So Autumn is upon us, let’s be honest it started the Sunday of Airbourne and we’ve barely had a nice day since – conveniently aside from the day I was helping Helen move flat when we could have done with cooler weather for lumping boxes up and down the world’s tallest flight of stairs! Her new flat is absolutely lovely and the lady she’s living with seems nice, her name is also Jen so she can’t be all bad! Whilst having lunch on the moving day the conversation turned to my state of a bedroom and whether I should think about decorating.
To give you guys an idea; I’ve lived in the same corner of the same room since I was probably about 8 weeks old and it hasn’t had any alterations since then aside from a few bits of furniture going in and my Wendy-House moving out when I was about 8 (such a shame, that would have made a perfect unicorn house now). The wallpaper is actually bathroom wallpaper and has ‘Splash’ written on it in various bright colours, one wall is yellow with a big wallpaper tear (my fault from putting up and taking down posters over the years) and the wardrobes and cupboard are covered in stickers that Chris and I decorated with as kids. I have photos all over the place to try and cover the worst of it, so I’ve finally cracked and set myself the project to make the room mine (since I’m nowhere near well enough to move out any time soon). Hopefully focusing on the task will distract me from my yearly Autumn blues (along with a trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon for Helen and I in a couple of weeks).
The theme for my room will of course be Halloween! I’m finally giving my room the goth make-over I’ve wanted since I was 17. Whilst I will be refraining from painting the walls black (I’m going with grey as a compromise) but one wall is going to be a Nightmare Before Christmas-esque black and white stripes. I’ve been happily looking at loads of Pinterest ideas (along with some very, bordering on scary, excitement from Gem and Helen) for décor. I’ve smashed my coin pot and treated myself to some brand-new furniture from Ikea. It sounds awful and ungrateful to say it, and I really don’t mean it that way, but I cannot wait to have a shiny new wardrobe, chest of drawers and shelves rather than my second & third hand bits.
My aim is to have a room that is entirely me, that I can build on and switch decorations in and out of, that looks far less cluttered (despite hundreds of clear outs!) and more grown-up.
I’ll be sure to post plenty of progress photos!
Love Jen
XxxX
Ps when I say ‘grown up’ that does include the coffin-shaped shelf!
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