My New Room

      This year, my parents are letting me re-do my room. The last time I re-did my room was in the third or fourth grade, and it was beginning to be too juvenile for me. At first, we kept on saying we'd get things done, but it never happened. During Thanksgiving break, I came across a book called "Domino: The Book of Decorating" and it gave me some inspiration. I even created a board on Pinterest called "Room Inspiration" and uploaded and reposted some of my ideas.  Before, I was in a mental block because I never had time to think about my room when I had sports and school work to focus on, but now I had an idea of what color scheme I wanted. I showed my mom, and she agreed. Over the Christmas break, we went to my mom's friend, who is an interior designer, to plan everything out. By the end of Christmas break, we knew exactly what we wanted to do.
      A few weeks after Christmas break, however, the fabric for my new headboard that I chose was no longer appealing to me. It had laid in my room against a pillow for a month and I grew tired of it. Not only did I grow tired of it, but it was difficult for me to choose other fabrics that I could throw into the room. There were two lamps that I was set on having and when we went to my mom's friend's store, where we picked out all of the fabrics, I had a change of plans. Originally, I wanted a little asian inspiration thrown into my room design. With the fabric that I had chosen, that could be accomplished, but then I came across another fabric. We had been having trouble finding a headboard fabric and this one was perfect. Not only was it oriental, but it had many colors that were more sophisticated. When I found this new fabric, It was also easier to find all sorts of fun prints, velvets, geometrics etc. with out over-dooing my room. My mom, the designer, her assistant and I all had tons of fun generating ideas for my asian-inspired, cool, elegant room. We are making much more process; paint colors are up, my desk is here, pagoda lamps are ordered, bamboo beside tables are ordered,  and the new headboard and curtains are being made. Next week, we'll be painting my room. I love interior design and this whole project is something that I look forward to doing more of in my future.

curtain fabric

headboard fabric