A Brave New World

Hey there, berries!

As promised, here is my long- awaited dorm room post!

I am already moved out of the dorm room for the semester--

Christmas break is upon us!

I am tremendously relieved.

Let us rewind back into the semester for a bit... (:

As you know,

before I moved back into the dorms after Thanksgiving

I cleaned and put away all my decorations.

Well, after that,

I got back out everything I was going to use to decorate my dorm room for Christmas...

As you see,

I decided to change it up from my usual girly pinks and purples...

I opted for a richer color scheme

of mainly dark greens, blues and reds...

I accented with pinks and oranges and golds I saw in my dishes...

(I was going to use purple as well, but once I saw all the colors together,

I decided not to.)

When I got back to my dorm, I packed up the harvest décor

and everything that didn't incorporate these colors...

Then I laid out the decorations

and got to work putting together a new room...

^_^

I was up well into the night

decorating and piecing things together...

Some things didn't work out like I had expected...

several things I tried to hang on the wall--

ornaments, artwork, a mirror--

fell off,

and a couple things broke.

My sweet little record player,

which actually had a short in it from the time I took it out of the box,

finally kaput on me.

I'll have to ask Santa for a new one this year...

Nevertheless, the final result ended up more beautiful

and more to my taste than I had expected!

It might seem silly,

but being in this space

was like being a character from a fictional book!

I felt like I was in a special guest quarters

on a royal ship...

... probably because of the ship portrait that hung on my wall...

until it fell off.

When I added all the warm colors

and Christmas lights and pine fragrance,

the room just became the most magical place...

Below, you can see that I made another pennant banner,

this time with six flags instead of twelve...

I think I will make many more in the future...

;) ;)

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In this post, you are only seeing one half of the room,

not that the other side isn't presentable.

I'm just trying to figure how to make all the practical things-

My television, kitchen area, bedside table, sink-

be as inviting as the impractical side...

The room as a whole is still super fantastical, though. ^.^

I sometimes find myself just sitting and staring...

because of how much I love it.

It is such an inspiriting thought that I made this beautiful living space

come to life out of my own imagination

with items from junk shops...

And speaking of junk shops..!

Here are some more treasures I found!

XD

^ ^ ^ You can see where I placed some of them in the pictures above. ^ ^ ^

The two Victorian style plates, Christmas chocolate tin,

picture frame and yellow sweater

were $3 total at the fill-a-bag shop I like to go to...

And the suitcase, old baby blanket, small lamp, and sprigs--

four of them with sparkly fruits and pine needles, and three of velvet holly and ivy--

were all $4 total at my favorite local thrift store in my college town.

^.^

 

The shade is something I already owned
(though I did get it at the same thrift store as the lamp a couple years back),
and it complements the lamp so well!

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So, a few posts ago, berries,
I mentioned that there is "a lot of good change coming".

Little did I know that by saying that in faith-
I had no idea what was coming-
I was prophesying over my family!

Now I know what this good change is...
Haha!

It is so exciting, and soon I will get to share it with you!
Now, however, it must remain a secret...

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Thank you, berries, for reading this post!
Stop by again soon, and continue reading the posts to come!

I can't wait to share the upcoming adventure with you.
<3

Until next time,
Lots of Love,