Bohemia Bunny

Room Makeover

November 19th, 2006 by lynnylchan under My Life

Bored with my plain walls and utilitarian decor, I decided to give my room a makeover. After all, if I can wear makeup and sexy clothes, certainly my room is entitled to the same.

I started small, with two posters I handily nicked from Social Comm’s Halloween Night. The Bah! Monster is on the red brick wall outside my room, scaring away unwelcome visitors along with It’s Happy Bunny. The witch (who is really not at all scary) leaves her magical trail behind on the patch of wall right above the towel rack.

Yay. Small steps, to be sure, but at least better than boring boring whitewash. So today I went to IKEA. I wanted a lamp. And a lampshade of some sort. And candles.

I ended up spending 75 dollars, an amount that shocked even me. How did I arrive at this figure? Well, firstly, being extremely intelligent, I bought the lamp bulb from IKEA itself. The bulb costs more than the lamp. Like, what gives. Ok, it’s a cheap lamp, but still! I didn’t want to have to hunt down a bulb that fit, and anyway IKEA had bulbs in different colours so I went with blue. When switched on, it’s a lovely shade of aqua. I would have gone for the red, except that I don’t really need that kind of connotation for my room…

Next I wandered into the bedding section, and remembered that I needed a proper pillowcase for my hug pillow. At first I picked up the cheap $6.90-for-2 pillowcases. Then I saw one with a higher thread count, and jettisoned the cheap twin pack for this one, even though it was 7 dollars for a solitary pillowcase. I then went around the other side and gasped. 8 dollars for a cotton satin pillowcase! Goodbye 7-dollar one, hello soft smoothness! It’s not about the price, it’s about the comfort. I don’t deny that I love luxurious things. So now I have an 8-dollar pillowcase on a 10-dollar pillow. The case is maroon, which doesn’t match my bedsheets at all, but I’d rather have maroon than drab old beige. Besides, it serves as an accent piece for the bed.

I couldn’t find the candles I wanted, or rather, I couldn’t find the scent I wanted. They had strawberry, melon and vanilla. The last thing I need is for my room to smell of food, I’m enough of a glutton as it is. I found the scent in another pack, and it seemed to be the last of its kind. That’s a real pity, I like this scent. It smells kind of like washing detergent. Which is good, because I don’t like the sweet cloying scent of strawberries or vanilla.

I had a look around the pictures section just for fun. It turned out to be a very expensive look. There was a montage sheet of dog cartoons, and they were apparently done by Keith Haring. Now I’m quite fond of the Haring style, and I just had to have the poster. Even if it cost 20 dollars. (What the hell was I thinking.) But hey, if it’s nice, don’t care about the price, that’s my motto. Besides, I like dogs.

To top off the list, I bought a paper lampshade. It’s actually meant for a pendant lamp, but this was the only lampshade I could find that could accommodate my candle holder inside. Plus it looks really nice. Although 15 dollars for something that’s made of paper and a bit of metal is quite expensive, I think. The lampshade acts as a windbreak for my candles, as the fan would blow them out otherwise.

Finally, this is what 2 hours of cleaning, assembling and arranging resulted in.

At least, that’s what it would look like if I had my way with the lighting. Doesn’t it look so tranquil?