This is what you see if you're standing outside my bedroom (and my sister's). The door straight ahead is my sister's room, and mine is on the left. The colourful painting (of a stairwell at boarding school) on the right is my GCSE Fine Art final piece :) I love it very much and it adds the perfect 'POP' of colour and warmth to an otherwise extremely neutral interior design.
Once you've entered my room and shut the door behind you, you're greeted by a full-length mirror on your right, and a whole mass of my handbags on the back of the door! I have minimal storage space in my room (see my tiny wardrobe there?), so the bags will have to stay there (and actually, it's super practical and I like seeing my beloved bags everyday haha).
Next up, my desk/ window area:
I opted for this 'green tea ice cream' (as I call it! Hehe) paint colour for the 'arch', to form a sort of eye-catching feature. I've always loved this shade of green - it's soothing yet energetic and natural (duh, it's GREEN) :P. The ceiling light was brought over from our previous apartment, and was hand-picked by myself when I was 14 or so, and I still love it to bits :) It's also perfect for this area of the room, as it peeps out behind the arch, and also emphasises the high ceilings nicely! As you can see, one of the lightbulbs needs replacing lol.
The white desk is from Ikea, and was also brought over from the old apartment - also love it to bits. It's spacious, looks clean and simple, and has a really decent amount of storage space. Desk chair is from an office furniture shop called 'POSH'. The red back provides a nice kick of energy to the room.
Almost everything you see on the desk is from Ikea, haha, including my plant! He's a lucky bamboo and his name is Bamboo (creative, huh?). He keeps me feeling (relatively) energetic and motivated when I have work to do. Live plants/flowers can do wonders for a room - they really breathe life into the room.
This is the opposite side of the room, with my bookshelf (Ikea), vanity (Ikea) and bed (linens from Ikea) - do you see a trend here??? Hahahahah. I didn't have much time (or patience) decorating my last room, so just got everything from... IKEA!!!
The feature wall is painted taupe (one of my favourite colours). I opted for a darker feature wall in an attempt to separate the sleeping area from the working area (where the arch and desk are). This taupe came out much more grey than I had anticipated, and therefore clashes ever-so-slightly with the arch's green! It's bearable though, so I'll be sticking with my two colour choices :)
The green vanity chair is only temporary (I stole it from the kitchen!). My new stool is arriving this Thursday, along with a white chest of drawers (I desperately need more storage space!), and a little white add-on unit for my printer to sit on - to be placed next to my desk.
And that rounds up my updated room tour!! My room is still a work in progress - I love decorating, so little bits and bobs will be added here and there over time, to my heart's content :) So you will probably be seeing more posts like this in the future. Hope you enjoyed this post and please feel free to leave your thoughts/ advice in the comments! xxx
