fucckin crossdressers

>>7642132
Well that was disturbing.

>>7641221
OMG... I need mason jars now, that's brilliant.

>>7642132
god damn, is that an obstacle course or a room?

>>7643988
They do come in handy. I use old jelly jars myself for storing dried beans in the pantry cabinet. I have a drawer type organizer for my thread though.

>>7643862
So then you put all the pink bloused items together, all the cream together, all the red together, all the black together etc
and then you break it down further by all the pink pan collars together, all the pink princess sleeved together, all one particular color and brand together.
or get multi-hangers for the blouses since their neither heavy or long.

You have multiple wardrobe in your house, do a test run and see how you go.

Come the fuck on anon, you wanted suggestions and here are suggestions.
It's up to you to figure out how to apply them to your problem.
If you are that over whelmed by the situation call in a professional cabinet maker or sell some of it.

pic VERY related

>>7643862
I suggest investing in some of these.
Do what>>7643999
suggested. You start off by sorting them by color, then you sort them by sleeve length, collar type, etc.... Until you get them sorted into smaller groups that can fit on each one.

Then you can do the same thing with JSK's, OP's, boleros, etc.... You can start off dividing them up by style, or by color and go from there.

>>7644001
Your pic reminded me of this. I would try to find something nicer looking in place of can tabs.

>>7643999

Chill out, anon, it was a genuine question. I already tried it ran into problems. I can't see the blouses clearly because the jsk is in the way. Coording really does take three times as long because I'm hauling jsks off the hangers to check the blouses, then putting them back when the blouse doesn't suit.

Thank you for your suggestion on the multi hangers though.

>>7644001

I'll try this with blouses, but there's a limit to jsks, especially since a lot of mine at Angelic Pretty jsks. The skirt is very bulky because of the extra fabric and built-in petticoat, so there's really no way I can squish 100 lolita dresses into the existing wardrobe.

>>7644007
I imagine if you at least use those and keep it to maybe 3 jsks per, that can help cut down on the spacing.

Also look into something called a closet doubler. You could possibly invest in one of those, use it to double hang row your blouses, boleros, and smaller accessories, and it should possibly open more space for the JSK's,

>>7644009

One part of the wardrobe is already doubled like this, I use it for hanging blouses and skirts. I tried hanging jsks doubled over on them too, but then the skirts get a crease in them where they were on the hanger, and need a lot of ironing every time I want to wear them.

Going into other areas of organisation, does anyone have suggestions for organising jewellery? I like to group them together in sets rather than having them grouped by earrings, bracelet and necklace, and I do need to keep the dust off the ones I wear less often, so the lace-on-picture frames and the jewellery trees don't seem like good ideas. I came across this cute crockery-in-drawers idea, but it doesn't seem very space-efficient.

How does everyone store their bonnets, tricorns and minihats? I put mine back into the boxes they came in, do you display yours on a shelf, or a head form or something?

>>7643862
This is a bit farfetched, but could you build a platform in a living area/bedroom and put storage underneath?

>>7644073
Jewellery hangers with the clear pouches? They can be mounted on walls as well. I have a miniature jewellery cabinet as well as a bunch of jewellery boxes but that may not be an option if you like things out on display

>>7641221
Cute but those chair would be super uncomfortable for any project bigger than a hairbow.

>>7642245
Could you turn one of the rooms into a walk in wardrobe?

>>7642255
Dorky but cute. Also I used to have that rearing Bryer horse. (I'm a dork too)

>>7644124
I posted the room and a friend called it an "inelegant eyesore" I don't think they realize that I kind of have a thing for the slightly more goofy and kitchy side of Halloween. Yeah there's some stuff in there that's tacky, but there's a lot in it that I really like too.

>>7644107

Yup. I'm on the lookout for furniture that have secret compartments. We're going to need a chair or a sofa in that room, might as well have it hold some stuff. I thought I could put my lolita magazines and paper ephemera in there and save the shelves for lolita accessories. Or should it be backwards?

I actually thought if we had enough space I could add a small tea table and when my lolita friends come over we could hang out in there, is this a good idea or a bad one? Maybe having tea and food in the same space as all the dresses is not a good idea?

