Amateur hour! The cinder blocks are all aligned and could more easily tip over; stagger those joints! The top will scratch your phone; put a piece of wood, cardboard, or an old shirt on top to protect it. Also, throw away that phone box, that shit ain't collectable.
Now I use a box cutter and cut out any bar codes or serial numbers off most of the boxes and put them in the motherboard box with the rest of manuals and accessories. It was hard at first but it's been good.
Except, you know what I discovered just LOVES to live in cinder blocks? For instance the stack I had on my balcony? Black Widow Spiders, that's who. Whole families of them, each in a section, with egg sacs.
That's what most people think when they buy big book cases. Little do they know those things are dust/junk magnets. No matter what you do little knick knacks and other random crap always find their way into them.
Absolutely. It's a simple design that makes it easy to find things in the dark, and provides plenty of storage space for various bits and bobs you might want easy access to before bed or in the morning (not just that, get your mind out of the gutter!). Make sure at least one of the cubbies are large enough to take an oversized hardback book, and ideally have some space under it to hide an extension cord so you can plug in your phone charger and a bedside lamp.
"Modular storage system. Our proprietary ceramic material comes from natural mineral and reclaimed resources. Modern industrial aesthetic leverages influences from brutalist architecture. Available as individual components or engineered systems. Call to schedule a consultation."
Not even that - a wooden nightstand is much lighter than a stack of cinder blocks. If you kick a nightstand hard enough, it'll hurt like hell but the table will move. The bricks will not.
There is no fucking way I'm keeping a bedside table like that. Specifically a bedside table.
How the hell am I gonna show people my room politely with vibrators, lube, condoms, rope, spanking paddles, rope & a hitachi wand hanging out fuck all that lol
First thing I thought of when I saw that is "Hey, that's just Kallax!"
My girlfriend and I have just moved into a new home and we're decorating the living room. It's still a work in progress, but we've painted the wall and put up some Kallax!
There's going to be some drawers and doors and stuff, but this is what it looks like so far ❤️
Edit: for those of you eagle eyed enough to think "wtf even is that in the picture?" I can explain. It's a pokéball drinks coaster made from hammer beads!
Do your night stands like dance around and shit? If so they may be too close to your bed homie. Looks like it’s against the wall, and there is approximately 240 lbs of cinder blocks. I think it’s fine as long as you set them down and pick them up gently.
Depending on the quality of that vinyl flooring, it could cause permanent depressions. That's 50 lbs of cement versus a couple pounds for a wood nightstand.
There is also a risk with spills which would be drawn under the blocks and cause moisture to be trapped.
I would be far less concerned if there was carpet involved.
remember the days when you could find giant wooden wire spools to use as furniture? Those were better days. They even had holes predrilled in the middle if you wanted to use it outside as a patio table. They were much better tables than the crap thats on sale today.
in my country from spring to fall banned to walk in forests because of fire risks, in winter everywhere is deadly cold(!) or wet and if you live in city good luck to find a workshop to work
you are wellcome here(i am being serious). dolar has a lot buy power in this country if you can make a steady flow of cash you can live like a average person. min wage 500 dolar.
For one, all the edges are scratchy. You run the risk of roughing your hands every time you reach in to get stuff.
For another, I (and my boyfriend, who I had the urge to spritz with a bottle of water when I saw this out of reflex) have ADHD, which is rough for proprioception. In other words, we aren't so great at judging the relationship in space between ourselves and furniture, and bang into it a lot. In other words, when we inevitably punch this cinderblock trying to reach in to grab something, or bang a hand down on it just trying to reach for a phone, we're going to skin our hands and that's blood we don't need on random surfaces.
Finally, as someone else pointed out, when we inevitably bang our feet on it, now we're lookin' at a broken toe.
(For the record, I told the boyfriend I saw this and almost spritzed him with water, and he laughed.)
I would say that paint depends on what style the room is overall.
Looking at the bed for comparison some paint would be needed, however comparing to the shelf it might be an industrial looking and if that is the case paint wouldn't be necessary and cinder blocks can fitt into it.
In conclusion, we need more pictures of the room to determine paint or no paint and colour.
