Hello! Thank you for reading! I'm glad you enjoy the posts :)
Originally started to let my family know what I was up to, over the course of two years this blog has garnered more interest from circus/train fans than I ever expected!
Thank you for asking your questions, I'm happy to answer the best I can!
The closet in my room (and in almost every room I think) is roughly 22"L x 18"W x 78"H. It is behind the door, and is about as tall as the door, and extends all the way back to the wall. So it's a decent size. I currently have at least 20 items of clothing in there on hangers, four of which are coats, along with my large trombone, a box of office supplies, and my shower caddy. In addition to that closet, we also have what are called 'gauchos', storage spaces beneath the 'chairs' in our rooms.
There's also my very first post: http://taz-39.livejournal.com/749.html Here you can see pretty much everything BUT the closet, which is behind the door in the second picture. In the first picture, notice the 'sitting area' with the green cushions on the lower left. Under those cushions is a wooden panel that can be lifted up, revealing a rectangular storage space.
So in addition to the closet, we also have two of these 'gauchos', plus the drawers and cabinets, plus compartments lining the top edges of the room, plus space under the sink, over the microwave, and above the closet. So there is actually a lot of storage space :)
For varying weather, I just have a little bit of everything! I'm not a clothes horse so this is not a problem for me. When buying clothing or anything really, I am careful to consider whether I really NEED it and where I will PUT it. That's really all there is to it! I have t-shirts, dresses, jeans, shorts, sweaters...everything you'd find in a normal person's closet. Maybe just fewer of them ;) I'm sure many of the higher-maintenance women here on the circus have a different viewpoint! I've always wondered how our dancers navigate the train yards full of gravel, broken glass and rusted metal in stilettos!!!
Cooking is not as difficult as you might expect. Although our rooms are too small to accommodate a stove, most of us have hot plates which are perfectly fine for cooking anything you'd normally cook on the stove. For Christmas my parents got me an induction cooktop; it cools very quickly so I can store it right away. They also got me an infrared oven, so I can cook small amounts of food oven-style (including baked goods! See the DITL links for pics of these appliances). These two items take up very little space in my room. Many people also like to grill in the train yards. Some yards have rules about open flames, however.
If people want to do any large-scale baking or roasting, there are larger rooms on the train that do have ovens. All you have to do is ask the resident to use their stove, and most are willing to share that convenience :)
I hope that answers some of your questions! Thanks again!
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Re: Train Life
Date: 2014-08-17 04:31 pm (UTC)Originally started to let my family know what I was up to, over the course of two years this blog has garnered more interest from circus/train fans than I ever expected!
Since you mention the sink, here it is LOL:
http://youtu.be/slal99iDK0E
That plug is important to me ;D
Thank you for asking your questions, I'm happy to answer the best I can!
The closet in my room (and in almost every room I think) is roughly 22"L x 18"W x 78"H. It is behind the door, and is about as tall as the door, and extends all the way back to the wall. So it's a decent size. I currently have at least 20 items of clothing in there on hangers, four of which are coats, along with my large trombone, a box of office supplies, and my shower caddy. In addition to that closet, we also have what are called 'gauchos', storage spaces beneath the 'chairs' in our rooms.
There are some 'ok' pics of my living space in the DITL posts: http://ditl.livejournal.com/1718822.html and http://ditl.livejournal.com/1749097.html
There's also my very first post: http://taz-39.livejournal.com/749.html
Here you can see pretty much everything BUT the closet, which is behind the door in the second picture. In the first picture, notice the 'sitting area' with the green cushions on the lower left. Under those cushions is a wooden panel that can be lifted up, revealing a rectangular storage space.
I've just remembered there's a pic of that space (full of stuff, but you get the idea):
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5578/14272728563_497afeaf85_z.jpg
So in addition to the closet, we also have two of these 'gauchos', plus the drawers and cabinets, plus compartments lining the top edges of the room, plus space under the sink, over the microwave, and above the closet. So there is actually a lot of storage space :)
For varying weather, I just have a little bit of everything! I'm not a clothes horse so this is not a problem for me. When buying clothing or anything really, I am careful to consider whether I really NEED it and where I will PUT it. That's really all there is to it! I have t-shirts, dresses, jeans, shorts, sweaters...everything you'd find in a normal person's closet. Maybe just fewer of them ;) I'm sure many of the higher-maintenance women here on the circus have a different viewpoint! I've always wondered how our dancers navigate the train yards full of gravel, broken glass and rusted metal in stilettos!!!
Cooking is not as difficult as you might expect. Although our rooms are too small to accommodate a stove, most of us have hot plates which are perfectly fine for cooking anything you'd normally cook on the stove. For Christmas my parents got me an induction cooktop; it cools very quickly so I can store it right away. They also got me an infrared oven, so I can cook small amounts of food oven-style (including baked goods! See the DITL links for pics of these appliances). These two items take up very little space in my room. Many people also like to grill in the train yards. Some yards have rules about open flames, however.
If people want to do any large-scale baking or roasting, there are larger rooms on the train that do have ovens. All you have to do is ask the resident to use their stove, and most are willing to share that convenience :)
I hope that answers some of your questions! Thanks again!