My room

I've got my own room. I wanted so for years, so I am extremely happy. When I lived with my parents I got my own room when I was fifteen, and then I moved together with DH when I was 18. And when we moved in our house almost 20 years ago, I was the only one who didn't get my own room. So when son moved September last year, I wanted his room. On 1 March this year I was lucky to get a new part time job at my company, and then I thought it was time to renovate it:

Pillows with vintage books.

We kept son's wall which I painted for him several years ago. The walls were painted white and the floor was sandpapered. Here I sit in front of the window and draw, paint and play with pearls:

I have inherited the desk from my mother in law, it is almost new. The bookshelf is from Ikea.

The Eiffel tower lamp is a birthday gift, the candle holder in the window is made by my beloved grandpa, and I am working on some pearl projects:

A little boy I once knew:

In the attic I have one of son's room dividers with boxes from Ikea. The boxes contain my fabric (small and large pieces) and lots of yarn and buttons:

Op top of it is my old record player and at the left I have a few records to play while I work on my projects.

Besides the records are four glasses with lots of buttons, size sorted:

Opposite the desk is son's old desk, which is now my sewing table. The beautiful purple goldsmith-dragon made of hand painted silk is a birthday gift from my brother:

My old sewing machine, which my dad thrifted and repaired for me:

Real seventies orange. And there is a pile of things I have to sew/repair.

My mother in law's crystal, which I don't know what to do with, so now it decorates my room:

But what do I have in my bookshelf, you ask? Here is a shelf with all my Marilyn Monroe books:

And a vintage watch and some vintage silver thimbles.

Here are various books on fifties style, a pair of clear lucite shoes from the fifties, two vintage pocket watches, my silhuet and my snowglobe from Paris:

At the left I have various movie star books and at the right I have books on tarot and other occult things:

My small collection of vintage cameras, the silver one at the right is a money box son gave me:

Let's end by looking closely at son's wall which he designed six years ago, and I painted for him:

He was very nervous if we would paint it over, but since I like the monochrome look too, I wanted to keep it.

So here I sit and work on creative projects while I listen to vintage records every Wednesday, and I LOVE it! :)