The dead plant is a nice touch.
It's plastic. Available from Ickea for 5.99 and called Schlorpobrotto.
I can't find that, and I'm unsure why anybody would want a dead plastic plant.
There's a place called Ickea?
I saw the same thing for less on Shamazon
$2 cheaper on fleabay. No wait $2.32 less. No wait this one is $2.51 less.
Awe fuck it I’m getting the first one.
Erm, I took your comment a bit too seriously and thought it was a typo 🤭
It's a Guiana Chestnut. They are exceptionally easy to look after.
Because it's dead?
Not sure I understand the question, but think you might have replied to the wrong comment.
They are exceptionally easy to look after...because they're dead?
Oh, right, got you! They need less watering when they're dead, that's for sure.
How about the wall mounted zyn cans?
yeah man! the fucking dead plant sent me!
You may not like it, but this is what peak Buy It For Life looks like.
Amateur hour! The cinder blocks are all aligned and could more easily tip over; stagger those joints! The top will scratch your phone; put a piece of wood, cardboard, or an old shirt on top to protect it. Also, throw away that phone box, that shit ain't collectable.
Maybe I'll need that phone box in the future
I will admit that I store old phones in the original box.
Same with some old computer parts.
I used to do that.
Now I use a box cutter and cut out any bar codes or serial numbers off most of the boxes and put them in the motherboard box with the rest of manuals and accessories. It was hard at first but it's been good.
Great for shipping RMA, you know it will fit and get there in the condition it left in.
I've repurposed a few of those boxes, though my most recent iPhone box couldn't be repurposed, so that one I threw out.
Cinderblocks are literally just legos for adults. Not because it's more mature or anything, but because it's cheaper.
Except, you know what I discovered just LOVES to live in cinder blocks? For instance the stack I had on my balcony? Black Widow Spiders, that's who. Whole families of them, each in a section, with egg sacs.
Single mothers too, you monster!
Think of the
larvaechildren!Friends :3
So you had a your balcony nuked from space right?
Right?
They also destroy your toes if left in the bedroom.
Imagine building a whole building with these cursed blocks
Everyone has steel toed slippers, right?
Furniture maker here: Would a night stand with open cubbies on the front like that be popular? That would be fairly easy to build out of wood.
Honestly yeah.
The ability to have your mess slightly better organized, and cheap.
Yeah
Compared to like, drawers?
Drawers have to be opened and searched through. Cubbies are simpler to fill and find things in
I guess you can never underestimate customers too much but "drawers are too hard" is out there
Drawers tend to become a void of lost things, something with many small open shelves would keep things in a "organized chaos".
You also make a lot of noise when you search trough drawers.
That's what most people think when they buy big book cases. Little do they know those things are dust/junk magnets. No matter what you do little knick knacks and other random crap always find their way into them.
Well yeah. Because drawers can get filled with sand, and I don't like sand, it's course and rough and it gets everywhere...
It's basically the cinder-version of an Ikea Kallax shelf, which also allows per-cubby accessories like baskets, doors, and subdividers.
Okay Deadpool.
Do you think this is an insult? Because it really isn't.
It was supposed to be an insult?
I don't know, that's what in asking
I read it as a neutral "this is something Deadpool would say"
Now I don't know what to feel!
I think it refers to a scene in the first movie.
I used to have exactly that as my nightstands, with a basket on the bottom to hide stuff and the other cubby was just open.
Everyone thinks this is a good idea until they have it and the dust builds up constantly. Drawers were invented for a reason.
Source: my ragtrets
Absolutely. It's a simple design that makes it easy to find things in the dark, and provides plenty of storage space for various bits and bobs you might want easy access to before bed or in the morning (not just that, get your mind out of the gutter!). Make sure at least one of the cubbies are large enough to take an oversized hardback book, and ideally have some space under it to hide an extension cord so you can plug in your phone charger and a bedside lamp.
It's like a bedside wine rack, 11/10.
Also, wood would not put scratches on all my possessions.
Where do you hide your sex toys then?
In my bum
Hide?
