Wed, May 2, 2007, 4:45pm (EDT-1) Joel ) doth
wonderingly sayeth:
Sigh. I thought that my question was actually fairly simple.snip
I go into the detail I mention to get a flavor across that this is not a
simple problem and that some design aspects of this (wood-wise) may be
subtle, may be important, or what not.
Where would you go for help in figuring this sort of design problem?
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You sure you're not yanking our chain? First you say you thought
it was a simple question, then you say it's not a simple problem.

First I'll tell you where I'd go to figure out what I wanted if it
was me. I'd go sit down somewhere and ask myself what it was I wanted.
Once I decided that, the rest would just be doing it. The impression I
get is that you don't know what you want and want someone to tell you
what you want, or should get. Figure it out.

You want a simple answer to a not simple problem. OK, here's you
simple answer. Floor to ceiling bookshelves around the room, including
over the window and door. Leave a space along one wall for a long
bench/desk, where you can write, make models, or whatever. Folding
chairs, folding card table, for games, card playing. Good floor lamp.
Comfortable chair. Trash can, under the bench. Radio and/or CD player,
on the bench - you don't need a bunch of speaker, etc. Simple, and you
can look at all your stuff on the shelves. You want to get fancy, you
can make a poker top for the folding card table. And if you'd bothered
to think about it before you'd asked, you could have come up with about
the same.



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