{"id":3654,"date":"2012-07-27T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T07:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:41:58","slug":"room-and-deskography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2012\/07\/room-and-deskography\/","title":{"rendered":"Room & Desk-ography"},"content":{"rendered":"

My old room was seriously lacking. All this time, I’ve been sleeping on a cheap twin-sized bed for crying out loud. The metal bed frame was wobbly and utter junk. I’m pretty sure it was pilfered from a random alleyway dumpster… then given to me to use.<\/p>\n

Instead of spending so much money elsewhere, I should have invested more in upgrading my room. Frankly speaking, I was never really motivated to do so because I didn’t feel connected with where I was living. The extent of my motivation was when I went to OfficeMax and bought a desk<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Now that I was moving, I felt compelled to devote much needed attention to my room. I updated my bed to something a normal adult should sleep in: a full-size mattress on an Ikea Malm bed frame + nightstand with Ikea Sultan Laxeby slats. This bed frame combo was love at first sight. I loved the contemporary simplicity of its design and the low-slung profile. Best of all, in character with Ikea, it was affordable. Also, after using the same alarm clock since 1997, I finally bought myself a new one…<\/p>\n

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For my desk and “office”, I chose an Ikea Galant table with chrome A-legs and black wood top. I was sick of glass tops, they just don’t feel right. The desk lamp is a nickel plated Ikea Forsa. The chair is a Scandinavian Designs Ovata high back.<\/p>\n

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I made sure to deliberate on the ergonomics and dialed the desk to a leveled and appropriate height. Preferably, to set the desk height, you want to sit in the chair upright with your arms hanging naturally and your elbow at a 90 degree angle.<\/p>\n

People like to knock Ikea, but for the best bang for the buck, they are hard to beat. I agree that many of their items are rubbish, you just have to know what you’re looking for and be wary of their low-end lines. My bed and desk are sturdy and well designed. I personally think my room’s arrangement is pimp and it didn’t break the bank. Ballin’ on a budget at its finest. I could just as easily go to a “name brand” furniture store and spend hundreds more, then end up with something that looks like it belongs in a retirement home. I’m a big fan of the Scandinavian style of modernism and functionalism.<\/p>\n

I’m not quite done with my room yet. I still need a rug and file cabinet. Will likely be going to Ikea for those as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My old room was seriously lacking. All this time, I’ve been sleeping on a cheap twin-sized bed for crying out loud. The metal bed frame was wobbly and utter junk. I’m pretty sure it was pilfered from a random alleyway dumpster… then given to me to use. Instead of spending so much money elsewhere, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3654"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}