My new room.
Picture, if you will, a room shaped like a barn. You know, with a 3-sided slanty roof. Only a really short roof-- like 7 feet tall at its tallest point. Said room is 8'x12'. It has dingy carpet and stains on the walls that the primer didn't quite cover up.
Imagine, if you will, what said room will be in two weeks. Painted a beautiful ice blue, stippled over with pale lilac. The windows and ceiling will be painted metallic silver. The carpet will be steam-cleaned, and there will be a nice soft blue rug on the floor. Sheer lavender curtains will hang off of a beautiful, interesting curtain rod that match a new full-size floor lamp. My best friend will love me so much that she will agree to do an abstract portrait session with me for Christmas, so three 8"x11" black and white photographs will adorn the walls. My things will be moved in, and I will have a nice new matching bedspread.
That'll all run me somewhere between $350 and $400. Brokeness, thy name is Christina. I'd planned on warmer colors-- reds and harvest golds. Something more akin to this. Dixie bought the pale blue because she thought I wanted something more neutral. It's okay, though. I'm going with it. It's not very me, but it will be pretty, and I will learn to love it. My mom is giving me $250 for the holidays, and I requested gift cards to Target from the rest of my family. I think I'll be covered for most of it-- I'll just have to be frugal.
Rugs:
Dark blue, 6'x9', $152.00.
Blue geometric, 5'x8', $119.
Beige berber, 6'x9', $99.99. **
Beige or dark blue geometric, 5'7"x7'7", $59.99.
Lamps:
70", $37.99. **
69", $19.99
73", $49.99.
Bedding:
Modern Home purple bedding collection.
Purple Aspen comforter set, $55.00. **
Curtains:
Lavender beaded sheer curtains, $29.99.
Fleur de Lis drapery rod, $14.99.
Pewter Petite Clear Crackle Cafe' curtain rod, $7.84. **
Budget + $25 fabric for accents = $275.00
Steam cleaning carpet = $50.00
Additional paint and supplies = $25.00
Cable tv/internet = $60.00 (+ installation fee)
U-Haul Rental = $35.00
Total appx. setup fee = $485.00
I did get my holiday BPAL order yesterday. The Cracked Bell is nice and sort of metallic, Beaver Moon is smells spot-on like buttercream frosting, Midnight Mass is incensy, but perhaps a smidge too dry.
The two hands-down sucesses? Talvikku, which smells like last year's Skadi-- full of soft fir and rich forest notes. If Snow Bunny is akin to this, I might get a bottle after the holidays. Also, Jacob's Ladder is wonderful. It's like an aged bottle of The Lion-- soft, velvety amber with a pinch of spice and benzoin. My bottle of The Lion is still fairly new, and lighter than the first imp I tried out. Hence, it needs a little aging, but Jacob's Ladder is perfect until it does.
Also, I got another bottle of Snow White, my favorite from last year. To me, it's the scent of snuggling under the covers with tea and a book as a soft snow begins to fall. I asked Skyler to smell it. His take? "It smells like the flowers that emerge from a battlefield that has been strewn with the massacred bodies of fallen soldiers, streaked with blood. Peaceful, you know?" I think hisbrain nose is broken.
Imagine, if you will, what said room will be in two weeks. Painted a beautiful ice blue, stippled over with pale lilac. The windows and ceiling will be painted metallic silver. The carpet will be steam-cleaned, and there will be a nice soft blue rug on the floor. Sheer lavender curtains will hang off of a beautiful, interesting curtain rod that match a new full-size floor lamp. My best friend will love me so much that she will agree to do an abstract portrait session with me for Christmas, so three 8"x11" black and white photographs will adorn the walls. My things will be moved in, and I will have a nice new matching bedspread.
That'll all run me somewhere between $350 and $400. Brokeness, thy name is Christina. I'd planned on warmer colors-- reds and harvest golds. Something more akin to this. Dixie bought the pale blue because she thought I wanted something more neutral. It's okay, though. I'm going with it. It's not very me, but it will be pretty, and I will learn to love it. My mom is giving me $250 for the holidays, and I requested gift cards to Target from the rest of my family. I think I'll be covered for most of it-- I'll just have to be frugal.
Rugs:
Dark blue, 6'x9', $152.00.
Blue geometric, 5'x8', $119.
Beige berber, 6'x9', $99.99. **
Beige or dark blue geometric, 5'7"x7'7", $59.99.
Lamps:
70", $37.99. **
69", $19.99
73", $49.99.
Bedding:
Modern Home purple bedding collection.
Purple Aspen comforter set, $55.00. **
Curtains:
Lavender beaded sheer curtains, $29.99.
Fleur de Lis drapery rod, $14.99.
Pewter Petite Clear Crackle Cafe' curtain rod, $7.84. **
Budget + $25 fabric for accents = $275.00
Steam cleaning carpet = $50.00
Additional paint and supplies = $25.00
Cable tv/internet = $60.00 (+ installation fee)
U-Haul Rental = $35.00
Total appx. setup fee = $485.00
I did get my holiday BPAL order yesterday. The Cracked Bell is nice and sort of metallic, Beaver Moon is smells spot-on like buttercream frosting, Midnight Mass is incensy, but perhaps a smidge too dry.
The two hands-down sucesses? Talvikku, which smells like last year's Skadi-- full of soft fir and rich forest notes. If Snow Bunny is akin to this, I might get a bottle after the holidays. Also, Jacob's Ladder is wonderful. It's like an aged bottle of The Lion-- soft, velvety amber with a pinch of spice and benzoin. My bottle of The Lion is still fairly new, and lighter than the first imp I tried out. Hence, it needs a little aging, but Jacob's Ladder is perfect until it does.
Also, I got another bottle of Snow White, my favorite from last year. To me, it's the scent of snuggling under the covers with tea and a book as a soft snow begins to fall. I asked Skyler to smell it. His take? "It smells like the flowers that emerge from a battlefield that has been strewn with the massacred bodies of fallen soldiers, streaked with blood. Peaceful, you know?" I think his