Room Rehaul

This weekend I did a major rehaul of my room. This included getting rid of school papers that I had kept since I was a freshman in high school. Yes, I’m nostalgic like that. I also wanted to get rid of the big hunk of wood in my room, otherwise known as the oversized desk that took up too much space. I spent all of Sunday afternoon with his task at hand and by the time I was finished, I had filled up three garbage bags full of paper, notebooks and old scantrons. I managed to get the desk out of my room on my own, but not without scratching up the opposite side of my door. Oh well. I was left with more space than I had bargained for! Oh space, how I love space. As a journalist, we’re trained to abhor white space. Fill every corner with text or graphics, no matter what the cost, I used to be told in school. But oh, how I love space. It compliments design real well, especially home design.

I was left with a desk half of the size of my previous one and to be honest, I was ok with this. I still am. In fact, I’m glad it’s small, because it’s forced me to get rid of more crap. I also bought myself a new duvet and pillow cover from Ikea.

The redesign of my room is far from complete. I still have to paint the walls, get rid of more unnecessary junk and find a place to store the obscene amount of books and magazines I have. This DIY project is far from over. In addition to the room redecorating, I did some wardrobe restocking as well. I wandered over to Anthropologie, quite possibly my favorite store on my lunch break and picked up a few things.

I’ve never owned a lingerie bag in my life, but it was so dainty and delicate, that I had to get it. Plus it was half off. You get what you can at Anthropologie. I also splurged and got a wool shrug by Moth.

From now on, I’ve decided to shop a different way. I’m going to pricier pieces, that will last me a long time, instead of getting a lot for less. So this was my splurge of the month. Although, let me just say, I could spend my life savings at Anthropologie in one go. I’m not even kidding.