Beautiful, Peaceful Rooms

 Yesterday, I wrote a little bit about my bedroom.  Today, I wanted to show you pictures.  I spend a lot of time in my bedroom, and it used to be done in burgandies, golds, and blacks.  I got really tired of the dark colors several years ago, but had a difficult time finding the colors that I wanted for my room.  I wanted aquas, but there were not any in the stores yet.  I had to wait until last summer to find and aqua coverlet.  My duvet is white, but I have so many animals and they shed, that to keep just white on my bed would be impossible to keep clean.  My bed is a rice bed, and so it is very high, and we have the bed on a wall that is narrow opposite the windows.  I did this because I live on a lake, and want to be able to see the lake from my bed.  I am from Los Angeles origonally and living in Colorado I sometimes feel landlocked.  Living on a lake really helps with the feeling of needing to move back to the coast.  Since my bed is high I needed something I and narrow for the nightstand on my side of the bed.  I found the bookcase at a garage sale a long time ago, and last spring, I decided to paint it a pale yellow.  I also did this with an old bookcase that I also found at a garage sale.  I wasn’t able to tie it all together until recently.  I finally found the 2 chairs for in front of the fireplace, and I love them.  I am actually sitting writing on my computer right now, with HGTV on the TV. ( I love those shows)  Then I found the little aqua table between the chairs at Pier 1.  I found some yellow shams for on my bed to tie things together and pillows with aqua and yellow at Pier 1. 

There is still a lot to do in my room.  I need to redo lamp shades, and I want a yellow throw for one of my chairs.  I have not found a yellow that I like yet, so that may be something that I have to make.  We also need to redo the fireplace.  I want to put drywall above it and build a mantle for it, but that will come with time. 

I really love the feel of my bedroom.  It is really peaceful and relaxing.  I love lighting the fireplace, and sitting in my chairs or bed and knitting or crocheting.  Right now I am working on a blanket for my daughters room.  It is red and black.  Her room was recently redone, and is very pretty without being frilly.  She is turning 18 in a week and needed a more grown up room instead of a young teenagers room.

 Anyway everything will get done in time.  It is just fun doing it. 

I’ll check back in sometime in the next couple of days.

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