ALL ABOUT STORAGE BEDS

I was busy house hunting in Nairobi for the better part of January and early February, and anyone who has lived in middle lower class Nairobi knows that this is a really hectic activity. you will mostly find a flaw in whichever house you get, the major flaw however will be space , especially if you have hoarding tendencies like I do.
I speak for hoarders when I say that if you see something that looks cute you buy it and will figure out what to do with it maybe years later or will just realize that it was a waste of your hard earned money. It is a serious issue guys. we need to start a "hoarders anonymous", yes? haha definitely.

Anyway that brings me back to the issue at hand...space!!!!!. If you rent a bedsitter, studio apartment or a one bedroom you will definitely have space problems and your things may end up feeling crumped in your house. I talked about it in my bed sitter post, I will not stop talking about the space issue for a while because I resonate with it deeply and I just like coming up with ideas on how to fit stuff into small spaces, one day though I will definitely get that bag and move into a more spacious living space.

In my endeavors to deal with the space on issue in our small living spaces I came about the storage beds, yes, that is something that exists and not made up. Storage beds are an amazing invention since the existence of bedsitters and studio apartments. you get to have your bed and storage space all in one. It saves up on a lot space in your room and makes it easier to store your things.
You can put stuff that you dot use daily in here if they don't fit in your wardrobe like

• extra bedding
• extra towels
• jackets
• suitcases and bags 

Theses are stuff that you don't use daily thus it will save you on a lot of space and trouble of looking on where to store the stuff. You can get a really good carpenter to make you one of these beds so that you can give him specifications according to what you prefer. The storage beds do come in a variety of designs, I will put the pictures down so you can refer and you can also check out many more desings in pinterest on my boards.
My pinterest name is Janice Lyayuka.

Till next time
Stay safe and sanitize

love and light 

BALCONIES PART 1

Hey guys!!!! Welcome back to my blog....

It's been long, like really very long since my last post. Mostly it's because I was held up with a lot of life's misgivings and school, I failed the narrative that women can multi task bu school is over now as I am set to graduate in December (yeeey). Is it funny to say that I feel like I have not achieved much? I mean, which doors is a Bachelors Degree really supposed to open in a country filled with corruption, tribalism and nepotism? Anyway enough of that social justice banter, lets dive straight in to our topic for today.

BALCONIES

 

A recent tweet by Beatrice Marshall really got me thinking, I mainly saw balconies as places to dry ones clothes if you live in a flat, a flat that has a balcony that is. I recently came to find out that this is poor thinking, like literally my thoughts ooze poverty (according to the KOT elite middle-class). I walked around yesterday I could not help but notice majority of people actually do hang laundry on their balconies, which is something I actually find normal. Some countries in Europe people actually hang clothes on the balconies

clothes hanging in Europe, oh and they don,t even need balconies!!!

Honestly, most buildings in the city are really squeezed and the landlords either did not care to set aside spaces for drying out clothes while building or just built with the idea that their tenants will find their own  way to dry their laundry. In this case we have to be a bit realistic, we are a country that's in the tropics, why would one want to use a dryer to dry laundry when there's the sun, which at times shines with so much ferocity that we literally joke that Kenya is a few kilometers from it, do also put  in consideration the crazy electricity bills one has to pay if the consider using a dryer, KPLC will milk one's pocket dry I tell you. In my opinion laundry dryers should be used mostly in cold countries that experience terrible cold seasons.

This brings to mind another thought, are our flats architecturally designed for countries in the tropics or are they designed for Western countries. Let us be a bit realistic even if one gets to purchase a washing machine and a dryer, where will they place them, rarely do these ‘flats’ have laundry rooms, you just have to sort out yourself once you move in. there is poor organization in most of this buildings that most Kenyans have decided to call home. I speak for 'the poors' mostly, and the middle class, well because they are one mistake away from being poor anyway.  Most are really not spacious and one can see that the landlord really squeezed the space so as to get more rooms to rent out and make money.

So for now before I detail down how one should decorate his or her balcony by putting flowers in a pot and a little chair to sit on so as to enjoy the view, go forth and hang your laundry their if there no other place to do so. If you have to place small tanks of water on our balcony  because you live in a building with water issues, go forth and do as you desire. However If your flat has a designated hanging spot give a pat on the back to your landlord and get ready for a post on how to make your balcony  a sweet spot. See you in the next one!!