I want to be Bohemian like you.
Here's my room. First shot is from the basement hallway, through the door. Pictures are huge so you can spy and see details. Yes, I do keep it this clean.
This is my amazing bed. It's a full futon on a queen futon frame, so there is space around the mattress between the frame. I used the bed skirt to fill the gap with shiny crinkly fabric, which looks amazing. Unc once tried to get me a new mattress, and I foamed at the mouth. I love my bed just the way it is, and if you can't figure out exactly why, I am not telling you. XD
The bedspread is handmade, I believe, and cost almost $400. There are currently three tears in it from Spawn and Co. sneaking into my room, which I have every intention of fixing tomorrow while listening to some sort of Medieval music. The pictures above the headboard are the only cool thing Unc has ever gotten me of his own volition. Oh, and those ceiling lights can be dimmed.
On the right side of the room is my bookshelf and the door to the bathroom. The shelf has a few of the several hundred books I have to my name. It also currently has my mother's journal on it. The CD stand to the right with the enormous candle? The pot it's in used to be the home of Cassandra the Orchid. Yay trivia.
I usually leave the door to the bathroom open in my room and keep the one in the hall locked. Makes my room feel less enclosed, and makes listening to music easier when I am in the Epic Shower (tm). A long time ago Rose (Anna) dubbed this the Alice in Wonderland bathroom. I'm short enough to where moving around in it isn't a problem, but I think the ceiling in it is almost a foot shorter than the ceiling in my bedroom.
Here is the door to the Epic Shower. The shower extends on either side of the door to either wall of the bathroom. When the door shuts, it seals off completely, so it can get really steamy in there. The bench you can see on the left has a twin on the right. They are cool, but a little cold (shocking, since it is stone). If I feel like sitting I usually sacrifice a towel. The visible knob is for the left shower head, which feels like a thunderstorm. The one on the right is removable and has like twelve settings. I don't know what Fam was thinking when she built this, but I can guarantee it wasn't about sex. IT'S ALL A COINCIDENCE. V:
Here is the dresser that sits opposite my bed on the same wall as the main door. It makes my clothing smell overwhelmingly of wood, but I am going to attempt to fix that with socks full of baking soda. Fam bought it for me when I whined about not having a closet. I still cannot decide how I feel about its existence, but it matches the room. The topmost decoration is the infamous calligraphy set. Below it is a pot that used to have a plant in it. :( Below that is a dragon candle I've had since eighth grade whose head is slightly melted. Below that? Three-wick candle. Below that is my Crying Buddha statue, below that some Chinese Dragon china, and the bottom is a big vase that I used to put orchids in.
The pillows in the corner are what remains of my enormous collection (thank you Spawn and Co. -.-) that I used to keep around for maximum Sex Rug floppage. The Sex Rug is currently awaiting me to freak out and clean it, and is not yet on display in the room. Despite its name, there are cosmic laws against sex ever actually being had on it. (Ever tried to clean bodily fluids off leather? Sorry, but it has to be said.)
Opposite the bookshelf is my stereo system and the shelf I am using for an impromptu desk, plus Toby the Tuxedo Tiger, but I forgot to get a picture and am now too tired to do so.
1) It is freaking small.
2) The walls are taupe.
3) When did it become Bohemian? I blame the infamous furniture-buying spree.
4) Unlike High School Wren, I am no longer comfortable surrounding myself with letters and words in a language I cannot read.
Upsides to my room:
1) Close proximity to Epic Shower.
2) Family's rooms are two floors above, so can blast music whenever I want.
3) Basement door exits to kitchen, allowing me to have Covert Food Missions if I want to avoid people.
4) Sex Rug.
5) No French doors.
::EDIT:: Went crazy and put Sex Rug back down. Here is shot of rug and one of left side of room to show off my retro stereo system. V:
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4 comments:
Not bad. Quite tasteful, actually. I can think of worse places to bunker down for a couple weeks in hermit mode.
Yeah, it's kind of like living in a hotel. A hotel beneath some of the most horrible people walking the earth, but once they go to bed I really enjoy being here.
My favorite part is the tiger with the bow tie. Does it have a name? Also, I'm forcing back giggles about the Sex Rug. I had no idea what to expect when you were describing it, and now I just feel like your room once belonged to a very expressionist caveman who had a lot of skins lying around. I really like the bedspread and dresser. I know they're a little over the top as far as bohemian chic or whatever, but they're neat, and if you take away the scary side tables and stuff and put them in a different room with more modern stuff, they'd look a lot more tasteful. You should find out what your kanji paintings and stuff say so you don't have to feel weird about them. All in all, I think it looks cozy. It's really not that small if you compare it to, say, my bedroom at school. It looks like you've got everything you need (especially amazing bathroom) and you should be able to create Study Nest from which you can fling completed assignments. Yay!
His name is Toby the (Tuxedo) Tiger, and I love him dearly. You recognize that bow tie.
I never said the bedspread was over the top. I adore it. >> It's just how it looks with the random African endtables. XD As for the Kanji paintings, I really have no idea where to start, and the jury is still out on the dresser because the wood doesn't match my bedframe.
Leave the Sex Rug alone! D: Putting it back down was a niiightmare. Any idea how heavy a 5x8 rectangle of leather is?
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