We're actually moving the bed out of the room so it can be a full on lolita wardrobe. I would be moving the lolita stuff out of my bedroom and into the new lolita room, so building a platform under the bed is a bit pointless. Everything else, such as footstools or tea tables, I'll be looking for those with some storage space in them.

>>7644118

Yes! I'm trying to turn the guest bedroom into this, except I can't move the windows or cover them up, so whatever needs a wall can only be done to the one wall, the other wall has the existing wardrobe glued to it.

Once the bed is out, I probably have enough floor space that I can move all my clothes racks in, is there any way to make a group of clothes racks in the middle of the room look nice?

Mainly I was looking for ideas on organising things, not squirreling them into small spaces, because there's just so much stuff. I already group the blouses by type and colour, the dresses are grouped by prints, and the jewellery is grouped by theme. The trouble is that when I look for things like jewellery organisers they don't seem built to handle holding a lot of jewellery, and they don't seem to handle holding necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings together instead of all earrings or all necklaces. Socks, too, I had them all rolled up into boxes, but other than forgetting which boxes hold what socks, I'm now also running into the problem where I have something like 3 pairs of lavender socks with pony themes, and white socks have their own box but I have to take them all out and unroll them to find the one I'm looking for.
>>7644111

If the things are hidden away in opaque boxes I find it difficult to remember I have them.

This looks handy, in fact, I might try keeping my socks rolled up in these as well. Thanks!

>>7644129
It's kitschy, but cohesive I'd say. There are a few elements I'd throw out, but I appreciate it as a whole, they captured "Goofy Halloween Fun" very well.

How do I kawaii-ify my dorm room? The desk and bed frame are not allowed to be removed from the room, and it's fully carpeted. I was thinking about buying a cute bedding set, but I'm planning on living off campus with my boyfriend after this year so I don't want to spend too much money on something that won't be permanent. (the twin sized bedding won't fit our full size bed) Oh, we also can't bring our own curtains. I just want my work space to be cute.

>>7644518
Rug, blanket rather than bedding set, pull the curtains back and drape fabric over them, cover the desk, decorate walls in aesthetic of choice - if it's kawaii you're after maybe blutack cute character cutouts rather than posters e.g. hello kitty,rikka

>>7642199
you sound like you're twelve.

>>7642199
And you simply don't have any respect for your hubby. Just because he -lets- you, doesn't mean he likes it. Decorating HIS office? Does he have no say what so ever?
He lives there too, you have to compromise and blend your styles so that you both feel comfortable in your house.

Sort of related, I have a huge lady boner for antique furniture. Hubby is not so fond of it, but is okay with me having a few pieces as long as he gets pieces he likes (some more modern glass top desks for the office. I don't much care for them, but he likes them). Picture is an antique dresser he got me :)

>>7642199
Are you fucking 5? I always wonder how 'people like you' get married.

>>7641706
Bluetack leaves traces on walls in the long run, and it's awful to clean even after a short while.

>>7642132
Nice onaholes

Figured I would post my craft room for some opinions on the window. As you can see by the rest of the room, I like white walls with pops of color on furniture/decor/supplies/etc. So I want to add some colorful curtains, but not sure if a patterned fabric would be too much. Should I just go with like a turquoise solid? Or would a more "simple" pattern, like chevron or something, be okay? Or maybe should I do an accent wall? Not sure if that would look tacky. I mean, it IS a craft room, so some craziness is okay, but yeah. Small photo because I just posted this to our FB page straight from my phone, so it got resized.

(I live by myself and own this house, so I can do what I want, if that makes a difference with your recommendations.)

>>7644152
I had this problem too anon, with the socks (also with shoes and hats I keep in boxes for storage ). Pack your boxes, take a picture of what's inside, and paste it to the outside/top of the box. If things look too similar rolled up you can add a few notes to the bottom of the picture to help remind you what's in there.

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>>7644980
Nnnnngh. I would go absolutely insane with so little sewing space on a desk!

>>7645087
It's not too bad for me, but if I need more space like I'm working on a train or long gown on something, I'll just move my machine to my kitchen table.

