Steampunk Fun planned

So what do we have this week planned?

     Well I didn't go to tea this evening, more is the pity, and I skipped the bacon party too even greater a sin to commit. I stayed in and cleaned up my bathroom, tried to get laundry dry and thought about things I'd rather be doing.

     Now due to the lodge meeting the other day, I couldn't properly entertain Karen so we postponed the hangout to Thursday ( tomorrow evening ) for curry and other tasty things to be made with some stuff Dad brought over for me. We'll likely be watching some Bollywood again; awesome times in store.

Now for the parts that relate to Steampunk and me.

     I need to get back to working on my uniform, it's got a lot of stuff going into it and with and there are many things I could do to improve it all. Karen comes over and does her sewing while we watch the movie or whatever ends up happening, and I should be doing the same. So I have several objects I need to sew up. Belt pouches, a cover for my scabbard, new / replacement gaitors to replace the ones I sold Cam, an arm band that my rank and unit patch could go onto. I also have an amazing wood rod I am going to work carefully into a walking stick / multi-tool, I want to make a couple of canteens and a collapsible cook stove too. ( One like the "hobo stoves" we'd make as kids each summer ) then build a complete set of functional "steampunk feeling" camping supplies. I have a 6-12 man canvas cabin type tent, we have a pot bellied stove, I need to get a bunch of help / manila rope to make various things out of for the tent. I have a canvas / oak cot. And I'd like to get some small kerosene lanterns like the "Railroad / Hurricane" types to have on hand too. Eventually having a "SCA style" campsite but more WWI / WWII feeling. I'm going to build a sectional floor for my tent too with some pallet boards for the winter and spring camping.

     

     Now onto the other part of my Bedroom, the least interesting part in fact. The bed.

If you know me, you're aware of my feelings about beds, they are sort of like cars and Televisions. People (some) seem to be completely taken with the idea that you need to have one as large and gaudy as possible to impress people. This is a confusing and annoying thought since I don't entertain people in my bed, it's a place where I store myself when I'm not being used. And that, is the first part of my plans.  will post some photos later but the bed is 5' 10" long (inside) / 6ft long outside, it's just over 36" wide (inside ) and stands 36" high underneath. It's wonderful! and built from recycled / scavenged lumber and supplies. It's tall enough you can sit / sleep underneath of it. Right now it's deep storage for a great and wonderful steamer trunk I keep my uniform in. Later it will host my boxes for various camping supplies I hope.  So we have this bed, and being me I don't care for froofroo' so it's quite literally bare bones, I will later on be putting a top on it about 4ft over the top of my "head space", and making it so I can sit up in bed while I sleep. There will be a hard ceiling over top and that is going to wind up being storage also: after all why not? You're not using the space for anything else right? Not sure what's going to go up there yet but we'll figure it out later. Now just under the "ceiling" I want to hang a pole, and from there will be a set of cloth sheets I can use to make an A-frame over me while I sleep if I want. My bed being tucked away already and with the 

armoire being on the opposite side of my bed as the wall I'm nicely secluded from light already. Anyhow I figure the cloth is probably fairly dark and heavy to block out any light from electronic lights and noise. The overhead storage area is going to pretty serious too, I'm thinking 4"x4" vertical supports and probably 2"x6" horizontal supports. 

       Once all the support stuff is done I need to make it look enjoyable, useful and classy. So I am thinking about making a "Pass through" on the left side so I can read the room light; and have it large enough for me to get in and out if I wanted. I want to run molding all along the visible edges and possibly some copper water pipe on the inside edges of the ceiling to hide cables and such for power / light. I want recessed, low intensity LED lights too. I was thinking about trying to give it a feeling like a much grander version of the beds you'd have on a military / service ship from the gilded age.
There will also be a punched sheet brass cover for an air vent to push / pull air through. I don't undersand people who can sleep in a room with no air. It's like being in a morgue.

      My desk is okay but it too will get classed up as time works forward, including.... SHELVES!
Yup shelves, trimmed with molding and a cabinet looking section with the mini-fridge tucked inside.
there will also be several overhead shelf units over the desk 6' and 7' respectively I think ? And another carefully hidden air vent behind the desk top computer to suck the hot air away, and possibly a second discreet one to help pull cold air in too.

Did I mention my room is about TEN degrees warmer than the house, and Fifteen to twenty degrees warmer than outside? Yes I have a good PC, it's not "amazing" but it keeps the place cooking.

The PC was the part I had been really excited to tell you all about; but I suppose that's enough for now. Let us say I'm crafting a Finely crafted exotic hard wood computer case project for sometime next year and when I finish it; it should be magnificent to behold and extremely functional.

      

        So Steampunk Bedroom is a plan, it's a slow go but we'll get there, photos in a month or so *probably. And I'll let you know about the rest.