My room

This post is mostly for my mom, who requested pictures of the work I've been doing in my bedroom. It seemed easier to put them here so I could write explanations rather than emailing them to her. But, of course, since I am posting them here, those besides my mom should also feel free to browse. Ha. Sorry, I didn't take any "before" pictures... but it was pretty much a disorganized mess and there was basically nothing on the walls, so you can try to picture it yourself. As a side note, I do NOT like the color of the walls... but shortly after we moved into this house, I painted them lavender (they were brownish) and HATED it, so I decided on blue for some reason (I was trying to recreate something I saw in a magazine, but failed). So I basically painted the room twice in one week. (Two coats each time, plus there is a tray ceiling, which you can't see, which required me to lay on my back on the top of a ladder, pretty much literally... ) After that, I was too tired to do it again.


Before I started, my bed was on the wall where the big picture is, between the windows. The picture is not there permanently (it was borrowed from the living room) - I am going to look for something appropriate, as well as something for over the bed. The curtains I got for $5 a panel at Target. I like sheer curtains, always have. You can see the clothes drying rack- it will have to be set up in the general area when needed.


Ironing board and iron will stay where they are because Tim has to iron his clothes every morning (or sometimes I do it for him). I have nowhere else to put it. Ha ha.I moved my new vase (from The Saving Way) onto my dresser and intalled a shelf (I think I got that shelf from Sonja years ago and it's been in my closet) just above them. (Excuse the laundry basket- it is full of shoes I cleaned out of the closet and a few articles of clothing that need mending).Do these items look familiar Melissa? Two of them are gifts from you. :-)Tim's dresser. I wish you could have seen it "before", but he probably wouldn't have appreciated me putting that on here, anyway. Now it's all clean. It used to sit on the wall where the bed is. Now it is on the opposite wall from the bed. The "Faith, Hope and Love" picture above it came from the living room. New shelf unit I got at Target (and put together myself)... it's kind-of hard to tell, but the "wood" is a very close match to our furniture, which Tim stained himself several years ago. Most of the stuff on the shelves were occupying the floor or Tim's dresser. You can't see what all I stuffed into the drawer at the bottom! Ha ha. I actually had in mind a cabinet for this space that I could close. My intention is to get baskets for the two shelves that don't have them, so it will look even "neater".This is the matching nightstand that I also got at Target for Tim's side of the bed. He didn't have one before. I probably should go back and get another for my side, so we have matching tables. What I have now is a little table Tim was using for a TV stand when he was in college. Anyway- this helps alot because Tim had all those books (and the stuff I crammed into this drawer- ha ha) on the floor beside the bed. Also, it's some place close he can put his glasses at night. (Like our "old fashioned" phone with a cord???)
Okay.... it is my plan to get a new quilt. Below are the two I am seriously considering. Please vote and let me know which one you like best.....

We'll call the first one EXHIBIT A:
And the second one EXHIBIT B:The second one is cheaper. Ha ha. And finally, below, just a snapshot of our loaded (and completely unruly) rose "bush" from a couple days ago. I love it every year when this thing blooms- it is SO fragrant. Of course, the rest of the year, it's just a big pain in the butt. Ha. I've never been a big fan of plants that crawl up the side of my house.

That's it! Have a nice day!!!! :-)