Top shelf: two inhalers, a lip balm, ear drops and some bobby pins on a little ceramic plate, Book of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, a Sylvanian cat baby, a half drank glass of water, 3 scented candles, a relaxing linen spray, a SAD lamp, a Nick Cave signed polaroid, a vase with a branch of fake pomegranates in it, a tiny bowl with a crystal and a novelty lighter in it, a bottle of cuticle oil.
Middle shelf: Google assistant, another scented candle, sunrise lamp, two magazines (an art one and a Wired one), a tub of Lush Sleepy body cream, three Anaïs Nin books, Book of All Loves, a Bridgerton book, So Sad Today by Melissa Broder, thermometer.
Bottom shelf: lots more books, box of tissues, box of electrical chargers, iPad (always dead)
Related Recs
Jul 6, 2024
Currently:
- The Object of Labor: Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production
- War Imagery in Women’s Textiles
- The Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugs
The shelf underneath is where I put books that aren’t mine to keep (library books + loans from friends) so I don’t misplace them.
Jun 19, 2024
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I was telling a friend that I keep bay leaf on my bedside table for good luck and she said she doesn’t have a bedside table? I use mine as a storage space, a coffee cup stand, a bookshelf, a place to put my stuff on when I get home, a notebook holder, a home for my lamps and so on. my drawers are filled to the brim with my little trinkets. I think when you get your own place, a bedside table should be top ten on the list of “need to buy.” my bedside tables mean the world to me?
Feb 29, 2024
Top Recs from @caskeyc
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1. Don't set an alarm and wake up naturally. Snooze for however long you want to, it's okay
2. Have breakfast. For me it's toast. Have it with butter/jam/honey and a lot of water and coffee and juice.
3. Listen to an album in full and do some puzzles until it ends. I like to stick a record on and do the nyt games (connections, then wordle, then the mini, then I'm ready for a crossword)
4. Shower and use all your best stuff. Smell great. Make your hair feel soft.
5. Wear an outfit you don't get to wear that often. I tend to wear the same thing over and over at work so I wear something a bit more fun and less practical.
6. Go outside. I live near a road with secondhand shops that are great browsing but quite tempting on a budget. To beat the temptation just look in the windows and then walk round the streets or to a green space if it's a nice day. Walk as fast or as slow as you like. Try and spot cats that might let you stroke them. See how each place you go smells different. Walk down streets that you've not been down before just because.
7. Come home and decide how much energy you have. If you have energy do an activity (I would write, play an instrument, do some art, read, play a game) if you don't then watch something from your watchlist. Saturdays feel like a good day to watch something new.
8. Cook yourself a meal. Start before you're hungry and spend ages on it. Use every pot. Listen to music. Sing whilst you wash the dishes.
9. Play! Video games, board games, internet games, card games, phone games, rearrange your plushies, embrace your inner child. Play with ideas, experiment with felt tip pens, write a limerick. Get silly with it.
10. Talk to your friends. Invite them over, call somebody up, text that person back you didn't have time to. I like to spend a good day off by myself then have a great time talking to people after I've recharged.
11. Have so much fun getting to do whatever you want you fall asleep at whatever time. Monday - Friday is about appeasing your body clock, Saturdays are for filthy pleasures like falling asleep at 3am because you were too busy flirting or reading or watching videos.
Apr 16, 2024
Re: my last rec I'm kinda realizing reading this might have changed my life actually
Apr 16, 2024