>>7645045

Good idea, I could see this working out with the bags that are kept in dustbags as well. Thanks!

>>7644009
Huh, I didn't know that that was an actual thing.

About a year back I went ahead and added another bar to my wardrobe, but something like that would have worked as well. Although I'm guessing it wouldn't be half as strong as my current set up.

>>7644595
Actually he really loves Ghibli and Ghibli was a big part of our relationship! So he thinks it's super sweet! There is no need to compromise when we both agree we just have so much in common and I feel for you but we both love antique furniture so thats not a problem he gave me an 18th century desk once that was handed down from his family! You just need to find your soulmate!

>>7644618
Nope and we are soulmates we love and respect each other so much that we trust each other with these things! We share each others clothes, make food for each other, watch anime and play games together and hardly ever argue. I'm sorry you have to be so bitter and wonder how two people could be happy with one another makes me think how many if any failed relationships you've had?

>>7646111
>soulmates
Ok, you shouldn't browse if you are under 18 you kow

>>7642132
A fucking plate carrier. Did you first discover your sexuality when the Afghanis started flirting with you?

Gonna dump pics to help motivate myself to clean...

I have an issue in that I have too much shit and not enough room. I went from having my own decently-sized dorm room with a kitchen (it was a double room but I was the only person in it) to moving into a small bedroom at home.
We're renting, but the landlord is lenient about putting stuff on the walls, so I'm thinking of getting some wall shelves or something.
(Mostly I just need to get rid of a lot of stuff, but it's haaaaarrddd)

>>7646706
I know the feeling anon. Moving from living with family, to a decent sized one bedroom apartment, to a tiny studio in a short span of time really makes you realize how much shit you have to get rid of.

>>7646706
Me too anon. I have so much stuff at my parents' place still when I moved.

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>>7646714
Right now I'm living with my mom, but I can't move out because she's dependent on me (I pay a portion of rent). Luckily, my dad told me I could bring any of my boxes over and store them in his garage if I wanted to, he doesn't care.

>>7646724
When I was living with my parents I was paying rent to help them with the mortgage but ended up just gtfo when I couldn't deal with them anymore. After I moved out, they ended up losing their house soon afterwards and had to move to a house by my brother on a lease. At least the old house went to a company that did a nice job remodeling it and it's on the market again(though they want way to much for it, especially since it's next door to a tortilla factory)

>>7646749
At least they didn't move in with you.

>>7646749
Cool story anon.
My mom and I don't always get along well, the worst part is that my dad basically said "if you move in with me and go back to school I'll completely support you financially", but my mom won't be able to pay rent without me. In the winter, my dad refused to pay her child support (I'm 21 and my brother is almost 19) and she got so freaked about money that she attempted suicide.
...There's a lot more to the story, but basically I'm worried about my mom, too worried to move out.

>>7646751
The bear looked like a decapitated and massive BJD head in the thumbnail, scary

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>>7646767
I need a white monitor like these.

>>7646751
I loooove this bedspread. Does anyone know where I could find something like it?

>>7646754
I wouldn't have let them, especially since my dad was addicted to drugs and abusive. Also they have multiple dogs and cats so the place I lived at the time wouldn't have allowed it anyway. No fucking way I'd be dealing with that bullshit(they're also hoarders). That's why they ended up moving by my brother. He ended up finding them a house within their price range that actually allows dogs.

>>7646797
and I realize I'm going off in a different direction that's better suited for the feels thread. I'm gonna go back to posting room inspo now.

I'm trying to figure out better ways to store/display my accessories and I wonder if anyone else has some cute ideas. Recently I cut some strips of an index card, folded them, then taped that to the wall so I could clip my stars to them.

>>7646987
I have ribbon tied onto screw in hooks (or you could use push pins) strung across the wall.

>>7646987

Perhaps like this?

It's not much but I reeally like how my room looks right now.


And also, sorry about the shitty quality.

>>7648369
Do you live in a rape dungeon?

This and the pic below is my living room currently. I'm thinking about repainting some of the furniture and making some drapes.

(Cont.) and maybe reupholstering the sofa. Both the sofa and the coffee table have curved legs like the little end table.

