Joff - East London

Joff lives in his studio on the edge of the Regents Canal in East London. He is a self-confessed hoarder and says, “I’ve pared down a lot of my stuff over the past year. I find it hard to get rid of things. I don’t like bare spaces, they’re not comfortable for me.” His place is always busy with his kids, dog and his friends, hanging out and working in his studio next door, reviving some great pieces of old furniture, to sell in his shop Fandango. In fact he was actually kind enough to loan me a set of drawers for the What’s In Your bedroom… Oxfam window, back in November 2010.

I think his bedroom is secondary in his home; it’s more of a bed tucked away in his living space. So when I asked him what he would save if his bedroom were on fire, he said, “Well it's hard, because I’d want to save so much. But presuming the kids and the dog were okay, I’d save the Lego for them. Our guitars that are hung on the wall over there: my daughter, Ruby’s guitar is the one with the smiley face on it; my son, Bert’s the blue one and mine’s the one in the middle. It sounds strange but I’d also take my little Baby Belling cooker, I’ve had it over twenty years and I’ve roast many a chicken in that thing.”

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Alex - North London

Alex has lived in London for two years and has recently come back from travelling around South East Asia. He’s a Banker and shares his place with three other guys. He’s in the process of studying for another Banking degree, hence the textbooks. His room is not as glamorous as I’d maybe expected, but it does have the stereotypical elements of  ‘the city boy’… almost like a teenage adult.

When I asked Alex what he’d save if his bedroom were on fire, he said “ My laptop and my photographs from travelling that I’ve just had printed.”

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Lee - North London

Lee works in the digital world of EMI Music and shares his place with three other people. His room is surprisingly bare with only a handful of items including his guitar he bought in Austin Texas when he was at the SXSW festival back in 2004.
When I asked Lee what would he’d save if his room were on fire, he immediately replied “Myself, I haven’t got anything else that I’d want to save.” But then he thought for a bit and said, “Well, I would save one thing but I’ve left it at my Girlfriend’s house in Wakefield. I told her about this song that I really like by a guy called A Gun Rack? It’s called The Great Octopus. I’ve seen him perform it, but it’s never been recorded, so unfortunately I didn’t own it until Christmas when she got me a copy by writing to him and asking for one. He actually had to record the song especially for me because he hadn't done it. I was so chuffed. He even painted me a little picture of an Octopus on the sleeve. Ha, so if it was here, I’d definitely save that.”

Find Lee on Twitter @leeshelton1085

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Kat - East London

Kat is a Producer for Gainsbury and Whiting and lives just a hop, skip and a jump from Old Street in East London.  She shares her converted flat with two other’s and her bedroom is neatly concealed at the far end of the living room, behind a couple of bookshelves. In contrast to the modernity of the rest of the flat, her bedroom feels more like a country cottage, with a smattering of nice bits: the rather fetching gnome given to her by a fit bloke when she worked in a shoe shop in her youth, the Peace print, that took her goes to get hold of and then actually cost her more to get framed.
When I asked Kat what she’d save if her bedroom were on fire, she said “I’m not into saving stuff that can be replaced – not interested in electrical items. I’d save the framed picture of my Mum and Dad, over there, on the bed frame, and this slide which was taken of my Mum and I, in 1987, on my first birthday.”

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Find Kat on Twitter @KJD_KatDavey

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