My Beautiful Bedroom Sanctuary - At Last!

"I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."

-- Anna Quindlam

Life, as we all know, is hard to fit into a box most of the time. And this month was no exception.

Last month, of course, was about creating a bedroom sanctuary and that was a very high priority for me. At the beginning I was feeling rather depressed because of the enormity of the task. It really did seem impossible to me.

My closet was bursting at the seams and my dresser drawers as well. There was far too much furniture in the room making me feel quite claustrophobic. The walls, ceiling, and all of the trim were a sickly pale yellow. Plus, the walls had numerous cracks and the ceiling had a big, ugly, warty area of cracked and peeling paint.

I had come to the point of being extremely enervated by my bedroom and it kept on getting worse. Of course, that led me to procrastinate because I simply did not know where to begin.

After finding some strong inspiration in Regina's chapters, I managed to somehow find the courage and the energy to just begin somewhere. And I just kept on doing that - one small thing at a time.

Once the closet and dressers were tidied up and decluttered, we moved everything out and started to work on the repairs and the painting. Every single step took us much longer than anticipated, but we just kept plodding along. Week after week.

And, at long last, during the past week it has all come together beautifully! The paint looks fresh and clean and soothing in an old-world sagey green. The doors and windows and all of the trim are an old-world off-white called 'French Canvas'. The curtains are very similar in colour to the trim and they float so easily and delicately with the breeze.

The room seems so much more spacious now; there is nothing extra and no clutter whatsoever. I painted both bookcases in 'French Canvas', moved the tall one to the living room and the smaller one back into the bedroom where it looks lovely against the green wall. The new bedding goes perfectly with the paint and looks quite cool and refreshing even during these hot summer days. It really does feel like a sanctuary to me now.

The project took a long time and so has kept me from being able to really act on this month's topic of tackling paper clutter and setting up a proper filing system. But that's okay. I still have this week and next to get going with that.In truth, having successfully completed this major overhaul, I feel I feel I have built up some momentum, so I'm confident that this can be done as well.

Right now I just love walking into my bedroom and admiring its zen-like vibes. What an absolute delight!

Thank you so much, Regina, for being such an inspiration. Perhaps I COULD have done this without your inspiration and advice, but I don't believe I really WOULD have...

Cheers!


Diane