12.00- Faux silk drapes (2, $4 each) (Jysk)
1.50- Oriental Candle holder (Goodwill)
Fortunately I have many things I have collected from the past, gifts from family and friends, and just simple crafts I have created on my own (which so far have not cost a cent.)I would be required by my own rules to include the dangling see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil fish bone monkeys I bartered(if you know me like I know me, thats a huge strech for my character!!) for in Mexico on a very recent vacation, but since I bought them for my boyfriend and he will not let me go back on my word and keep them I can't include them in the compilation. I wish you could see them hanging here now beside me on an unsightly massive hook sticking out of my wall. Oh how i love those monkeys...
Most of all what I love in my room...
1. My night stand drawer: My drawer is absolutely my night time survival kit (if necessary), the ultimate woman's drawer. Its got your body lotions, sleep mask, chap stick, note pad, pen, body mists, a current book i am reading at the moment, matches, and candles. Yes, I love my night stand drawer, though I love the convenience of the drawer, I did not say I love the night stand its self. I am pretty sure its one my grandpa got for me at an auction, like my dresser, which is an eye sore. Not saying I hate it, i just think it is a charming nightstand... for a preteen, no, I actually love it, but it could use some saving, which I will discuss later.
2. My window: Though my window is leaky and typically my room is 15 degrees warmer that outside, which isn't good in our cold Canadian winters. But it provides me with a beautiful view of our barn, fields and forests, but best of all in the summer a view of the soy beans in sunset that look like a blazing fire. breath taking. I hope to convince my dad to put in a larger window though, my room is big, but its a box, the closet sticks out weird, the ceiling droops weirder, and there is a nook where the door is which is frustrating since, the only thing that can go there without blocking me in my room is my over stuffed bookcase.
3. The art: I love the art in my bedroom. I love art, I love to make art!! just recently my (we will call her my Mother in law, my boyfriends Mum) gave me a beautiful painting of a (looks Himalayan) girl carrying her baby brother in a sack on her back. Another, which has been the building block of the design of my room is a Vietnamese painting my step grandma gave me from when she was a missionary in Vietnam. a beautiful red and gold painting of bamboo with the Vietnamese calligraphy. As far as paintings go, that's it, though I hope once i get the paint on my walls I can get some paintings of Geisha's from the ever reliable Jysk.
My mission for my room, much easier. The perfect way to let my creativity flow.
1. Create more storage and minimize clutter: Wouldn't you just die for some sort of wicker storage?
2. Create a mature, relaxing zen room with a romantic setting: yes i know romantic isn't something a room for an unmarried girl should be but, relax, a girl needs a palace. A private place where I can write, read, and be me. :)
3. Spend as little as possible: Yes, I am cheap, I'll give you that, but I am smart with money.
4. Some space: my room, a disaster, I love to work out to dvds, (Kathy Smiths Flex Appeal belly dancing, yoga, ect.) But it is next to the impossible, with my clingy cat and the indescribably DISGUSTING couch in my way, and you girls know how it is not wanting to work out in the living room where some one can see you, UGH!! Hate that!
I am not sure if anyone reads this, or cares, but the next blogs in this series I will provide you with ideas, tips I learn, and updates. Thanks for now, leave any comments or tips :) Blessings XX
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