“Are you getting married?”
My colleague asked me as she eyed the book on Decorating for newly weds curiously on my table. I just laughed and shook my head. Apparently I had the itch to redecorate my bedroom so I had been borrowing all the books on interior decorating from the library. I actually didn’t notice the title of the book until I was taken aback by her question.
Well since the unfulfilled desire to own my own place is still not within my reach, the best alternative goal within my reach was to redo my bedroom…hence the book on my table. And probably also the creative bug in me is starting to itch having been neglected for too long…doing other boring stuff!
So my plan was to get all the inspiration and ideas as much as I could before the DeepaRaya holidays looms near. It’s seldom that we have two major national holiday celebration back to back so when it happens, it’s usually a long break. It also happened that Deepavali was right smack before my birthday too. So with the long break ahead, most of my friends and colleagues would be joining the exodus back to their ‘kampung’. I wasn’t up to joining the crowd and was looking forward to the long break of solitude.
Being constantly “disturbed” by my students and colleagues, I really treasured that time alone. Since my housemates were also away back to their in-laws’ place, I practically had the whole house to myself…at least for that short time. So on my birthdayI had a very busy day at the office and really wind down the quiet evening at the gym doing my favourite classes and spending some time with a few good looking hunks who were also very gay!
But I did spend the next morning of Deepavali visiting my colleague and student’s open house in Rawang…don’t even mention the jam. I was pretty knocked out by the time I got home but I had a good time eating those delicious Indian concoctions. Next in line would be….that much needed MAJOR SPRING CLEANING and REDECORATING!!
I never realised that cleaning just that one tiny bedroom took nearly two days to clean up and clear up all that clutter. And I haven’t even started on the bathroom yet. That took another day. I actually had nearly 6 bundles and one box of rubbish by the end of the spring cleaning! I was amazed at the amount of stuff I collected during my 6 years in KL. So I kept throwing away whatever I had not used for the last 2 years and kept what I thought was important to me….even that didn’t help lessen the clutter. Gosh I need to stop collecting STUFF!!
When I finally finished redecorating my bedroom, I was pretty proud of my effort. My favourite spot was…the bed! I did a hanging “headboard” for my bed using roses and butterflies hung on a white wire lattice.
And since I’ve always wanted a four poster bed but couldn’t afford it, this was the next best thing that I could think of. I always loved the romantic look of the four poster bead with the wispy organza curtains hanging by the sides of the bed so I hung the organza curtain on one side of the mini make-do four poster thingy.
And during the weekend, my lovely Acts Pink PG girls celebrated my birthday with me with a cake and a surprise present. It was a lovely pink fur pillow with crosswords on it. It went so well with my deco that I put it together on my bed. Kinda brightens up the whole place don’t ya think? Thanks so much gals! I’m so happy with it!
Not bad for an amateur redecorating her bedroom on a shoe string budget…hehe.
My colleague asked me as she eyed the book on Decorating for newly weds curiously on my table. I just laughed and shook my head. Apparently I had the itch to redecorate my bedroom so I had been borrowing all the books on interior decorating from the library. I actually didn’t notice the title of the book until I was taken aback by her question.
Well since the unfulfilled desire to own my own place is still not within my reach, the best alternative goal within my reach was to redo my bedroom…hence the book on my table. And probably also the creative bug in me is starting to itch having been neglected for too long…doing other boring stuff!
So my plan was to get all the inspiration and ideas as much as I could before the DeepaRaya holidays looms near. It’s seldom that we have two major national holiday celebration back to back so when it happens, it’s usually a long break. It also happened that Deepavali was right smack before my birthday too. So with the long break ahead, most of my friends and colleagues would be joining the exodus back to their ‘kampung’. I wasn’t up to joining the crowd and was looking forward to the long break of solitude.
Being constantly “disturbed” by my students and colleagues, I really treasured that time alone. Since my housemates were also away back to their in-laws’ place, I practically had the whole house to myself…at least for that short time. So on my birthdayI had a very busy day at the office and really wind down the quiet evening at the gym doing my favourite classes and spending some time with a few good looking hunks who were also very gay!
But I did spend the next morning of Deepavali visiting my colleague and student’s open house in Rawang…don’t even mention the jam. I was pretty knocked out by the time I got home but I had a good time eating those delicious Indian concoctions. Next in line would be….that much needed MAJOR SPRING CLEANING and REDECORATING!!
I never realised that cleaning just that one tiny bedroom took nearly two days to clean up and clear up all that clutter. And I haven’t even started on the bathroom yet. That took another day. I actually had nearly 6 bundles and one box of rubbish by the end of the spring cleaning! I was amazed at the amount of stuff I collected during my 6 years in KL. So I kept throwing away whatever I had not used for the last 2 years and kept what I thought was important to me….even that didn’t help lessen the clutter. Gosh I need to stop collecting STUFF!!
When I finally finished redecorating my bedroom, I was pretty proud of my effort. My favourite spot was…the bed! I did a hanging “headboard” for my bed using roses and butterflies hung on a white wire lattice.
And since I’ve always wanted a four poster bed but couldn’t afford it, this was the next best thing that I could think of. I always loved the romantic look of the four poster bead with the wispy organza curtains hanging by the sides of the bed so I hung the organza curtain on one side of the mini make-do four poster thingy.
And during the weekend, my lovely Acts Pink PG girls celebrated my birthday with me with a cake and a surprise present. It was a lovely pink fur pillow with crosswords on it. It went so well with my deco that I put it together on my bed. Kinda brightens up the whole place don’t ya think? Thanks so much gals! I’m so happy with it!
Not bad for an amateur redecorating her bedroom on a shoe string budget…hehe.
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