I finally got around to unpacking my last box this week. It was mainly driven by desperation; I had invited some friends over for Chuseok, and really needed to clear the boxes out so they wouldn't know the extent of my patheticness. The move was...interesting. I went from a furnished studio to an unfurnished one-bedroom, so most of my time was spent between looking on craigslist for furniture and visiting Home Depot so I could build my own. And to be honest, 'my own' didn't turn out quite so bad.
The first item on the list was a place to sleep. I decided on a platform bed. It arrived in pieces of wood, and wasn't that hard to put together. The problem was that the wood underneath was cheap particle-board, which would show since I decided to forgo a mattress in favour of a pad which I could fold up during the day. So I bought some contact paper, lined the boards, and also took the time to line the night-stand near the furnace, just to add some continuity to the room.
My last project was to find some more room for my clothes, since I still had two 'winter' boxes left over. Of course, 'winter' means coats, scarves, and sweaters. I managed to fit most of my sweaters onto a shelf in my closet, but I still had some long-sleeved shirts that needed a home. So with some creative engineering, I fashioned t-shirt cubbies out of pvc pipe & spray paint, freeing up some dresser space for the sleeved shirts.
So now I'm officially done with my unpacking, and in light of it all, I don't think I want to move for quite a while.
