Library Challenge!

Unfortunately, I moved into my apartment during a period of frenzy.  My roommate and I had just graduated and we needed to leave our old apartment NOW.  Then, my roommate got married and she had to leave this apartment NOW.  I went to grad school and I had to study NOW.  Then my boyfriend had to move his stuff in NOW.   So, between the moving and the moving and the moving and the studying and the moving, the spare room looks like this:

Challenge Accepted!!!!

As a twenty-something who understands the importance of renting an apartment and how hard it is to find a two bedroom in my price range, this room will not do.  I mean, look at it:

It makes angels cry.  Honestly.

I guess you can gather from the pictures that we are a reading household, an independent business household, an academic household, a crafters' household, and a cat household.  I had to find a balance between all of these.

Solution:  Turn the spare room into a library!  Why not?  A library with a wall of books, an office nook, and  a crafters' table (complete with a crafters' closet).  I can exercise my spatial reasoning and organization muscles to make this into a room the apartment deserves.  Let's face it - we're not college kids anymore.  I already completed graduate school, have steady work, and run my own business.  What's my excuse for this room? 

Let's begin...