That, but hinged in the middle so you can crack it open and access the inner cubbies
So you want the whole front half of the cabinet to swing open like a door? Thinking back to a VHS caddy my parents had, the problem there is sag.
I don't think the actors guild cared that much about where you put your tapes.
No not the Screen Actor's Guild, the other SAG, Slumping About Gravity. Technical carpentry term.
Sure, half the stuff in Ikea is empty frames which you can put drawers and doors on. Which is entirely optional, half our house is just empty frames.
I have one with top space cubby and underneath a drawer
Dude, yes! I would 100% buy that
First thought in a male brain seeing this: "wow, practical".
Then i saw the text.
My first thought was : that is a stout table, not going anywhere, modular , hmm 🤔
"Modular storage system. Our proprietary ceramic material comes from natural mineral and reclaimed resources. Modern industrial aesthetic leverages influences from brutalist architecture. Available as individual components or engineered systems. Call to schedule a consultation."
Wow great product!Where do I buy ? Should I DM you my CC info now !?
How many months ago do you figure he dropped that pen back there
day he put the side "table" in for sure
I think this is less "male" and more "poverty".
You can probably find a used nightstand for free easier than finding/buying those blocks to haul to your apartment.
An iPhone and an MagSafe charger is not poverty …
Just jealous because I didn't need $40k to furnish my home.
The design is a awesome, but come on don't put it directly over the floor, put a rag or something under it.
And add some of that vinyl shelving paper for peak vibes
Amazing brutalist aesthetic
It's quite clever until you stub your toe on it at 4am.
Would it hurt anymore than a normal bedside table though?
Yes
Probably since it's not smooth, so you'd also cut yourself
Wood might flex a bit and absorb the impact, making it hurt a bit less. Concrete won't.
Not even that - a wooden nightstand is much lighter than a stack of cinder blocks. If you kick a nightstand hard enough, it'll hurt like hell but the table will move. The bricks will not.
You just described furniture. And doors. And pets. And cars. And bridges. And...
Do you often stub your toe on bridges at four in the morning?
I'm telling ya, it's a fucking minefield out there. At 4am? Doubly so.
I scraped my knuckles just looking at that
thats a good looking house plant.
F
Yeah you gotta cover those cinder blocks with a little fabric
Fabric? That sounds dainty. There's no budget for dainty.
Once upon a time, fabric was just a cheap crafting supply.
What for?
To try and disguise how hard and sharp those corners are. Looks knee high, I predict skin loss.
Not just disguise, but actually soften. You could place your phone down on it without scratching the absolute shit out of it.
Yeah, seriously, make that in wood and it would be a hit.
The most popular shelves are just a bunch of cubes, one side open, slapped together.
There is no fucking way I'm keeping a bedside table like that. Specifically a bedside table.
How the hell am I gonna show people my room politely with vibrators, lube, condoms, rope, spanking paddles, rope & a hitachi wand hanging out fuck all that lol
Showing...people your...room? Why would you do that?
I don't know, it seems pretty normal to sometimes have a platonic friend or family member in my room?
I don't wanna be like "no stay out" sometimes I want advice on what to wear or a second pair of eyes to look for something.
Also, some people live in studio apartments... or have kids...
Don't even need to remake much. Just put a slab of wood in the middle and on top.
The zyn hanging on the wall says everything I need to know about this person.
And multiple cans on a Velcro strip as if immediate and redundant access to them was necessary.
Zyn people sleep with zyn inside them. Redundant access is necessary
What though?
Everything.
This guys a damn genius
Everything seemed fine until I saw the Zyn stand.
What is that? I mean, is see the two blue things on the wall, but I never heared the term. Is it something American?
Nicotine poaches, tobacco less.
Uhg, that means… that cup is his spit container, the fresh water is in the bottle.
Nah no spitting with zyns
Oh well that’s nice. I guess
If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.
Looks heavy. Could have probably gotten a much lighter side table for free from a sorting facility, or give aways over 2nd stuff websites.
Of course you can do better, but still better than nothing.
Maxim 43 would like a word.
First thing I thought of when I saw that is "Hey, that's just Kallax!"
