soft serve girl/ added a new beautiful blue to her bedroom walls. Anyone else ready for a nap in this calm room?
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There's a moment in the movie Blind Side that's also in the trailer. Leah Anne Touhy (Sandra Bullock) shows Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) where he'll be sleeping. I've never had one before, he says, to which she replies, A bedroom? No, he answers, a bed.
michpc26 bought new linens for the guest bedroom, but it's the kitty who enjoys it the most.
A bed, let alone a bedroom, is fundamental to our well being. At its most basic, its the place where we sleep. When we're tired, we're beat, we're dead to the world, we literally can't function. Bedrooms also mark many of our rites of passage. My twin niece and nephew are moving into separate bedrooms within the next few weeks; they're no longer little kids. It's a moment of intimacy in a relationship when you invite someone into your bedroom for the first time, hoping it'll pass muster. Maybe there was a moment of triumph when you reclaimed your bed as your own after a breakup. You know you've truly become a parent the night you first share your bed with your child. We recover here, we show love here, we rest here. It sets the foundation for conquering the world.
ishtar olivera has created a handy workstation for the kids to use. We love the bright colors and minimal clutter!
Earlier this week Sarah shared the changes she made in her bedroom. They're easy to make yourself and most of them require minimal expenditure in both time and money: clean and declutter, put away the clothes, move the books out. Given an hour or two you can easily transform your room. Check out this post for some more ideas on how to spruce up your bedroom without buying anything new. What is the state of your bedroom now and how it is reflected in your life? When I first moved into my home, my bedroom was a jumble sale of clothes and mismatched furniture; my life was equally chaotic. As I began to fix up my bedroom, take care of myself, pamper myself, I noticed that that self-care translated into how I took care of myself when dealing with the outside world.
We can't wait to see what hard core curer Jessica does with her bedroom.
This week, whether you're hanging art, fixing your bedroom or cleaning up, is about putting the final touches on your home, taking a step beyond. Do you need art? Do you need nice sheets? Well, no, you can argue that they're not fundamental to life but it's those little things that transform your home into your haven. They make a difference in the quality of your life.
If you cannot pamper yourself anywhere else, pamper yourself here. Spoiling yourself with luxuries here will have the most impact on your well-being. Waking up in nice sheets (I like Bed Bath & Beyond's Hotel line with a sateen finish - awesomely soft and reasonably priced), after sleeping on comfortable pillows (Ikea is a surprising resource) in a clean and orderly room, surrounded by the things (maybe even the people) you love, is the best way to start the day. And, when I walk into my bedroom after a long day -- with the bed made and the night tables and dresser clear of clutter -- I feel better. The day may have been awful but I will find solace in my bed, buried under my down comforter, safe from the real and imagined boogeyman, where I can dream and plan and set goals for the future.
bossykena: I've cleaned up the junk that had accumulated on this bookcase, and arranged the art. With everything neatly arranged, I'm much more inspired to draw or paint. The red box is meant for incense, but holds paintbrushes.
This weeks question/comment:
What step can I take today that'll take me closer to my dream?
michpc26 is also working on the office area. This is a during and we like it already.
Some suggestions: start a blog, sign up for a photography class, make an appointment to talk to someone who's already doing it, write three pages, work on your resume, tweak your Linkedin profile, create a storyboard for your short film, drink one extra glass of water, do a 5 block run/walk, set up an automatic savings plan at your bank, read the first chapter, clean for 15 minutes, plan your holiday menu, set a dinner with a friend you haven't seen in a while, check airline prices, accept a date, book a singing lesson, start a band.
k2yhe finished their credneza project. Yay for minimal interiors!
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Lovely post.
Unfortunately, I got bogged down in the bedroom this week. After a big dusting and changing the sheets last weekend, I just stalled. I've even got a painting project in there waiting for it's third coat before it goes back to my daughter's room. Oops.
I always struggle with the bedroom, since we live in a small space, have no out-of-apartment storage, and aren't allowed to put up shelves... so the bedroom becomes the storage room and things gather along the walls.
Also, because we don't know how long or short we're going to live here (we're not ready to buy a house yet, and neither of us are in our dream jobs yet), we have to keep all of the boxes that our appliances and such come in for moving, so under the bed is already full with all that packaging.
I'd love to clear the bedroom out and make it a retreat, but where else where we put our things? And we really don't have that many things. Our space is just that small with very minimal storage (and moving isn't an option until our lease runs out in July).
I've found a solution that would keep both my husband and myself happy as far as making the bedroom a sanctuary goes. My current homes - mine and his - are rental flats and there will pass a few years still before we can purchase something of our own, but until then there's no harm in trying to come up with a functional solution.
We're both past 30, so habits are well-known by now, and to be able to accomodate everyday needs in a most efficient way would be wonderful. And by the time we finally have our own flat, we basically want to move in and move on so to speak.
To have one major idea outlined feels good, almost like actually finishing the Cure in the bedroom I imagine. Still have a couple of small details to finish, but so far I'm really pleased because most small "crises" have been solved (and I do tend to stress more about cable chaos than colouring of the bedspread and amount of pillows and such anyway).
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Mrs. Mack, how about a wardrobe for those things that gather along the walls? Or bookcases? If you get narrow bookcases, they are easy to fit in any size home.
Can the boxes your appliances came in be covered in nice contact paper, wallpaper, fabric or paint? Then maybe they could come out in the open and make room for uglier things under the bed? They are probably filled with styrofoam pieces, but if not, could you store more things in there?
If your couch is against a wall, maybe you can pull it out and slide some boxes back there. If not, you could put a table against the back of it and put a long table cloth over it so you can fit more things below it.
@Mrs. Mack: I was going to propose that the boxes are stored on top of each other along a wall, then covered with a fabric that fits the colour scheme. A DIY solution to make it fall straight down; somehow fasten a curtain rod or similar for instance.
A little offtrack this week, but my family that was in town for the holiday has just left so hopefully I will get back to it. Need to work on closets this week! I am lucky to have an apartment with tons of storage space, but my issue is using it efficiently and resisting the urge to pile everything ugly into the closets where they can't be seen. Should be a good project and definitely something that makes life easier. Also need to go through the closet and get rid of all the stuff that I'm not using (clothes, wall art, mirrors, etc).
hmmm ... how about a motivational post? time is running out and i'm getting stressed out and frustated, not knowing if i will be able to finish in time.
We're really struggling with this as we just moved into a place with a substantially larger bedroom than we are used to. The room is so large we could fit our bed, two night stands, a dresser *and* a pool table in it with more than enough room left over to move around. Thus, we are having a hard time making it look "right" simply because all of our furniture is too small for the space and we don't know what to do with all the extra room!