Anyway! I called this post 'Interior Design', and you may be wondering why. First, I am not planning on branching out into interior, at least not right now. Second, my brother and I are trading rooms. Since I am an uni student I spent little time at home, and when I am at home, I spent some of that time wishing I wasn't - well when it is for prolonged periods. It isn't that I dislike my parents, or my brother, but when you have lived away from home it is hard to go back because your parents are always going to treat you like their baby even when they give you the freedom - it is a weird place. If you are a student or young adult you probably know what I mean.
Well basically, I have been planning what I want my house to look like... You know that house that I cannot afford because I have no job and no income really. Student loan pretty much just covers my university stuff and then some leisure activities. But I still have another year left, so still have another year to get a job, or apply for further education ;) In any case, I suggested that me and my brother swap rooms since mine is bigger and therefore I have been planning what I want that room to look like.
I thought you people who follow me, or are occasionally brought to my blog might want to see the processes I go through during this decorating period and see the transformation. I will do it in stages and I will write them below. Hopefully it will be finished by the end of June, but I guess we will see... And I will try to give each stage a detailed blog post.
What are the stages?
1) Research & thoughts
What do I want the room to look like? What space do I have to work with? What needs to be in the room?
2) De-clutter & Empty
Remove everything from the room and go through what is to be kept. Think: Keep, Store, Sell/Give or Bin.
3) Paint, Furnish, Buy...
This stage is all about buying the FURNITURE, I realise how tempting it is to buy other cute things, but really you just want furniture at this point. While waiting for that to arrive, paint the room. Paint should be colours that fit to what will happen in the room, the size and/or the mood. Now put all the furniture in its place.
4) Decorate.
Is there anything that you want to add before everything else goes in? Artwork? Mirrors? Curtains, blinds or rug? Change of light switch? Lamps? Fairy lights? Light cover/shade? Maybe consider plants?
5) THE STUFF
Now it is time to put all your crap back into your beautiful empty, tidy room! But think about what you are putting in it? Try and keep to a theme at a time, this is also time to think back to what I said in (3). De-clutter. Go through your first theme, then second, then third, etc. Of course, not every one is going to be together, we are human and sometimes not as organised as we think. In my case I intend to go clothes, shoes/accessories, books, boardgames/games, electronics, yarn & other art supplies... Note 'intend', we are bound to forget things. At least I am.
6) Evaluate?
Do you need more storage or shelves? Do you need to clear out further? Are there a few more touches you want to make?
I'll try and post stage one, or at the very least stage one, part one, sometime next week. I'm waiting on my mum to send me some more measurements do I can do a few more sketches.. And I probably won't be able to finalise things until I am home after the 15th June. But I have some really cute ideas and I am excited to show them to you. You know what?! I'm gonna start a pinterest board just for this.
Talk later, keep arting!
