despite the post put up just three hours ago, i am searching for innovative ways to increase the storage space in my room.

i had a classmate who stored all his files and books and whatnot in the classroom. he started to stuff his files in the gap between the pipes and the classroom walls when the teacher asked him to cart some of his stuff home. he claimed that there was no space at home (a new-age condominium) to store them and his mum ordered him to keep them out of the house, haha.

i think i know how he feels now.

there’s plenty of space in my room, but my dad is a stickler for matching furniture colour. and ever since we moved, he’s vehemently against defacing his smooth walls with nails or shelves or anything that requires drilling as much as possible.

he loves his walls more than me, i have to say. but at least i have a roof over my head with my own room to boot, so i shall not object to his decree.

meaning now i’ve gotta rack my brains how to create more space to store the ever-increasing number of books. i’m such a geek.

while checking out the ikea website, i mentally crossed out almost all the furniture, cos the colours of the wooden bookshelves don’t match, they are open to dust and lizards and cockroaches, or they’re just plain expensive.

so i wandered to muji. seems that they have suitable storage system, typical of the space-conserving japanese. they may be slightly overpriced, at least plastic is plastic and they don’t come in shades of beech, oak and whatnot.

i hope the bugis muji has all these storage stuff when i visit it on tuesday.

otherwise i may have to start storing my books under the bed, wrapped in plastic bags to protect them against dust and cockroaches.