Lily and her laboratory

 

I'm Lily Cordelia Evans, the newest member of the crew of Jinjia Mixed Goods.  I firmly believe that sufficient advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and as such, would like to be the best scientist and mage possible.

My lab originally started out as an Our Generation retro diner, but that didn't suit anyone here very well at all.  I've since claimed it for myself and my equipment.  We took the black board, bakery case, and counter off the floor.  The blackboard and counter were repainted to get rid of the pink.  And the formerly pink phone is now the emergency phone because every lab needs one.

I keep the counter pretty bare normally.  Just enough things for taking notes and doing a literature search.  I don't think anyone really needs a giant stack of science papers to read right now though.

I do have a full set of various glassware, most of which is stored in former bakery case.  We'll pretend it also functions as a fridge for when I fill those petri dishes.  The little wire thing you see coming out of a beaker is actually a spreading tool for streaking plates with bacteria.  I'll be showing that off in the near future.  The test tube holder is made from cardstock.  It fits those little bottles you buy in a pack of 9 at Michaels or another craft store.  In the background you can see my new digital scale.  It's actually a tiny working jewelry scale, and I have plenty of weigh boats for it.

Test Tube Holder Printable:  print on cardstock for best effect

My favorite part of the lab is the bookshelf.  We've been looking forever for a small bookshelf that actually fits all the books we own, and after many attempts, gave up looking and built our own from a sheet of foam core.  It's ~20" tall, 6" wide, and 3.5" deep with 5 shelves for books and other goodies.  Four of the shelves are 4" tall and the last one is 2.5" tall (the numbers add up once you factor in the thickness of the foam core.)

From the top down, we have:

• Astronomy models of the sun and moon (papercraft, tutorials to come later)
• A tiny mineral collection
• The old AG science set with microscope, test tubes, and slides
• Spell books (I did say magic earlier) and fossils
• More spell books, a Book of Hours, the Voynich Manuscipt, a star chart.  And my wand.
• Historical readers and math books and any other book that needs a place

 The human went to a rock show the other day, and picked up the herring and the trilobite fossils for me.  We've had the ammonite fossil for some time, but this is the first time it's had a display stand.  All the display stands are made from cardstock scraps.

And if you were wondering what sort of spell books I had, wonder no more.  I'm slowly acquiring all the books a Hogwarts student needs, starting with 'The Standard Book of Spells', 'A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration', and '1000 Magical Herbs and Fungi'.  (I actually have all 7 books of standard spells, and the intermediate and advanced transfiguration books too.)  All the books  have at least 22 pages of text and images, and have a hardcover style binding.  I'll be getting 'Magical Drafts and Potions' and 'A History of Magic' soon.  Also, 'Quidditch Through the Ages'.