Create a Bedroom You Love

".....don't forget to consider what other elements you can add to make this room your sanctuary....If you love to read, add a small bookcase."

-- Regina Leeds


Well, amazingly enough, it is already the end of month two of my challenge. I'm feeling proud of myself that I have stuck with it and really, sincerely tried to change my ways. And there have been a lot of positive changes, though you'd never know it if you walked through my front door just now.

In this week's chapter, Regina talks about really organizing your closet in great detail. But, as I said before, my closet just doesn't lend itself to creative organizing. That being said, however, I have done the best I could and it looks neater than it ever has - the big reason being that there is so much less clothing in there. It's so gratifying now to open my closet door and see only items that I really like and that fit me. What a treat.

Unfortunately, the whole redecorating project is taking much, much longer than anticipated. I couldn't do any work on it during the short week because I had commitments each evening. And this weekend, although we actually worked a lot, there was just so much more to do that we had realized. Much more repair work on the walls and ceiling which really ate into our time.

All of my bedroom furniture including all of the bookcases and the 'millions' of books are still hanging out in the dining and living rooms. Waiting patiently. I'm sure it would be quite jarring to a stranger walking in, but it's amazing how easily I have coped with the chaos; I think it's just knowing that it's simply the price that must be paid for a great reward in the end.

I have decided that the very small, one-shelf bookcase will be going to live somewhere else. Quite possibly in my closet to hold something besides books. And as for the very tall bookcase, I have re-painted it and will be putting it in my living room. There is actually a perfect spot for it that I had somehow overlooked before. And since books are so wonderful to me, and such an important part of my life, I will find comfort in seeing them there.

This week I will be sorting through all of the many piles and making decisions. Some will be going to the case in the living room, some may be stored in a cupboard downstairs, and perhaps some will find their way to the Goodwill Bookstore, if I feel they deserve a chance to brighten someone else's life. Only a select few will eventually sit on the shelves of my newly re-painted medium-sized bookcase.

I do love books and want to have some right there with me in my new sanctuary. I believe they really do add another dimension of energy and I will really enjoy seeing them. And they will look so much more attractive and appealing in my 'new' space. It certainly does seem to be true that 'less is more.'

Cheers!


Diane