View Full Version : The Lamy, The Snitch, and the Wardrobe
VertOlive
August 5th, 2014, 06:22 PM
So my 8 yr old ratted me out. "Dad, I can't do my reading because Mom's PEN STUFF is all over the place!" My husband began to notice that I have "Quite a Few pens now, sweetheart..."
Time to go underground! I gathered up all my PEN STUFF and made a Pen Sanctuary out of a wardrobe that I'd only been using for my bongos and amplifiers. Now I have quite a nicely organized spot for all things Pen [including a mini-chandelier].
Looks innocent enough:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0104.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0104.jpg.html)
But look inside:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0101.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0101.jpg.html)
A Pen Cave!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0105.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0105.jpg.html)
Dreck
August 5th, 2014, 06:36 PM
That is one groovy 8" chandelier.
Sinister Scribbler
August 5th, 2014, 06:38 PM
That is SO COOL! Does one of the shelves pull out (like desk printer shelves) to allow you to sit and write?
Jon Szanto
August 5th, 2014, 07:10 PM
An exhausting 8-hr roundtrip day to Los Angeles, and I come home to this: a wonderful title for a post, inclusion of the phrase "...been using for my bongos and amplifiers", and then the photos!
This is so cool, Vert, you just totally made my day - Have FUN!
rdcalhoon
August 5th, 2014, 08:52 PM
I'm hoping your bongos didn't get shoved under the bed or banished to the garage.
Bogon07
August 5th, 2014, 09:23 PM
sanctuarium calligarpharis
Looks fabulous but it needs some clowns or an upside-down Montblanc.
Echoing Sinister Scribbler, are you going to add a pullout writing shelf of some kind ?
Jon Szanto
August 5th, 2014, 09:39 PM
I'm hoping your bongos didn't get shoved under the bed or banished to the garage.
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb204/EnvoyC/resource/1337209019847474_animate_zps8922c672.gif
Lady Onogaro
August 5th, 2014, 10:25 PM
What can I say? I want one. Hubby and I went out this weekend and bought two small cabinets to sit atop the drop down desk I moved from the kitchen to my little nook kingdom. But I feel embarassed at my meager little cabinets compared to the Pen Oz that you have created. :hail:
(Isn't Jon's bongo playing tarantula cool?) :rockon:
VertOlive
August 6th, 2014, 06:57 PM
So. This is really working out well as a Pen Hide! As to the comments--there is no pull out writing surface, this was used for a clothes closet and an entertainment center in its other lives. The desk is a glass console table next to the baby grand a few feet away.
The bongos are safe! You can still see them in the middle photo--they are a required part of my "Stress Relief Therapy Program" [controlled pounding is quite satisfying after a dicey day at work].
A little martillo to accompany the spidey:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Bongocera.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Bongocera.jpg.html)
scrivelry
August 6th, 2014, 09:03 PM
Gives a whole new meaning to the term Pen-oire...
snedwos
August 6th, 2014, 11:01 PM
You need more ink...
Sailor Kenshin
August 7th, 2014, 07:49 AM
So. This is really working out well as a Pen Hide! As to the comments--there is no pull out writing surface, this was used for a clothes closet and an entertainment center in its other lives. The desk is a glass console table next to the baby grand a few feet away.
The bongos are safe! You can still see them in the middle photo--they are a required part of my "Stress Relief Therapy Program" [controlled pounding is quite satisfying after a dicey day at work].
A little martillo to accompany the spidey:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Bongocera.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Bongocera.jpg.html)
I need that outfit.
What you have there is the Inkwart's Room of Requirement.
Holsworth
August 7th, 2014, 08:00 AM
I'm so jealous! So much space!
sharmon202
August 7th, 2014, 08:08 AM
Nice space. Wish I had room for something like that. I noticed your ink towel. Anyone done a subject for people to show their ink towels?
VertOlive
August 7th, 2014, 05:28 PM
You need more ink...
Waiting for your moving sale!
Jon Szanto
August 7th, 2014, 06:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql-AezoznWk
VertOlive
August 11th, 2014, 10:17 PM
Nice space. Wish I had room for something like that. I noticed your ink towel. Anyone done a subject for people to show their ink towels?
Yes, somewhere around here I think lisantica started a pen towel thread...
alc3261
August 12th, 2014, 02:19 PM
[QUOTE=VertOlive;90796]So my 8 yr old ratted me out. "Dad, I can't do my reading because Mom's PEN STUFF is all over the place!" My husband began to notice that I have "Quite a Few pens now, sweetheart..."
Time to go underground! I gathered up all my PEN STUFF and made a Pen Sanctuary out of a wardrobe that I'd only been using for my bongos and amplifiers. Now I have quite a nicely organized spot for all things Pen [including a mini-chandelier].
Looks innocent enough:
But look inside:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0101.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0101.jpg.html)
A Pen Cave!
I'm afraid all my stuff would not fit!!
ArnieJB
August 12th, 2014, 03:59 PM
Love that! It's that exact reason I get all new purchases shipped to my work address and then straight into a cabinet in the basement workshop.
Crazyorange
August 12th, 2014, 08:29 PM
Cool....a pen cave. You are so ingenious. Just where are your bongos??? Garage? ;)
VertOlive
August 12th, 2014, 08:39 PM
Cool....a pen cave. You are so ingenious. Just where are your bongos??? Garage? ;)
Never! Lower right shelf in the pic, you can just see the hembra peeking out.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.3 Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.