My girlfriend and I have just moved into a new home and we're decorating the living room. It's still a work in progress, but we've painted the wall and put up some Kallax!
There's going to be some drawers and doors and stuff, but this is what it looks like so far ❤️
Edit: for those of you eagle eyed enough to think "wtf even is that in the picture?" I can explain. It's a pokéball drinks coaster made from hammer beads!
Very nice! I'm jealous of having that much storage space around the TV.
Of all the ways to paint walls, that sure is one of them!
I expect this will damage the flooring.
It'll scratch the shit out of anything you put on top of it, too. Or in the little cubby holes.
Do your night stands like dance around and shit? If so they may be too close to your bed homie. Looks like it’s against the wall, and there is approximately 240 lbs of cinder blocks. I think it’s fine as long as you set them down and pick them up gently.
Depending on the quality of that vinyl flooring, it could cause permanent depressions. That's 50 lbs of cement versus a couple pounds for a wood nightstand.
There is also a risk with spills which would be drawn under the blocks and cause moisture to be trapped.
I would be far less concerned if there was carpet involved.
Nevertheless, I'd at least put some protective foil down.
Damn, this is both beautiful and functional. 10/10
Good place for those nighttime sunglasses
Hey, that overhead light is really bright at 3am.
The zyn counteracts the silicosis : /
Jesus could you imagine stubbing your toe on that in the middle of the night
Well, for one thing, I'd not be walking into that wall anyway.
I like it except would definitely have to put those little round felt pads for chair feet under it to protect the floor.
And pad the corners for my elbows!
Aaand here comes the brick-chancla
That makes a lot of sense to me...
looks fine too me (i use cardboard box pieces as shelves)
remember the days when you could find giant wooden wire spools to use as furniture? Those were better days. They even had holes predrilled in the middle if you wanted to use it outside as a patio table. They were much better tables than the crap thats on sale today.
in my country from spring to fall banned to walk in forests because of fire risks, in winter everywhere is deadly cold(!) or wet and if you live in city good luck to find a workshop to work
Sucks. where is that?
türkiye
Want to trade for my spot in America?
you are wellcome here(i am being serious). dolar has a lot buy power in this country if you can make a steady flow of cash you can live like a average person. min wage 500 dolar.
Your welcome humbles me. I appreciate that very much.
I'm wondering if that coffee cup acts as a spittoon for the Zyn tobacco pouches.
Nothing like a zynoccino to start the day
The pouches cup and the piss bottle
Looks sturdy
What's wrong with this?
I have problems with it.
For one, all the edges are scratchy. You run the risk of roughing your hands every time you reach in to get stuff.
For another, I (and my boyfriend, who I had the urge to spritz with a bottle of water when I saw this out of reflex) have ADHD, which is rough for proprioception. In other words, we aren't so great at judging the relationship in space between ourselves and furniture, and bang into it a lot. In other words, when we inevitably punch this cinderblock trying to reach in to grab something, or bang a hand down on it just trying to reach for a phone, we're going to skin our hands and that's blood we don't need on random surfaces.
Finally, as someone else pointed out, when we inevitably bang our feet on it, now we're lookin' at a broken toe.
(For the record, I told the boyfriend I saw this and almost spritzed him with water, and he laughed.)
Is your boyfriend a cat
Is your boyfriend a cat
No but I'm so used to the cat that the instinct is to spritz bad behavior with water.
Well, I can see how it could be problematic for people with those issues. I do have issues but not those, so I didn’t see a problem.
It's something to keep in mind if you have clumsy friends or in case you might get a clumsy boyfriend or girlfriend. Or in case you drink sometimes.
For me it’s the smell
I just sleep on the floor in a circle of boxes with my things in them. Get on my level.
Pfft, amateur. Milk crates are the way to go.
I would say that paint depends on what style the room is overall.
Looking at the bed for comparison some paint would be needed, however comparing to the shelf it might be an industrial looking and if that is the case paint wouldn't be necessary and cinder blocks can fitt into it.
In conclusion, we need more pictures of the room to determine paint or no paint and colour.
It would scratch the fuck out of my stuff