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>>7648616
ugh this is tacky and awful

>>7648634

I think it's cute.

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>>7648616
This reminds me of something I'd see in a magazine. I think it is interesting, but needs some more touches of color here and there. Drapes would really add to it.

>>7648688

I agree! I just moved into this house a couple of days ago so it's a work in progress. What color drapes would you recommend?

>>7648711
I think long blue curtains would look nice, it is a complementary color to red.
I also think it would look good if you put your misfits poster and the little table on the other side of the fireplace and put a tall refinished bookcase in its place. I say that because I see your ac control is on the other side and a bookcase in the way would be annoying.

>>7648736
Green or blue. Out of the five color wheels I looked at four of them had green as complementary to red and the one I paid attention to showed blue.

>>7648742
Different anon here. Green and red usually doesn't look very good together, I'd go with blue or maybe a teal.

>>7648711
Personally I'd go for a warm beige/gold but it's definitely more of a safe option. Something with a design might be nice since the loveseat is plain.

>>7642155
>Has money and stuff to set up Kawaii room.
>Boyfriend is to much of a gamer set up in mind takes over liveing room, bathroom, and bed room.
>Sets up Kawaii room in sewing room.
>Bf steps in and comments on how overly kawaii it is and how his friends will think hes a pedo.
>Bf soon begins to set Mario's and Sonics everywhere.

>>7651141
Start kawaiify the marios and sonics. Tie little bows in their hair, mini purses, etc

>>7651141
Start tying pink bows on all the stuff he's sticking in the room. Tell him it's your little sanctuary and if he doesn't knock it off you're going to keep kawaiifying more stuff in the rest of the home.

>>7651156
Maybe i should get a bunch of these.

>>7651161
The only place he keeps his hands off the kawaii is the kitchen i told him if he touches it no more home made pastries for him.

>>7651141
that's your fucking sewing room, I bet he doesn't use it, or does he?

he sounds like a douchebag. kawaii the shit out of your sewing room please

>>7651227
This, unless he's using the room tell him to keep his hands off, it's your space, or be prepared to have his game systems painted pink and bedazzled.

>>7651141
As if Sonic is less childish than a bit of pink decora here and there.

>I have slanted window.

As in a rectangular window on a wall that slopes inward, not a trapezoid shaped window with a narrower frame at the top.

Is there anywhere I can get cute curtains for that? Whenever I search for double rod pocket curtains (a rod goes through both the top and bottom of the curtains so they don't just hang around) I find plain white ones that are meant for doors with windows. Are they called something else? Or just cute curtains in general 'cause if I see the options mauve and taupe one more time I'm gonna...

>>7651353
Kind of like this right?

I imagine you could add a few eyelets to the curtains and have small hooks at the window base to hook the curtains on and keep them in place.

>>7651358
Exactly like that! Am I just calling them the wrong thing?

>eyelets
I suppose that is one way to go about it if I end up finding cute curtains without a bottom rod pocket.

http://cutieinterior.tumblr.com/

My room, also I'm a girl because that question was asked in the last room thread, so Im just throwing it out there.

>>7647001
Not the anon you're replying to, but replace the Vera Bradley fabric with "floral wallpaper"/Shabby chic ones and it would be perfect.

>>7642199
My husband has a taste of his own that sometimes doesn't match mine, doesn't mean he isn't supportive. It's his apartment as much as it is mine.

Luckily, I'm not into very girly things myself and he likes most of what I suggest, only things we seem to bicker over is art.

>>7642225
That's a cg room.

>>7651774
I remember this from the last thread. I like your room. You have a nice set up.

>>7651774
>juicy daydreamer
nice
>korean sailor moon hybrid wand
kind of random but still coo

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>>7643820
Different anon but I did this and used a (full) paper towel roll.
I was lazy so I just stuffed the ends of the fabric inside the tube and ran a ribbon through it. Tied the ribbon and now you have a way to hang it on a wall or wherever.
Also when we are moving we ran out of both space for our shit and paper towels so I disassembled it lol

>>7646111
Confirmed for under eighteen.

You do realise that not everyone dates to marry and that you don't know a person fully when you start to date them. So obviously you may find traits and dealbreakers.