One of my favorite things in industrial and functional art is efficient use of space.  People design their furniture and living spaces to make life work well in small places.  This ins’t your feng shui movement/placement, this is getting the best use out of space.  I’ve seen hgtv shows where couples fit everything they own, neatly and conveniently, in a 400 sq ft condo.  I should pull out some of those links…everything from single foot staggered stairs, to entire walls that move and can be used for storage.

This little idea of storing books in the staircase is pretty awesome.  Kallie and I have a lot of books, and if we ever live on a boat, this would be one place we could store them all.  Kind of gives a new meaning to treading lightly on the words you speak.

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/02/bookshelf_stairs_are_freaking.php

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/at-europe/at-europe-london-closeup-the-amazing-staircase-042543

i want to get a tattoo in a place that i can’t see, like my upper right shoulder. Something small, red, and something original that i come up with. a variation of a cross or something. The point is, for me to get it without anyone knowing, and me forgetting about it since it is not in a visually travelled location for me, and i never take off my shirt. Just having that tattoo present, and me being oblivious to it, has some underlying intrigue to me. And the reaction when someone would notice it. perhaps i’m comprimising the whole ordeal by posting about it here…